Exodus 37:11

“And he overlaid it with pure gold, and made for it a molding of gold all around.”

Exodus 37:11 · direct translation from the Hebrew
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Exodus 37:11, word by word

And he overlaidיְצַףyetsaf

overlay

Overlay, cover with a sheet of metal.

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with pureטָהוֹרtahor

pure

Without a mixture of anything else, like gold with no alloy.

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goldזָהָבzahav

gold

Gold.

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and madeיַּעַשׂyaas

make

To build or create something.

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a moldingזֵרzer

molding

Molding: a decorative rim around a piece of furniture.

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all aroundסָבִיבsaviv

around

In a circle or on every side of something: the camp, the city, the altar.

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The context

10And he made the table of acacia wood; two cubits was its length, and a cubit its width, and a cubit and a half its height.

11 · This verse (above)

12And he made for it a rim of a handbreadth all around, and made a molding of gold for its rim all around.

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