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And you shall takeוְלָקַחְתָּfine flourסֹלֶתand bakeוְאָפִיתָtwelveשְׁתֵּים עֶשְׂרֵהloavesחַלּוֹתof it;אֹתָהּtwoשְׁנֵיtenths of an ephahעֶשְׂרֹנִיםshall beיִהְיֶהin eachהָאֶחָתloaf.הַחַלָּה
Leviticus 24:5
Study it in the app“And you shall take fine flour and bake twelve loaves of it; two tenths of an ephah shall be in each loaf.”
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Leviticus 24:5, word by word
- And you shall takeלָקַחְתָּlakachta
take
To grasp something in the hand to carry or use it.
Where else “lakachta” appears- fine flourסֹלֶתsolet
fine flour
Fine flour, the best kind.
Where else “solet” appears- and bakeאָפִיתָafita
bake
Bake bread; as a noun, "baker".
Where else “afita” appears- twelveשְׁתֵּיםshetem
double
Twice the amount, or two plus ten to say twelve.
Where else “shetem” appears- twelveעֶשְׂרֵהesre
-teen (ten)
Ten, in the numbers from 11 to 19 (like the "-teen" in "thirteen"); also "-teenth".
Where else “esre” appears- loavesחַלּוֹתchalot
cake
Cake: a thick, round loaf of bread.
Where else “chalot” appears- tenths of an ephahעֶשְׂרֹנִיםesronim
tenth part
A tenth part (of an ephah, the measure for grain).
Where else “esronim” appears- shall beיִהְיֶהyihye
be
To be: "I will be their Elohim".
Where else “yihye” appears- in eachאֶחָתechat
each
Literally "one": all of them, one by one.
Where else “echat” appears
Translation note
These twelve loaves are “the bread of the Presence” (Exodus 25:30). Jesus recalled that David ate them when he was hungry (Matthew 12:3-4).
The context
4On the pure lampstand he shall arrange the lamps before YHWH continually.
5 · This verse (above)
6And you shall set them in two rows, six in a row, on the pure table before YHWH.