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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 37:1Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Exodus 37:115 words
וַיַּעַשׂwayaʿaśAnd do
בְּצַלְאֵלbəṣaləʾēlBetsalel
אֶתʾet
הָאָרֹןhāʾārōnThe box
עֲצֵיʿăṣêTree
שִׁטִּיםšiṭîmAcacia
אַמָּתַיִםʾamātayimA mother
וָחֵצִיwāḥēṣîAnd half
אָרְכּוֹʾārəkwōLength
וְאַמָּהwəʾamāhAnd a mother
וָחֵצִיwāḥēṣîAnd half
רָחְבּוֹrāḥəbwōWidth
וְאַמָּהwəʾamāhAnd a mother
וָחֵצִיwāḥēṣîAnd half
קֹמָתוֹqōmātwōHeight
Words read right to left. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.

Word-by-word meanings

וַיַּעַשׂwayaʿaśAnd do
בְּצַלְאֵלbəṣaləʾēlBetsalel
אֶתʾetdirect object marker (no translation)
הָאָרֹןhāʾārōnThe box
עֲצֵיʿăṣêTree
שִׁטִּיםšiṭîmAcacia
אַמָּתַיִםʾamātayimA mother
וָחֵצִיwāḥēṣîAnd half
אָרְכּוֹʾārəkwōLength
וְאַמָּהwəʾamāhAnd a mother
וָחֵצִיwāḥēṣîAnd half
רָחְבּוֹrāḥəbwōWidth
וְאַמָּהwəʾamāhAnd a mother
וָחֵצִיwāḥēṣîAnd half
קֹמָתוֹqōmātwōHeight

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