Exodus 40:20 — King James Version← Study notes

“And he took and put the testimony into the ark, and set the staves on the ark, and put the mercy seat above upon the ark:”

Exodus 40:20 — Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Exodus 40:2017 words

וַיִּקַּחwayiqaḥAnd take

וַיִּתֵּןwayitēnAnd give

אֶתʾet—

הָעֵדֻתhāʿēdutThe testimony

אֶלʾelNear

הָאָרֹןhāʾārōnThe box

וַיָּשֶׂםwayāśemAnd put

אֶתʾet—

הַבַּדִּיםhabadîmThe separation

עַלʿalAbove

הָאָרֹןhāʾārōnThe box

וַיִּתֵּןwayitēnAnd give

אֶתʾet—

הַכַּפֹּרֶתhakapōretThe lid

עַלʿalAbove

הָאָרֹןhāʾārōnThe box

מִלְמָעְלָהmiləmāʿəlāhFrom to upper part

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

Word-by-word meanings

וַיִּקַּחwayiqaḥAnd take

וַיִּתֵּןwayitēnAnd give

אֶתʾetdirect object marker (no translation)

הָעֵדֻתhāʿēdutThe testimony

אֶלʾelNear

הָאָרֹןhāʾārōnThe box

וַיָּשֶׂםwayāśemAnd put

אֶתʾetdirect object marker (no translation)

הַבַּדִּיםhabadîmThe separation

עַלʿalAbove

הָאָרֹןhāʾārōnThe box

וַיִּתֵּןwayitēnAnd give

אֶתʾetdirect object marker (no translation)

הַכַּפֹּרֶתhakapōretThe lid

עַלʿalAbove

הָאָרֹןhāʾārōnThe box

מִלְמָעְלָהmiləmāʿəlāhFrom to upper part

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