Exodus 20:25

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

And if thou wilt make me an altar of stone, thou shalt not build it of hewn stone: for if thou lift up thy tool upon it, thou hast polluted it.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וְאִם־מִזְבַּ֤ח אֲבָנִים֙ תַּֽעֲשֶׂה־לִּ֔י לֹֽא־תִבְנֶ֥ה אֶתְהֶ֖ן גָּזִ֑ית כִּ֧י חַרְבְּךָ֛ הֵנַ֥פְתָּ עָלֶ֖יהָ וַתְּחַֽלְלֶֽהָ׃

Transliteration

wə-ʾim-mizbēaḥ ʾăbānîm taʿăśeh-to me lōʾ-tibneh ʾethen gāzît kî ḥarbəḵā hēnap̄tā upon her wa-təḥaləlehā

Grammar Details

*wə-ʾim*: conjunction + conditional particle - and if
*mizbēaḥ*: noun, masculine singular construct - altar of
*ʾăbānîm*: noun, feminine plural - stones
*taʿăśeh*: Qal imperfect 2nd masculine singular - you shall make
*lî*: preposition + 1st person singular suffix - to/for me
*lōʾ*: negative particle - not
*tibneh*: Qal imperfect 2nd masculine singular - you shall build
*ʾethen*: direct object + 3rd feminine plural suffix - them
*gāzît*: noun, feminine singular - hewn stone/cut stone
*kî*: conjunction - for/because
*ḥarbəḵā*: noun + 2nd masculine singular suffix - your sword/tool
*hēnap̄tā*: Hiphil perfect 2nd masculine singular - you have wielded/swung/waved
*ʿālehā*: preposition + 3rd feminine singular suffix - upon it/her
*wa-təḥaləlehā*: conjunction + Piel imperfect 2nd masculine singular + 3rd feminine singular suffix - and you profane/defile it

Word Meanings

*mizbēaḥ*: altar/place of sacrifice
*ʾăbānîm*: stones/rocks
*taʿăśeh*: make/construct/fashion
*tibneh*: build/construct
*gāzît*: hewn stone/dressed stone/cut stone
*ḥereb*: sword/knife/tool
*hēnap̄tā*: waved/lifted/swung
*təḥaləlehā*: profane/defile/pollute/make common

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Referenced Verses

Deut 27:5-6 : 5 And there shalt thou build an altar unto the LORD thy God, an altar of stones: thou shalt not lift up any iron tool upon them. 6 Thou shalt build the altar of the LORD thy God of whole stones: and thou shalt offer burnt offerings thereon unto the LORD thy God:
Josh 8:31 : 31 As Moses the servant of the LORD commanded the children of Israel, as it is written in the book of the law of Moses, an altar of whole stones, over which no man hath lift up any iron: and they offered thereon burnt offerings unto the LORD, and sacrificed peace offerings.

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