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And let them make me a sanctuary; that I may dwell among them. (KJV)
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וְעָ֥שׂוּve.'A.suand they will make
Lemma: עָשָׂה (a.sah) · Strong's: H6213H
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Consecutive Perfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · Third · Either gender · Plural (HVqq3cp)
Meaning: to make
Used 736 times. Also: Genesis 1:7, Genesis 1:11, Genesis 1:12, Genesis 1:16, Genesis 1:25, Genesis 1:26 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H6213H; TAHOT Exodus 25:8 word 1
מִקְדָּ֑שׁmik.Dasha sanctuary
Lemma: מִקְדָּשׁ (miq.dash) · Strong's: H4720
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HNcmsa)
Meaning: sanctuary
Used 75 times. Also: Exodus 15:17, Leviticus 12:4, Leviticus 16:33, Leviticus 19:30, Leviticus 20:3, Leviticus 21:12 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H4720; TAHOT Exodus 25:8 word 2
וְשָׁכַנְתִּ֖יve.sha.khan.Tiand I will dwell
Lemma: שָׁכַן (sha.khan) · Strong's: H7931
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Consecutive Perfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · First · Either gender · Singular (HVqq1cs)
Meaning: to dwell
Used 128 times. Also: Genesis 3:24, Genesis 9:27, Genesis 14:13, Genesis 16:12, Genesis 25:18, Genesis 26:2 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H7931; TAHOT Exodus 25:8 word 3
בְּתוֹכָֽם\׃be.to.Khamin midst of them
Lemma: תָּ֫וֶךְ (ta.vekh) · Strong's: H8432
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Construct (HNcmsc)
Meaning: midst
Used 416 times. Also: Genesis 1:6, Genesis 2:9, Genesis 3:3, Genesis 3:8, Genesis 9:21, Genesis 15:10 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H8432; TAHOT Exodus 25:8 word 4
How the BSB renders it
Each English phrase in the Berean Standard Bible and the original word behind it.
| And they are to make | → | עָשָׂה H6213H to make |
| a sanctuary | → | מִקְדָּשׁ H4720 sanctuary |
| for Me | → | |
| so that I may dwell | → | שָׁכַן H7931 to dwell |
| among them | → | תָּ֫וֶךְ H8432 midst |
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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