Exodus 25:38 Go deeper
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And the tongs thereof, and the snuffdishes thereof, shall be of pure gold. (KJV)
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וּמַלְקָחֶ֥יהָu.mal.ka.Chei.haand tongs its
Lemma: מֶלְקָחַ֫יִם (mel.qach) · Strong's: H4457
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Dual · Construct (HNcmdc)
Meaning: tong
Used 6 times. Also: Exodus 37:23, Numbers 4:9, 1 Kings 7:49, 2 Chronicles 4:21, Isaiah 6:6 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H4457; TAHOT Exodus 25:38 word 1
וּמַחְתֹּתֶ֖יהָu.mach.to.Tei.haand fire-pans its
Lemma: מַחְתָּה (mach.tah) · Strong's: H4289
Parsing: Noun · Common · Feminine · Plural · Construct (HNcfpc)
Meaning: censer
Used 22 times. Also: Exodus 27:3, Exodus 37:23, Exodus 38:3, Leviticus 10:1, Leviticus 16:12, Numbers 4:9 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H4289; TAHOT Exodus 25:38 word 2
זָהָ֥בza.Hav[will be] gold
Lemma: זָהָב (za.hav) · Strong's: H2091
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HNcmsa)
Meaning: gold
Used 389 times. Also: Genesis 2:11, Genesis 2:12, Genesis 13:2, Genesis 24:22, Genesis 24:35, Genesis 24:53 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H2091; TAHOT Exodus 25:38 word 3
טָהֽוֹר\׃ta.Horpure
Lemma: טָהוֹר (ta.hor) · Strong's: H2889
Parsing: Adjective · Common · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HAamsa)
Meaning: pure
Used 93 times. Also: Genesis 7:2, Genesis 7:8, Genesis 8:20, Exodus 25:11, Exodus 25:17, Exodus 25:24 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H2889; TAHOT Exodus 25:38 word 4
How the BSB renders it
Each English phrase in the Berean Standard Bible and the original word behind it.
| The wick trimmers | → | מֶלְקָחַ֫יִם H4457 tong |
| and their trays | → | מַחְתָּה H4289 censer |
| must be of pure | → | טָהוֹר H2889 pure |
| gold | → | זָהָב H2091 gold |
King James Version (KJV), public domain in the United States. Source
Original-language words, glosses, parsing and lexicon entries: STEPBible data by Tyndale House, Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG, TFLSJ, TEHMC, TEGMC), CC BY 4.0, with changes. Hebrew text from the Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible. English alignment: Berean Standard Bible tables (public domain).
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