Exodus 37:4 Go deeper
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And he made staves of shittim wood, and overlaid them with gold. (KJV)
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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 37:4 word 1
בַּדֵּ֖יba.Deipoles of
Lemma: בַּד (bad) · Strong's: H0905G
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Plural · Construct (HNcmpc)
Meaning: alone: pole
Used 42 times. Also: Exodus 25:13, Exodus 25:14, Exodus 25:15, Exodus 25:27, Exodus 25:28, Exodus 27:6 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H0905G; TAHOT Exodus 37:4 word 2
עֲצֵ֣י'a.Tzeiwood<s> of
Lemma: עֵץ (ets) · Strong's: H6086G
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Plural · Construct (HNcmpc)
Meaning: tree: wood
Used 151 times. Also: Genesis 6:14, Genesis 22:3, Genesis 22:6, Genesis 22:7, Genesis 22:9, Exodus 7:19 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H6086G; TAHOT Exodus 37:4 word 3
שִׁטִּ֑יםshi.Timacacia
Lemma: שִׁטָּה (shit.tah) · Strong's: H7848
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Plural · Absolute (HNcmpa)
Meaning: acacia
Used 28 times. Also: Exodus 25:5, Exodus 25:10, Exodus 25:13, Exodus 25:23, Exodus 25:28, Exodus 26:15 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H7848; TAHOT Exodus 37:4 word 4
וַיְצַ֥ףvay.Tzafand he overlaid
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 37:4 word 5
אֹתָ֖ם'o.Tam<obj.> them
Lemma: אֵת (et) · Strong's: H0853
Parsing: Particle · Object indicator (HTo)
Meaning: [Obj.]
Used 10927 times. Also: Genesis 1:1, Genesis 1:4, Genesis 1:7, Genesis 1:16, Genesis 1:17, Genesis 1:21 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H0853; TAHOT Exodus 37:4 word 6
זָהָֽב\׃za.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 37:4 word 7
How the BSB renders it
Each English phrase in the Berean Standard Bible and the original word behind it.
| Then he made | → | עָשָׂה H6213H to make |
| poles | → | בַּד H0905G alone: pole |
| of acacia | → | שִׁטָּה H7848 acacia |
| wood | → | עֵץ H6086G tree: wood |
| and overlaid | → | צָפָה H6823 to overlay |
| them | → | אֵת H0853 [Obj.] |
| with 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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