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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 20:25Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Exodus 20:2514 words
וְאִםwəʾimAnd lo!
מִזְבַּחmizəbaḥAltar
אֲבָנִיםʾăvānîmStone
תַּעֲשֶׂהtaʿăśehDo
לִּיTo
לֹאlōʾNot
תִבְנֶהtivənehBuild
אֶתְהֶןʾetəhen
גָּזִיתgāzîtCut
כִּיRelative conjunction
חַרְבְּךָḥarəbəḵāDrought
הֵנַפְתָּhēnap̄ətāQuiver
עָלֶיהָʿāleyhāAbove
וַתְּחַלְלֶהָwatəḥaləlehāAnd bore
Words read right to left. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.

Word-by-word meanings

וְאִםwəʾimAnd lo!
מִזְבַּחmizəbaḥAltar
אֲבָנִיםʾăvānîmStone
תַּעֲשֶׂהtaʿăśehDo
לִּיTo
לֹאlōʾNot
תִבְנֶהtivənehBuild
אֶתְהֶןʾetəhendirect object marker (no translation)
גָּזִיתgāzîtCut
כִּיRelative conjunction
חַרְבְּךָḥarəbəḵāDrought
הֵנַפְתָּhēnap̄ətāQuiver
עָלֶיהָʿāleyhāAbove
וַתְּחַלְלֶהָwatəḥaləlehāAnd bore

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