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Exodus 38:1 — King James Version← Study notes

And he made the altar of burnt offering of shittim wood: five cubits was the length thereof, and five cubits the breadth thereof; it was foursquare; and three cubits the height thereof.


Exodus 38:1Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Exodus 38:116 words
וַיַּעַשׂwayaʿaśAnd do
אֶתʾet
מִזְבַּחmizəbaḥAltar
הָעֹלָהhāʿōlāhThe step
עֲצֵיʿăṣêTree
שִׁטִּיםšiṭîmAcacia
חָמֵשׁḥāmēšFive
אַמּוֹתʾamwōtA mother
אָרְכּוֹʾārəkwōLength
וְחָמֵשׁwəḥāmēšAnd five
אַמּוֹתʾamwōtA mother
רָחְבּוֹrāḥəbwōWidth
רָבוּעַrāvûʿaBe quadrate
וְשָׁלֹשׁwəšālōšAnd three
אַמּוֹתʾamwōtA mother
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
אֶתʾetdirect object marker (no translation)
מִזְבַּחmizəbaḥAltar
הָעֹלָהhāʿōlāhThe step
עֲצֵיʿăṣêTree
שִׁטִּיםšiṭîmAcacia
חָמֵשׁḥāmēšFive
אַמּוֹתʾamwōtA mother
אָרְכּוֹʾārəkwōLength
וְחָמֵשׁwəḥāmēšAnd five
אַמּוֹתʾamwōtA mother
רָחְבּוֹrāḥəbwōWidth
רָבוּעַrāvûʿaBe quadrate
וְשָׁלֹשׁwəšālōšAnd three
אַמּוֹתʾamwōtA mother
קֹמָתוֹqōmātwōHeight

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