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And he madeוַיַּעַשׂa cover of expiationכַּפֹּרֶתof pureטָהוֹרgold;זָהָבtwo cubitsאַמָּתַיִםand a halfוָחֵצִיwas its length,אָרְכָּהּand a cubitוְאַמָּהand a halfוָחֵצִיits width.רָחְבָּהּ
Exodus 37:6
Study it in the app“And he made a cover of expiation of pure gold; two cubits and a half was its length, and a cubit and a half its width.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Exodus 37:6, word by word
- And he madeיַּעַשׂyaas
make
To build or create something.
Where else “yaas” appears- a cover of expiationכַּפֹּרֶתkaporet
cover of expiation
The gold lid of the ark, with the two cherubim. Its name comes from the verb "make expiation" (cover sin), because there the blood was sprinkled on the day of expiation (Leviticus 16:14-15).
Where else “kaporet” appears- of pureטָהוֹרtahor
pure
Without a mixture of anything else, like gold with no alloy.
Where else “tahor” appears- goldזָהָבzahav
gold
Gold.
Where else “zahav” appears- two cubitsאַמָּתַיִםamatayim
cubit
About 45 centimeters: from the bent arm to the fingertips.
Where else “amatayim” appears- and a halfחֵצִיchetsi
half
One of two equal parts of something.
Where else “chetsi” appears- was its lengthאָרְכָּarka
length
Length: "the length and the breadth".
Where else “arka” appears- its widthרָחְבָּrachba
width
Width, breadth.
Where else “rachba” appears
The context
5and he put the poles into the rings on the sides of the ark, to carry the ark.
6 · This verse (above)
7And he made two cherubim of gold; of hammered work he made them, at the two ends of the cover of expiation,