Exodus 25:23

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

Thou shalt also make a table of shittim 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 shittim 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 thereunto a crown of gold round about. 12 Also he made thereunto a border of an handbreadth round about; and made a crown of gold for the border thereof round about. 13 And he cast for it four rings of gold, and put the rings upon the four corners that were in the four feet thereof. 14 Over against the border were the rings, the places for the staves to bear the table. 15 And he made the staves of shittim wood, and overlaid them with gold, to bear the table. 16 And he made the vessels which were upon the table, his dishes, and his spoons, and his bowls, and his covers to cover withal, of pure gold.
• Heb 9:2 : 2 For there was a tabernacle made; the first, wherein was the candlestick, and the table, and the shewbread; which is called the sanctuary.
• 1 Kgs 7:48 : 48 And Solomon made all the vessels that pertained unto the house of the LORD: the altar of gold, and the table of gold, whereupon the shewbread was,
• 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 an hundred basons of gold.
• 2 Chr 4:19 : 19 And Solomon made all the vessels that were for the house of God, the golden altar also, and the tables whereon the shewbread was set;
• 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 their sacrifices. 42 And the four tables were of hewn stone for the burnt offering, of a cubit and an half long, and a cubit and an half broad, and one cubit high: whereupon also they laid the instruments wherewith they slew the burnt offering and the sacrifice.
• 1 Chr 28:16 : 16 And by weight he gave gold for the tables of shewbread, for every table; and likewise silver for the tables of silver:
• Exod 40:22-23 : 22 And he put the table in the tent of the congregation, upon the side of the tabernacle northward, without the vail. 23 And he set the bread in order upon it before the LORD; as the LORD had commanded Moses.
• Lev 24:6 : 6 And thou shalt set them in two rows, six on a row, upon the pure table before the LORD.
• 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 hanging, and all the service thereof.