Exodus 37:2 Go deeper
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And he overlaid it with pure gold within and without, and made a crown of gold to it round about. (KJV)
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וַיְצַפֵּ֛הוּvay.tza.Pe.huand he overlaid it
Lemma: צָפָה (tsa.phah) · Strong's: H6823
Parsing: Verb · Piel (hence Action · Active) · Consecutive Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · Third · Masculine · Singular (HVpw3ms)
Meaning: to overlay
Used 47 times. Also: Exodus 25:11, Exodus 25:13, Exodus 25:24, Exodus 25:28, Exodus 26:29, Exodus 26:32 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H6823; TAHOT Exodus 37:2 word 1
זָהָ֥בza.Havgold
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 37:2 word 2
טָה֖וֹרta.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 37:2 word 3
מִבַּ֣יִתmi.Ba.yitfrom inside
Lemma: בַּ֫יִת (ba.yit) · Strong's: H1004O
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HNcmsa)
Meaning: house: inside
Used 25 times. Also: Genesis 6:14, Exodus 25:11, Exodus 26:33, Exodus 28:26, Exodus 39:19, Leviticus 14:41 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H1004O; TAHOT Exodus 37:2 word 4
וּמִח֑וּץu.mi.Chutzand from outside
Lemma: חוּץ (chuts) · Strong's: H2351
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HNcmsa)
Meaning: outside
Used 164 times. Also: Genesis 6:14, Genesis 9:22, Genesis 15:5, Genesis 19:16, Genesis 19:17, Genesis 24:11 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H2351; TAHOT Exodus 37:2 word 5
וַיַּ֥עַשׂvai.Ya.'asand he made
Lemma: עָשָׂה (a.sah) · Strong's: H6213H
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Consecutive Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · Third · Masculine · Singular (HVqw3ms)
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 37:2 word 6
זֵ֥רzera molding of
Lemma: זֵר (zer) · Strong's: H2213
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Construct (HNcmsc)
Meaning: border
Used 10 times. Also: Exodus 25:11, Exodus 25:24, Exodus 25:25, Exodus 30:3, Exodus 30:4, Exodus 37:11 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H2213; TAHOT Exodus 37:2 word 7
זָהָ֖בza.Havgold
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 37:2 word 8
סָבִֽיב\׃sa.Vivall around
Lemma: סָבִיב (sa.viv) · Strong's: H5439G
Parsing: Noun · Common · Either gender · Singular · Absolute (HNcbsa)
Meaning: around
Used 283 times. Also: Genesis 35:5, Genesis 41:48, Exodus 16:13, Exodus 19:12, Exodus 25:11, Exodus 25:24 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H5439G; TAHOT Exodus 37:2 word 9
How the BSB renders it
Each English phrase in the Berean Standard Bible and the original word behind it.
| He overlaid | → | צָפָה H6823 to overlay |
| it with pure | → | טָהוֹר H2889 pure |
| gold | → | זָהָב H2091 gold |
| both inside | → | בַּ֫יִת H1004O house: inside |
| and out | → | חוּץ H2351 outside |
| and made | → | עָשָׂה H6213H to make |
| a gold | → | זָהָב H2091 gold |
| molding | → | זֵר H2213 border |
| around it | → | סָבִיב H5439G around |
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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