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 38:1 — Hebrew 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
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