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Exodus 25:10 — King James Version← Study notes

And they shall make an ark of shittim wood: two cubits and a half shall be the length thereof, and a cubit and a half the breadth thereof, and a cubit and a half the height thereof.


Exodus 25:10Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Exodus 25:1013 words
HebrewMeaning
וְ/עָשׂ֥וּwəʿāśw
and they will makeconjH6213
advance · appoint · apt · be at ···
אֲר֖וֹןʾărwōn
an ark ofnounH727
chest · coffin
עֲצֵ֣יʿăṣēy
wood ofnounH6086
carpenter · helve · pine · plank ···
שִׁטִּ֑יםšiṭiym
acacianounH7848
shittim. See also
אַמָּתַ֨יִםʾamātayim
will be two cubitsnounH520
hundred (by exchange for
וָ/חֵ֜צִיwāḥēṣiy
and a halfconjH2677
middle · mid · midst · part ···
אָרְכּ֗/וֹʾārəkwō
length itsnounH753
forever · long
וְ/אַמָּ֤הwəʾamāh
and will be a cubitconjH520
hundred (by exchange for
וָ/חֵ֨צִי֙wāḥēṣiy
and a halfconjH2677
middle · mid · midst · part ···
רָחְבּ֔/וֹrāḥəbwō
breadth itsnounH7341
broad · largeness · thickness · wideness
וְ/אַמָּ֥הwəʾamāh
and will be a cubitconjH520
hundred (by exchange for
וָ/חֵ֖צִיwāḥēṣiy
and a halfconjH2677
middle · mid · midst · part ···
קֹמָתֽ/וֹqōmātwō
height itsnounH6967
along · high · stature · tall
Words are listed top to bottom following the original right-to-left reading order. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.
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