King James Version
Exodus 37:12 in the King James Version says “Also he made thereunto a border of an handbreadth round about; and made a crown of gold for the border thereof round abo...” — study this verse from Exodus chapter 37 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“Also he made thereunto a border of an handbreadth round about; and made a crown of gold for the border thereof round about.”
Exodus 37:12 · KJV
And he made the table of shittim wood: two cubits was the length thereof, and a cubit the breadth thereof, and a cubit and a half the height thereof:
And he overlaid it with pure gold, and made thereunto a crown of gold round about.
Also he made thereunto a border of an handbreadth round about; and made a crown of gold for the border thereof round about.
And he cast for it four rings of gold, and put the rings upon the four corners that were in the four feet thereof.
Over against the border were the rings, the places for the staves to bear the table.
KJV Study — Public Domain
“for the border”
H4526something enclosing, i.e., a margin (of a region, of a panel); concretely, a stronghold
“of an handbreadth”
H2948a spread of the hand, i.e., a palm-breadth (not 'span' of the fingers); architecturally, a corbel (as a supporting palm)
“round about”
H5439(as noun) a circle, neighbour, or environs; but chiefly (as adverb, with or without preposition) around
“a crown”
H2213a chaplet (as spread around the top), i.e., (specifically) a border moulding
“of gold”
H2091gold, figuratively, something gold-colored (i.e., yellow), as oil, a clear sky
“for the border”
H4526something enclosing, i.e., a margin (of a region, of a panel); concretely, a stronghold
“round about”
H5439(as noun) a circle, neighbour, or environs; but chiefly (as adverb, with or without preposition) around
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