Exodus 27:4

Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

You shall construct a grating of bronze network. On the four corners of the grating, you shall make four bronze rings.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וְעָשִׂ֤יתָ לּוֹ֙ מִכְבָּ֔ר מַעֲשֵׂ֖ה רֶ֣שֶׁת נְחֹ֑שֶׁת וְעָשִׂ֣יתָ עַל־הָרֶ֗שֶׁת אַרְבַּע֙ טַבְּעֹ֣ת נְחֹ֔שֶׁת עַ֖ל אַרְבַּ֥ע קְצוֹתָֽיו׃

Transliteration

wə-ʿāśîtā lô mikbār maʿăśeh rešet nəḥōšet wə-ʿāśîtā ʿal-hā-rešet ʾarbaʿ ṭabbəʿōt nəḥōšet ʿal ʾarbaʿ qəṣôtāyw

Grammar Details

• *wə-ʿāśîtā*: conjunction + verb, qal perfect, 2nd person masculine singular - and you shall make
• *lô*: preposition + 3rd person masculine singular suffix - for it
• *mikbār*: noun, masculine singular - grating/lattice work
• *maʿăśeh*: noun, masculine singular construct - work of
• *rešet*: noun, feminine singular - net/network
• *nəḥōšet*: noun, feminine singular - copper/bronze
• *ʿal*: preposition - on/upon
• *hā-rešet*: definite article + noun, feminine singular - the net
• *ʾarbaʿ*: number, feminine - four
• *ṭabbəʿōt*: noun, feminine plural - rings
• *qəṣôtāyw*: noun, feminine plural + 3rd person masculine singular suffix - its ends/corners

Word Meanings

• *mikbār*: grating/lattice work/grill
• *maʿăśeh*: work of/craftsmanship of
• *rešet*: net/network/mesh
• *nəḥōšet*: bronze/copper/brass
• *ṭabbəʿōt*: rings/clasps
• *qəṣôtāyw*: its ends/its corners/its extremities

Other Translations

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  And thou shalt make for it a grate of network of brass; and upon the net shalt thou make four brasen rings in the four corners thereof.

• KJV1611 – Modern English

  And you shall make for it a grate, a network of bronze; and on the net you shall make four bronze rings at its four corners.

• King James Version 1611 (Original)

  And thou shalt make for it a grate of network of brass; and upon the net shalt thou make four brasen rings in the four corners thereof.

• American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

  And thou shalt make for it a grating of network of brass; and upon the net shalt thou make four brazen rings in the four corners thereof.

• King James Version with Strong's Numbers

  And thou shalt make for it a grate of network of brass; and upon the net shalt thou make four brasen rings in the four corners thereof.

• Tyndale Bible (1526/1534)

  after the fascyon of a net, ad put apon the nette.iiij. rynges: euen in the.iiij. corners of it,

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  Thou shalt make a gredyron also like a nett, of brase, & foure brasen rynges vpon the foure corners of it:

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  And thou shalt make vnto it a grate like networke of brasse: also vpon that grate shalt thou make foure brasen rings vpon the foure corners thereof.

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  And thou shalt make vnto it a grediren also like a net of brasse, and vpon that net shalt thou make foure brasen ringes in the foure corners therof.

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  And thou shalt make for it a grate of network [of] brass; and upon the net shalt thou make four brasen rings in the four corners thereof.

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  You shall make a grating for it of network of brass: and on the net you shall make four brazen rings in its four corners.

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  `And thou hast made for it a grate of net-work of brass, and hast made on the net four rings of brass on its four extremities,

• American Standard Version (1901)

  And thou shalt make for it a grating of network of brass: and upon the net shalt thou make four brazen rings in the four corners thereof.

• American Standard Version (1901)

  And thou shalt make for it a grating of network of brass; and upon the net shalt thou make four brazen rings in the four corners thereof.

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  And make a network of brass, with four brass rings at its four angles.

• World English Bible (2000)

  You shall make a grating for it of network of brass: and on the net you shall make four bronze rings in its four corners.

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  You are to make a grating for it, a network of bronze, and you are to make on the network four bronze rings on its four corners.

Referenced Verses

• Exod 25:12 : 12 Cast four gold rings for it and attach them to its four feet, two rings on one side and two rings on the other.
• Exod 35:16 : 16 The altar of burnt offering with its bronze grate, its poles, and all its utensils; the basin with its stand.
• Exod 38:4-5 : 4 He made a grate for the altar, a bronze network, to place beneath the ledge, halfway up the altar. 5 He cast four rings on the four corners of the bronze grate as holders for the poles.