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You shall makeוְעָשִׂיתָthe altarאֶת הַמִּזְבֵּחַof acaciaשִׁטִּיםwood:עֲצֵיfiveחָמֵשׁcubitsאַמּוֹתlongאֹרֶךְand fiveוְחָמֵשׁcubitsאַמּוֹתwide;רֹחַבthe altarהַמִּזְבֵּחַshall beיִהְיֶהsquare,רָבוּעַand threeוְשָׁלֹשׁcubitsאַמּוֹתits height.קֹמָתוֹ
Exodus 27:1
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Exodus 27:1, word by word
- You shall makeעָשִׂיתָasita
make
To build or create something.
Where else “asita” appears- the altarמִּזְבֵּחַmizbeach
altar
Altar: a structure of stone or earth on which sacrifices are offered to God.
Where else “mizbeach” appears- of acaciaשִׁטִּיםshitim
acacia
Acacia: a desert tree with hard, lasting wood.
Where else “shitim” appears- woodעֲצֵיatse
wood
What is taken from a cut tree: firewood, board, rod or timber.
Where else “atse” appears- fiveחָמֵשׁchamesh
five
Five.
Where else “chamesh” appears- cubitsאַמּוֹתamot
cubit
About 45 centimeters: from the bent arm to the fingertips.
Where else “amot” appears- longאֹרֶךְorech
length
Length: "the length and the breadth".
Where else “orech” appears- wideרֹחַבrochav
width
Width, breadth.
Where else “rochav” appears- shall beיִהְיֶהyihye
be
To be: "I will be their Elohim".
Where else “yihye” appears- squareרָבוּעַravua
square
Square, with four equal sides.
Where else “ravua” appears- and threeשָׁלֹשׁshalosh
three
A quantity of three: three persons or things together.
Where else “shalosh” appears- its heightקֹמָתkomat
height
Height.
Where else “komat” appears
The context
1 · This verse (above)
2You shall make its horns on its four corners; its horns shall be of one piece with it, and you shall overlay it with bronze.