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You shall makeוְעָשִׂיתָits hornsקַרְנֹתָיוonעַלits fourאַרְבַּעcorners;פִּנֹּתָיוits hornsקַרְנֹתָיוshall beתִּהְיֶיןָof one piece with it,מִמֶּנּוּand you shall overlayוְצִפִּיתָitאֹתוֹwith bronze.נְחֹשֶׁת
Exodus 27:2
Study it in the app“You shall make its horns on its four corners; its horns shall be of one piece with it, and you shall overlay it with bronze.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Exodus 27:2, word by word
- You shall makeעָשִׂיתָasita
make
To build or create something.
Where else “asita” appears- its hornsקַרְנֹתָיkarnotay
altar horn
The horns of the altar.
Where else “karnotay” appears- its fourאַרְבַּעarba
four
Four.
Where else “arba” appears- cornersפִּנֹּתָיpinotay
corner
The angle of a building; the main stone holding it.
Where else “pinotay” appears- shall beתִּהְיֶיןָtihyena
be
To be: "I will be their Elohim".
Where else “tihyena” appears- and you shall overlayצִפִּיתָtsipita
overlay
Overlay, cover with a sheet of metal.
Where else “tsipita” appears- with bronzeנְחֹשֶׁתnechoshet
bronze
Bronze, or things made of bronze.
Where else “nechoshet” appears
Translation note
The “horns” were four projections on the upper corners of the altar. Blood from the sacrifices was put on them (Exodus 29:12), and whoever took hold of them was asking for asylum (1 Kings 1:50).
The context
1You shall make the altar of acacia wood: five cubits long and five cubits wide; the altar shall be square, and three cubits its height.
2 · This verse (above)
3You shall make its pots for removing its ashes, and its shovels, its bowls, its forks, and its firepans; all its utensils you shall make of bronze.