Exodus 25:23

American Standard Version (1901)

And thou shalt make a table of acacia wood: two cubits [shall be] the length thereof, and a cubit the breadth thereof, and a cubit and a half the height thereof.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וְעָשִׂ֥יתָ שֻׁלְחָ֖ן עֲצֵ֣י שִׁטִּ֑ים אַמָּתַ֤יִם אָרְכּוֹ֙ וְאַמָּ֣ה רָחְבּ֔וֹ וְאַמָּ֥ה וָחֵ֖צִי קֹמָתֽוֹ׃

Transliteration

And ʿāśîtā šulḥān ʿăṣê šiṭṭîm; ʾammātayim ʾorkô and ʾammāh roḥbô and ʾammāh and half qōmātô

Grammar Details

• *ʿāśîtā*: Qal perfect, 2nd masculine singular - you shall make
• *šulḥān*: masculine singular noun - table
• *ʿăṣê*: masculine plural construct - wood of
• *šiṭṭîm*: feminine plural noun - acacia
• *ʾammātayim*: feminine dual noun - two cubits
• *ʾorkô*: masculine singular noun with 3rd masculine singular suffix - its length
• *ʾammāh*: feminine singular noun - cubit
• *roḥbô*: masculine singular noun with 3rd masculine singular suffix - its width
• *qōmātô*: feminine singular noun with 3rd masculine singular suffix - its height

Word Meanings

• *šulḥān*: table/surface

Referenced Verses

• Exod 37:10-16 : 10 And he made the table of acacia wood: two cubits [was] the length thereof, and a cubit the breadth thereof, and a cubit and a half the height thereof. 11 And he overlaid it with pure gold, and made thereto a crown of gold round about. 12 And he made unto it a border of a handbreadth round about, and made a golden crown to the border thereof round about. 13 And he cast for it four rings of gold, and put the rings in the four corners that were on the four feet thereof. 14 Close by the border were the rings, the places for the staves to bear the table. 15 And he made the staves of acacia wood, and overlaid them with gold, to bear the table. 16 And he made the vessels which were upon the table, the dishes thereof, and the spoons thereof, and the bowls thereof, and the flagons thereof, wherewith to pour out, of pure gold.
• Heb 9:2 : 2 For there was a tabernacle prepared, the first, wherein [were] the candlestick, and the table, and the showbread; which is called the Holy place.
• 1 Kgs 7:48 : 48 And Solomon made all the vessels that were in the house of Jehovah: the golden altar, and the table whereupon the showbread was, of gold;
• 2 Chr 4:8 : 8 He made also ten tables, and placed them in the temple, five on the right side, and five on the left. And he made a hundred basins of gold.
• 2 Chr 4:19 : 19 And Solomon made all the vessels that were in the house of God, the golden altar also, and the tables whereon was the showbread;
• Ezek 40:41-42 : 41 Four tables were on this side, and four tables on that side, by the side of the gate; eight tables, whereupon they slew [the sacrifices] . 42 And there were four tables for the burnt-offering, of hewn stone, a cubit and a half long, and a cubit and a half broad, and one cubit high; whereupon they laid the instruments wherewith they slew the burnt-offering and the sacrifice.
• 1 Chr 28:16 : 16 and the gold by weight for the tables of showbread, for every table; and silver for the tables of silver;
• Exod 40:22-23 : 22 And he put the table in the tent of meeting, upon the side of the tabernacle northward, without the veil. 23 And he set the bread in order upon it before Jehovah; as Jehovah commanded Moses.
• Lev 24:6 : 6 And thou shalt set them in two rows, six on a row, upon the pure table before Jehovah.
• Num 3:31 : 31 And their charge shall be the ark, and the table, and the candlestick, and the altars, and the vessels of the sanctuary wherewith they minister, and the screen, and all the service thereof.