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And youוְאַתָּהshall commandתְּצַוֶּהthe sonsאֶת בְּנֵיof Israelיִשְׂרָאֵלthat they bringוְיִקְחוּyouאֵלֶיךָpureזָךְoliveזַיִתoil,שֶׁמֶןbeaten,כָּתִיתfor the light,לַמָּאוֹרto make burnלְהַעֲלֹתa lampנֵרcontinually.תָּמִיד
Exodus 27:20
Study it in the app“And you shall command the sons of Israel that they bring you pure olive oil, beaten, for the light, to make burn a lamp continually.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Exodus 27:20, word by word
- shall commandתְּצַוֶּהtetsave
command
To give an order: "as YHWH had commanded".
Where else “tetsave” appears- the sonsבְּנֵיbene
descendant
A descendant or member of a people: "sons of Israel".
Where else “bene” appears- of Israelיִשְׂרָאֵלyisrael
Israel
Israel, the new name Jacob received from God, explained as "you have striven with God" (Genesis 32:28); then the name of the people that came from him and, after the division, of the northern kingdom.
Where else “yisrael” appears- that they bringיִקְחוּyikchu
fetch
To take someone along, or go and fetch something.
Where else “yikchu” appears- pureזָךְzach
pure
Pure, clean, unmixed.
Where else “zach” appears- oliveזַיִתzayit
olive
The small fruit of that tree, from which oil is pressed.
Where else “zayit” appears- oilשֶׁמֶןshemen
oil
The fat pressed from olives, for eating, lighting or anointing.
Where else “shemen” appears- beatenכָּתִיתkatit
beaten (oil)
Beaten: oil made by pounding olives in a mortar, the purest kind.
Where else “katit” appears- for the lightמָּאוֹרmaor
lamplight
The glow of the sanctuary lamp.
Where else “maor” appears- to make burnהַעֲלֹתhaalot
go up
To go from a low place to a higher one: up the mountain, to Jerusalem or to a city.
Where else “haalot” appears- a lampנֵרner
lamp
Lamp: a vessel with oil and a wick; also light.
Where else “ner” appears- continuallyתָּמִידtamid
continually
Continually, always; what is done regularly and without interruption. As a noun, the regular daily offering.
Where else “tamid” appears
The context
19All the utensils of the dwelling for all its service, and all its pegs and all the pegs of the courtyard, shall be of bronze.
20 · This verse (above)
21In the tent of meeting, outside the veil that is before the testimony, Aaron and his sons shall set it in order from evening to morning before YHWH. It is a statute forever throughout their generations on the part of the sons of Israel.