Exodus 27:1 — King James Version← Study notes
“And thou shalt make an altar of shittim wood, five cubits long, and five cubits broad; the altar shall be foursquare: and the height thereof shall be three cubits.”
Exodus 27:1 — Hebrew Interlinear
Hebrew · Exodus 27:117 words
וְעָשִׂיתָwəʿāśîtāAnd do
אֶתʾet—
הַמִּזְבֵּחַhamizəbēḥaThe altar
עֲצֵיʿăṣêTree
שִׁטִּיםšiṭîmAcacia
חָמֵשׁḥāmēšFive
אַמּוֹתʾamwōtA mother
אֹרֶךְʾōreḵəLength
וְחָמֵשׁwəḥāmēšAnd five
אַמּוֹתʾamwōtA mother
רֹחַבrōḥavWidth
רָבוּעַrāvûʿaBe quadrate
יִהְיֶהyihəyehExist
הַמִּזְבֵּחַhamizəbēḥaThe altar
וְשָׁלֹשׁwəšālōšAnd three
אַמּוֹתʾamwōtA mother
קֹמָתוֹqōmātwōHeight
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