Exodus 37:1 — King James Version← Study notes

“And Bezaleel made the ark of shittim wood: two cubits and a half was the length of it, and a cubit and a half the breadth of it, and a cubit and a half the height of it:”

Exodus 37:1 — Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Exodus 37:115 words

HebrewMeaning

וַ/יַּ֧עַשׂwayaʿaś

and he madeconjH6213

advance · appoint · apt · be at ···

בְּצַלְאֵ֛לbəṣaləʾēl

BezalelnounH1212

אֶתʾet

(as such unrepresented in English)particleH853

הָ/אָרֹ֖ןhāʾārōn

the arkparticleH727

chest · coffin

עֲצֵ֣יʿăṣēy

wood ofnounH6086

carpenter · helve · pine · plank ···

שִׁטִּ֑יםšiṭiym

acacianounH7848

shittim. See also

אַמָּתַ֨יִםʾamātayim

was two cubitsnounH520

hundred (by exchange for

וָ/חֵ֜צִיwāḥēṣiy

and a halfconjH2677

middle · mid · midst · part ···

אָרְכּ֗/וֹʾārəkwō

length itsnounH753

forever · long

וְ/אַמָּ֤הwəʾamāh

and was 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 was a cubitconjH520

hundred (by exchange for

וָ/חֵ֖צִיwāḥēṣiy

and a halfconjH2677

middle · mid · midst · part ···

קֹמָתֽ/וֹqōmātwō

height itsnounH6967

along · high · stature · tall

ℹWords 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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