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You shall overlayוְצִפִּיתָitאֹתוֹwith pureטָהוֹרgold,זָהָבits topאֶת גַּגּוֹand its sidesוְאֶת קִירֹתָיוall aroundסָבִיבand its horns,וְאֶת קַרְנֹתָיוand you shall makeוְעָשִׂיתָfor itלּוֹa moldingזֵרof goldזָהָבall around.סָבִיב
Exodus 30:3
Study it in the app“You shall overlay it with pure gold, its top and its sides all around and its horns, and you shall make for it a molding of gold all around.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Exodus 30:3, word by word
- You shall overlayצִפִּיתָtsipita
overlay
Overlay, cover with a sheet of metal.
Where else “tsipita” appears- with pureטָהוֹרtahor
pure
Without a mixture of anything else, like gold with no alloy.
Where else “tahor” appears- goldזָהָבzahav
gold
Gold.
Where else “zahav” appears- its topגַּגּgag
roof, top
Roof, the flat top of a house; the top of something.
Where else “gag” appears- and its sidesקִירֹתָיkirotay
side
The side of something, like the altar.
Where else “kirotay” appears- all aroundסָבִיבsaviv
around
In a circle or on every side of something: the camp, the city, the altar.
Where else “saviv” appears- and its hornsקַרְנֹתָיkarnotay
altar horn
The horns of the altar.
Where else “karnotay” appears- and you shall makeעָשִׂיתָasita
make
To build or create something.
Where else “asita” appears- a moldingזֵרzer
molding
Molding: a decorative rim around a piece of furniture.
Where else “zer” appears
The context
2A cubit its length and a cubit its width; it shall be square, and two cubits its height; its horns shall be of one piece with it.
3 · This verse (above)
4And two rings of gold you shall make for it under its molding; on its two sides you shall make them, on its two sides, and they shall be holders for poles to carry it with them.