Exodus 30:35

Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

Make them into incense, blended as the work of a perfumer, seasoned with salt, pure and holy.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וְעָשִׂ֤יתָ אֹתָהּ֙ קְטֹ֔רֶת רֹ֖קַח מַעֲשֵׂ֣ה רוֹקֵ֑חַ מְמֻלָּ֖ח טָה֥וֹר קֹֽדֶשׁ׃

Transliteration

wə-ʿāśîtā ʾōtāh qəṭōret rōqaḥ maʿăśēh rôqēaḥ məmullāḥ ṭāhôr qōdeš

Grammar Details

• *wə-ʿāśîtā*: conjunction + perfect verb, 2nd person masculine singular qal - and you shall make
• *ʾōtāh*: direct object marker + 3rd person feminine singular suffix - it
• *qəṭōret*: noun, feminine singular - incense
• *rōqaḥ*: noun, masculine singular construct - perfume of
• *maʿăśēh*: noun, masculine singular construct - work of
• *rôqēaḥ*: participle, masculine singular qal - perfumer
• *məmullāḥ*: participle, masculine singular pual (passive) - salted/seasoned
• *ṭāhôr*: adjective, masculine singular - pure
• *qōdeš*: noun, masculine singular - holy

Word Meanings

• *qəṭōret rōqaḥ*: compounded incense, blended incense
• *maʿăśēh rôqēaḥ*: the work of a perfumer, the art of an apothecary
• *məmullāḥ*: salted, mixed, well-blended, thoroughly prepared
• *ṭāhôr qōdeš*: pure and holy, pure sanctity

Other Translations

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  And thou shalt make it a perfume, a confection after the art of the apothecary, tempered together, pure and holy:

• KJV1611 – Modern English

  And you shall make of it a perfume, a compound according to the art of the perfumer, mixed together, pure and holy:

• King James Version 1611 (Original)

  And thou shalt make it a perfume, a confection after the art of the apothecary, tempered together, pure and holy:

• American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

  and thou shalt make of it incense, a perfume after the art of the perfumer, seasoned with salt, pure [and] holy:

• King James Version with Strong's Numbers

  And thou shalt make it a perfume, a confection after the art of the apothecary, tempered together, pure and holy:

• Tyndale Bible (1526/1534)

  ad make cens of them copounde after the crafte of the apoticarye, myngled together, that it maye be made pure and holye.

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  and make incense therof (after the craft of the Apotecary) myngled together, that it maye be pure & holy.

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  Then thou shalt make of them perfume composed after the arte of the apothecarie, mingled together, pure and holy.

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  And make of them sweete smellyng incense, after the craft of the apoticarie, mingled together, pure and holy.

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  And thou shalt make it a perfume, a confection after the art of the apothecary, tempered together, pure [and] holy:

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  and you shall make incense of it, a perfume after the art of the perfumer, seasoned with salt, pure and holy:

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  and thou hast made it a perfume, a compound, work of a compounder, salted, pure, holy;

• American Standard Version (1901)

  and thou shalt make of it incense, a perfume after the art of the perfumer, seasoned with salt, pure `and' holy:

• American Standard Version (1901)

  and thou shalt make of it incense, a perfume after the art of the perfumer, seasoned with salt, pure [and] holy:

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  And make from them a perfume, such as is made by the art of the perfume-maker, mixed with salt, and clean and holy.

• World English Bible (2000)

  and you shall make incense of it, a perfume after the art of the perfumer, seasoned with salt, pure and holy:

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  and make it into an incense, a perfume, the work of a perfumer. It is to be finely ground, and pure and sacred.

Referenced Verses

• Exod 30:25 : 25 Make these into a sacred anointing oil, a fragrant blend, the work of a perfumer. It will be the holy anointing oil.
• Lev 2:13 : 13 Season all your grain offerings with salt. Do not leave the salt of the covenant of your God out of your grain offerings; add salt to all your offerings.
• Prov 27:9 : 9 Oil and perfume bring joy to the heart, and the sweetness of a friend comes from heartfelt counsel.
• Song 1:3 : 3 The fragrance of your perfume is pleasing; your name is like perfume poured out. No wonder the young women love you!
• Song 3:6 : 6 Who is this coming up from the wilderness like columns of smoke, perfumed with myrrh and frankincense, with all the fragrant powders of the merchant?
• John 12:3 : 3 Then Mary took a pound of pure, expensive nard perfume, anointed Jesus' feet, and wiped His feet with her hair. The house was filled with the fragrance of the perfume.