Exodus 30:5

“You shall make the poles of acacia wood and overlay them with gold.”

Exodus 30:5 · direct translation from the Hebrew
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Exodus 30:5, word by word

You shall makeעָשִׂיתָasita

make

To build or create something.

Where else “asita” appears
the polesבַּדִּיםbadim

pole

Another word spelled the same: a carrying pole.

Where else “badim” 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
and overlayצִפִּיתָtsipita

overlay

Overlay, cover with a sheet of metal.

Where else “tsipita” appears
with goldזָהָבzahav

gold

Gold.

Where else “zahav” appears

The context

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.

5 · This verse (above)

6You shall put it in front of the veil that is by the ark of the testimony, in front of the cover of expiation that is over the testimony, where I will meet with you.

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