Exodus 25:31

“You shall make a lampstand of pure gold; of hammered work the lampstand shall be made: its base and its shaft, its cups, its knobs, and its flowers shall be of one piece with it.”

Exodus 25:31 · direct translation from the Hebrew
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Exodus 25:31, word by word

You shall makeעָשִׂיתָasita

make

To build or create something.

Where else “asita” appears
a lampstandמְנֹרַתmenorat

lampstand

Lampstand: a stand with branches for the lamps; in Hebrew, "menorah".

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of pureטָהוֹרtahor

pure

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

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goldזָהָבzahav

gold

Gold.

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of hammered workמִקְשָׁהmiksha

hammered work

Metal worked by hammer, not cast in a mold.

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its baseיְרֵכָyerecha

base

The side or foot of something, like the side of the altar or the base of the lampstand.

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and its shaftקָנָkana

branch

A branch of the lampstand.

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its cupsגְּבִיעֶיgevie

cup, bowl

Large cup, goblet. On the lampstand of the sanctuary, the cups shaped like flowers.

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its knobsכַּפְתֹּרֶיkaftore

knob

A round ornament of the lampstand.

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and its flowersפְרָחֶיferache

flower, blossom

Flower, bud, blossom; also a flower-shaped ornament.

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shall beיִהְיוּyihyu

be

To be: "I will be their Elohim".

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The context

30You shall set on the table the bread of the presence before me continually.

31 · This verse (above)

32Six branches shall go out from its sides, three branches of the lampstand from the one side of it and three branches of the lampstand from the other side of it;

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