Exodus 38:4 Go deeper
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And he made for the altar a brasen grate of network under the compass thereof beneath unto the midst of it. (KJV)
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וַיַּ֤עַשׂvai.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 38:4 word 1
לַמִּזְבֵּ֙חַ֙la.miz.Be.achfor the altar
Lemma: מִזְבֵּחַ (miz.be.ach) · Strong's: H4196
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HNcmsa)
Meaning: altar
Used 399 times. Also: Genesis 8:20, Genesis 12:7, Genesis 12:8, Genesis 13:4, Genesis 13:18, Genesis 22:9 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H4196; TAHOT Exodus 38:4 word 2
מִכְבָּ֔רmikh.Bara grating
Lemma: מִכְבָּר (makh.ber) · Strong's: H4345
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HNcmsa)
Meaning: grate
Used 6 times. Also: Exodus 27:4, Exodus 35:16, Exodus 38:5, Exodus 38:30, Exodus 39:39 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H4345; TAHOT Exodus 38:4 word 3
מַעֲשֵׂ֖הma.'a.Seha work of
Lemma: מַעֲשֶׂה (ma.a.seh) · Strong's: H4639G
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Construct (HNcmsc)
Meaning: deed: work
Used 186 times. Also: Genesis 5:29, Genesis 40:17, Genesis 46:33, Genesis 47:3, Exodus 5:4, Exodus 5:13 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H4639G; TAHOT Exodus 38:4 word 4
רֶ֣שֶׁתRe.sheta net of
Lemma: רֶ֫שֶׁת (re.shet) · Strong's: H7568
Parsing: Noun · Common · Feminine · Singular · Construct (HNcfsc)
Meaning: net
Used 22 times. Also: Exodus 27:4, Exodus 27:5, Job 18:8, Psalms 9:15, Psalms 10:9, Psalms 25:15 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H7568; TAHOT Exodus 38:4 word 5
נְחֹ֑שֶׁתne.Cho.shetbronze
Lemma: נְחֹ֫שֶׁת (ne.cho.shet) · Strong's: H5178A
Parsing: Noun · Common · Feminine · Singular · Absolute (HNcfsa)
Meaning: bronze
Used 139 times. Also: Genesis 4:22, Exodus 25:3, Exodus 26:11, Exodus 26:37, Exodus 27:2, Exodus 27:3 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H5178A; TAHOT Exodus 38:4 word 6
תַּ֧חַתTa.chatunder
Lemma: תַּחַת (ta.chat) · Strong's: H8478G
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Construct (HNcmsc)
Meaning: underneath: under
Used 238 times. Also: Genesis 1:7, Genesis 1:9, Genesis 6:17, Genesis 7:19, Genesis 16:9, Genesis 18:4 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H8478G; TAHOT Exodus 38:4 word 7
כַּרְכֻּבּ֛וֹkar.ku.Boledge its
Lemma: כַּרְכֹּב (kar.kov) · Strong's: H3749
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Construct (HNcmsc)
Meaning: ledge
Used 2 times. Also: Exodus 27:5 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H3749; TAHOT Exodus 38:4 word 8
מִלְּמַ֖טָּהmi.le.Ma.tahfrom to downwards
Lemma: מַ֫טָּה (mat.tah) · Strong's: H4295
Parsing: Acmsa (Acmsa)
Meaning: beneath
Used 19 times. Also: Exodus 26:24, Exodus 27:5, Exodus 28:27, Exodus 36:29, Exodus 39:20, Deuteronomy 28:13 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H4295; TAHOT Exodus 38:4 word 9
עַד\־'ad-to
Lemma: עַד (ad) · Strong's: H5704
Parsing: Preposition (HR)
Meaning: till
Used 1260 times. Also: Genesis 3:19, Genesis 6:7, Genesis 7:23, Genesis 8:5, Genesis 8:7, Genesis 10:19 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H5704; TAHOT Exodus 38:4 word 10
חֶצְיֽוֹ\׃chetz.Yomiddle its
Lemma: חֲצִי (che.tsi) · Strong's: H2677
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Construct (HNcmsc)
Meaning: half
Used 125 times. Also: Exodus 12:29, Exodus 24:6, Exodus 25:10, Exodus 25:17, Exodus 25:23, Exodus 26:12 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H2677; TAHOT Exodus 38:4 word 11
How the BSB renders it
Each English phrase in the Berean Standard Bible and the original word behind it.
| He made | → | עָשָׂה H6213H to make |
| a grate | → | מִכְבָּר H4345 grate |
| of bronze | → | נְחֹ֫שֶׁת H5178A bronze |
| mesh | → | רֶ֫שֶׁת H7568 net |
| for the altar | → | מִזְבֵּחַ H4196 altar |
| . . . | → | מַעֲשֶׂה H4639G deed: work |
| under | → | תַּחַת H8478G underneath: under |
| its ledge | → | כַּרְכֹּב H3749 ledge |
| halfway | → | חֲצִי H2677 half |
| up from the bottom | → | מַ֫טָּה H4295 beneath |
| . . . | → | עַד H5704 till |
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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