Exodus 38:7 — King James Version← Study notes

“And he put the staves into the rings on the sides of the altar, to bear it withal; he made the altar hollow with boards.”

Exodus 38:7 — Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Exodus 38:714 words

וַיָּבֵאwayāvēʾAnd go

אֶתʾet—

הַבַּדִּיםhabadîmThe separation

בַּטַּבָּעֹתbaṭabāʿōtIn seal

עַלʿalAbove

צַלְעֹתṣaləʿōtRib

הַמִּזְבֵּחַhamizəbēḥaThe altar

לָשֵׂאתlāśēʾtTo lift

אֹתוֹʾōtwō—

בָּהֶםbāhemIn

נְבוּבnəvûvPierce

לֻחֹתluḥōtGlisten

עָשָׂהʿāśāhDo

אֹתוֹʾōtwō—

ℹWords read right to left. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.

Word-by-word meanings

וַיָּבֵאwayāvēʾAnd go

אֶתʾetdirect object marker (no translation)

הַבַּדִּיםhabadîmThe separation

בַּטַּבָּעֹתbaṭabāʿōtIn seal

עַלʿalAbove

צַלְעֹתṣaləʿōtRib

הַמִּזְבֵּחַhamizəbēḥaThe altar

לָשֵׂאתlāśēʾtTo lift

אֹתוֹʾōtwōdirect object marker (no translation)

בָּהֶםbāhemIn

נְבוּבnəvûvPierce

לֻחֹתluḥōtGlisten

עָשָׂהʿāśāhDo

אֹתוֹʾōtwōdirect object marker (no translation)

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