Exodus 25:24

“You shall overlay it with pure gold and make for it a molding of gold all around.”

Exodus 25:24 · direct translation from the Hebrew
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Exodus 25:24, word by word

You shall overlayצִפִּיתָtsipita

overlay

Overlay, cover with a sheet of metal.

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with pureטָהוֹרtahor

pure

Without a mixture of anything else, like gold with no alloy.

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goldזָהָבzahav

gold

Gold.

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and makeעָשִׂיתָasita

make

To build or create something.

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a moldingזֵרzer

molding

Molding: a decorative rim around a piece of furniture.

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all aroundסָבִיבsaviv

around

In a circle or on every side of something: the camp, the city, the altar.

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The context

23You shall make a table of acacia wood: two cubits its length, a cubit its width, and a cubit and a half its height.

24 · This verse (above)

25You shall make for it a rim a handbreadth wide all around, and you shall make a molding of gold for its rim all around.

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