Exodus 38:8

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

And he made the laver of brass, and the base thereof of brass, of the mirrors of the ministering women that ministered at the door of the tent of meeting.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וַיַּ֗עַשׂ אֵ֚ת הַכִּיּ֣וֹר נְחֹ֔שֶׁת וְאֵ֖ת כַּנּ֣וֹ נְחֹ֑שֶׁת בְּמַרְאֹת֙ הַצֹּ֣בְאֹ֔ת אֲשֶׁ֣ר צָֽבְא֔וּ פֶּ֖תַח אֹ֥הֶל מוֹעֵֽד׃ ס

Transliteration

And wayyaʿas [he made] ʾēt hakkîyôr [the laver] nəḥōšet [bronze], and wəʾēt kannô [its base] nəḥōšet [bronze], bəmarʾōt [with mirrors of] haṣṣōbəʾōt [the serving women] ʾăšer [who] ṣābəʾû [assembled] petaḥ [at entrance of] ʾōhel [tent of] môʿēd [meeting].

Grammar Details

• *wayyaʿas*: waw consecutive + Qal imperfect 3rd masculine singular - and he made
• *ʾēt*: direct object marker
• *hakkîyôr*: definite article + masculine singular noun - the laver/basin
• *nəḥōšet*: feminine singular noun - bronze, copper
• *wəʾēt*: waw conjunction + direct object marker - and
• *kannô*: masculine singular noun + 3rd masculine singular suffix - its base/stand
• *bəmarʾōt*: preposition + feminine plural construct - with mirrors of
• *haṣṣōbəʾōt*: definite article + Qal participle feminine plural - the serving women
• *ʾăšer*: relative pronoun - who, which
• *ṣābəʾû*: Qal perfect 3rd common plural - they assembled/served
• *petaḥ*: construct state, masculine singular - entrance of
• *ʾōhel*: construct state, masculine singular - tent of
• *môʿēd*: masculine singular noun - meeting, appointed time

Word Meanings

• *hakkîyôr*: laver, basin, washing vessel
• *kannô*: stand, base, pedestal
• *bəmarʾōt*: with mirrors, looking glasses
• *haṣṣōbəʾōt*: serving women, women who assembled, women who ministered
• *ṣābəʾû*: they assembled, they served, they ministered
• *ʾōhel môʿēd*: tent of meeting, tabernacle of congregation

Referenced Verses

• Exod 40:7 : 7 And thou shalt set the laver between the tent of meeting and the altar, and shalt put water therein.
• Luke 2:37 : 37 and she had been a widow even unto fourscore and four years), who departed not from the temple, worshipping with fastings and supplications night and day.
• John 13:10 : 10 Jesus saith to him, He that is bathed needeth not save to wash his feet, but is clean every whit: and ye are clean, but not all.
• John 18:16 : 16 but Peter was standing at the door without. So the other disciple, who was known unto the high priest, went out and spake unto her that kept the door, and brought in Peter.
• 1 Tim 5:5 : 5 Now she that is a widow indeed, and desolate, hath her hope set on God, and continueth in supplications and prayers night and day.
• Titus 3:5-6 : 5 not by works [done] in righteousness, which we did ourselves, but according to his mercy he saved us, through the washing of regeneration and renewing of the Holy Spirit, 6 which he poured out upon us richly, through Jesus Christ our Saviour;
• Heb 9:10 : 10 [None being] only (with meats and drinks and divers washings) {G2532} carnal ordinances, imposed until a time of reformation.
• 1 John 3:7 : 7 [ My] little children, let no man lead you astray: he that doeth righteousness is righteous, even as he is righteous:
• Rev 1:5 : 5 and from Jesus Christ, [who is] the faithful witness, the firstborn of the dead, and the ruler of the kings of the earth. Unto him that loveth us, and loosed us from our sins by his blood;
• Exod 40:30-32 : 30 And he set the laver between the tent of meeting and the altar, and put water therein, wherewith to wash. 31 And Moses and Aaron and his sons washed their hands and their feet thereat; 32 when they went into the tent of meeting, and when they came near unto the altar, they washed; as Jehovah commanded Moses.
• 1 Sam 2:22 : 22 Now Eli was very old; and he heard all that his sons did unto all Israel, and how that they lay with the women that did service at the door of the tent of meeting.
• 1 Kgs 7:23-26 : 23 And he made the molten sea of ten cubits from brim to brim, round in compass, and the height thereof was five cubits; and a line of thirty cubits compassed it round about. 24 And under the brim of it round about there were knops which did compass it, for ten cubits, compassing the sea round about: the knops were in two rows, cast when it was cast. 25 It stood upon twelve oxen, three looking toward the north, and three looking toward the west, and three looking toward the south, and three looking toward the east; and the sea was set upon them above, and all their hinder parts were inward. 26 And it was a handbreadth thick: and the brim thereof was wrought like the brim of a cup, like the flower of a lily: it held two thousand baths.
• 1 Kgs 7:38 : 38 And he made ten lavers of brass: one laver contained forty baths; and every laver was four cubits; and upon very one of the ten bases one laver.
• Ps 26:6 : 6 I will wash my hands in innocency: So will I compass thine altar, O Jehovah;
• Prov 8:34 : 34 Blessed is the man that heareth me, Watching daily at my gates, Waiting at the posts of my doors.
• Zech 13:1 : 1 In that day there shall be a fountain opened to the house of David and to the inhabitants of Jerusalem, for sin and for uncleanness.
• Matt 26:69 : 69 Now Peter was sitting without in the court: and a maid came unto him, saying, Thou also wast with Jesus the Galilaean.
• Exod 30:18-21 : 18 Thou shalt also make a laver of brass, and the base thereof of brass, whereat to wash. And thou shalt put it between the tent of meeting and the altar, and thou shalt put water therein. 19 And Aaron and his sons shall wash their hands and their feet thereat: 20 when they go into the tent of meeting, they shall wash with water, that they die not; or when they come near to the altar to minister, to burn an offering made by fire unto Jehovah. 21 So they shall wash their hands and their feet, that they die not: and it shall be a statute for ever to them, even to him and to his seed throughout their generations.