And he overlaidוַיְצַףitאֹתוֹwith pureטָהוֹרgold,זָהָבits topאֶת גַּגּוֹand its sidesוְאֶת קִירֹתָיוall around,סָבִיבand its horns;וְאֶת קַרְנֹתָיוand he madeוַיַּעַשׂfor itלוֹa moldingזֵרof goldזָהָבall around.סָבִיב
Exodus 37:26
Study it in the app“And he overlaid it with pure gold, its top and its sides all around, and its horns; and he made for it a molding of gold all around.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Exodus 37:26, word by word
- And he overlaidיְצַףyetsaf
overlay
Overlay, cover with a sheet of metal.
Where else “yetsaf” 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 he madeיַּעַשׂyaas
make
To build or create something.
Where else “yaas” appears- a moldingזֵרzer
molding
Molding: a decorative rim around a piece of furniture.
Where else “zer” appears
The context
25And he made the altar of incense of acacia wood; a cubit was its length, and a cubit its width, square, and two cubits its height; of one piece with it were its horns.
26 · This verse (above)
27And two rings of gold he made for it under its molding, on its two sides, on its two sides, as holders for poles to carry it with them.