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Exodus 38:8 — King James Version← Study notes

And he made the laver of brass, and the foot of it of brass, of the lookingglasses of the women assembling, which assembled at the door of the tabernacle of the congregation.


Exodus 38:8Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Exodus 38:814 words
HebrewMeaning
וַ/יַּ֗עַשׂwayaʿaś
and he madeconjH6213
advance · appoint · apt · be at ···
אֵ֚תʾēt
(as such unrepresented in English)particleH853
הַ/כִּיּ֣וֹרhakiywōr
the laverparticleH3595
laver · pan · scaffold
נְחֹ֔שֶׁתnəḥōšet
bronzenounH5178
brass · chain · copper · fetter ···
וְ/אֵ֖תwəʾēt
andconjH853
כַּנּ֣/וֹkanwō
base itsnounH3653
estate · foot · office · place ···
נְחֹ֑שֶׁתnəḥōšet
bronzenounH5178
brass · chain · copper · fetter ···
בְּ/מַרְאֹת֙bəmarəʾōt
with the mirrors ofpronH4759
vision
הַ/צֹּ֣בְאֹ֔תhaṣōbəʾōt
the serving womenparticleH6633
fight · perform · muster · wait upon ···
אֲשֶׁ֣רʾăšer
whoparticleH834
after · alike · because · every ···
צָֽבְא֔וּṣābəʾw
they servedverbH6633
fight · perform · muster · wait upon ···
פֶּ֖תַחpetaḥ
the entrance ofnounH6607
entering · entrance · gate · opening ···
אֹ֥הֶלʾōhel
the tent ofnounH168
home · tabernacle · tent
מוֹעֵֽדmwōʿēd
meetingnounH4150
time) · (place of · solemn) assembly · congregation ···
Words 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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