Exodus 20:25 — King James Version← Study notes
“And if thou wilt make me an altar of stone, thou shalt not build it of hewn stone: for if thou lift up thy tool upon it, thou hast polluted it.”
Exodus 20:25 — Hebrew Interlinear
Hebrew · Exodus 20:2514 words
וְאִםwəʾimAnd lo!
מִזְבַּחmizəbaḥAltar
אֲבָנִיםʾăvānîmStone
תַּעֲשֶׂהtaʿăśehDo
לִּיlîTo
לֹאlōʾNot
תִבְנֶהtivənehBuild
אֶתְהֶןʾetəhen—
גָּזִיתgāzîtCut
כִּיkîRelative conjunction
חַרְבְּךָḥarəbəḵāDrought
הֵנַפְתָּhēnap̄ətāQuiver
עָלֶיהָʿāleyhāAbove
וַתְּחַלְלֶהָwatəḥaləlehāAnd bore
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