Exodus 37:2

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

Exodus 37:2 · direct translation from the Hebrew
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Exodus 37:2, word by word

And he overlaid itיְצַפֵּyetsape

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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insideבַּיִתbayit

inside

Literally "the house": the inner part of something.

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and outsideחוּץchuts

outside

What lies outside the house, the city or the camp.

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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

1And Bezalel made the ark of acacia wood; two cubits and a half was its length, and a cubit and a half its width, and a cubit and a half its height.

2 · This verse (above)

3And he cast for it four rings of gold on its four feet, and two rings on its one side, and two rings on its second side.

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