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And he tookוַיִּקַּחand putוַיִּתֵּןthe testimonyאֶת הָעֵדֻתinto the ark,אֶל הָאָרֹןand setוַיָּשֶׂםthe polesאֶת הַבַּדִּיםon the ark,עַל הָאָרֹןand putוַיִּתֵּןthe cover of expiationאֶת הַכַּפֹּרֶתon the arkעַל הָאָרֹןabove.מִלְמָעְלָה
Exodus 40:20
Study it in the app“And he took and put the testimony into the ark, and set the poles on the ark, and put the cover of expiation on the ark above.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Exodus 40:20, word by word
- And he tookיִּקַּחyikach
take
To grasp something in the hand to carry or use it.
Where else “yikach” appears- and putיִּתֵּןyiten
put
To place something somewhere.
Where else “yiten” appears- the testimonyעֵדֻתedut
testimony
Testimony: the tablets of the covenant, which bear witness to what God commanded; "the ark of the testimony" holds them.
Where else “edut” appears- into the arkאָרֹןaron
ark
The sacred chest of the covenant, which held the tablets.
Where else “aron” appears- and setיָּשֶׂםyasem
put
To put something somewhere.
Where else “yasem” appears- the polesבַּדִּיםbadim
pole
Another word spelled the same: a carrying pole.
Where else “badim” appears- the 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- aboveמָעְלָmala
above
Upward, above; with ages, "twenty years old or more".
Where else “mala” appears
Translation note
“The testimony” is the two stone tablets (31:18; 34:29).
The context
19And he spread the tent over the dwelling, and put the covering of the tent on it above, as YHWH had commanded Moses.
20 · This verse (above)
21And he brought the ark into the dwelling, and set up the veil that screens it, and screened the ark of the testimony, as YHWH had commanded Moses.