King James Version
Exodus 38:2 in the King James Version says “And he made the horns thereof on the four corners of it; the horns thereof were of the same: and he overlaid it with bra...” — study this verse from Exodus chapter 38 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“And he made the horns thereof on the four corners of it; the horns thereof were of the same: and he overlaid it with brass.”
Exodus 38:2 · KJV
And he made the altar of burnt offering of shittim wood: five cubits was the length thereof, and five cubits the breadth thereof; it was foursquare; and three cubits the height thereof.
And he made the horns thereof on the four corners of it; the horns thereof were of the same: and he overlaid it with brass.
And he made all the vessels of the altar, the pots, and the shovels, and the basons, and the fleshhooks, and the firepans: all the vessels thereof made he of brass.
And he made for the altar a brasen grate of network under the compass thereof beneath unto the midst of it.
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“of it the horns”
H7161a horn (as projecting); by implication, a flask, cornet; by resemblance. an elephant's tooth (i.e., ivory), a corner (of the altar), a peak (of a moun
above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications
to exist, i.e., be or become, come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or auxiliary)
“of it the horns”
H7161a horn (as projecting); by implication, a flask, cornet; by resemblance. an elephant's tooth (i.e., ivory), a corner (of the altar), a peak (of a moun
properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)
“it with brass”
H5178copper, hence, something made of that metal, i.e., coin, a fetter; figuratively, base (as compared with gold or silver)
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