Exodus 30:36

KJV1611 – Modern English

And you shall beat some of it very fine, and put it before the testimony in the tabernacle of meeting, where I will meet with you: it shall be most holy to you.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וְשָֽׁחַקְתָּ֣ מִמֶּנָּה֮ הָדֵק֒ וְנָתַתָּ֨ה מִמֶּ֜נָּה לִפְנֵ֤י הָעֵדֻת֙ בְּאֹ֣הֶל מוֹעֵ֔ד אֲשֶׁ֛ר אִוָּעֵ֥ד לְךָ֖ שָׁ֑מָּה קֹ֥דֶשׁ קֽ͏ָדָשִׁ֖ים תִּהְיֶ֥ה לָכֶֽם׃

Transliteration

wə-šāḥaqtā mimmennāh hādēq wə-nātattāh mimmennāh lipnê hāʿēdut bəʾōhel môʿēd ʾăšer ʾiwwāʿēd ləkā šāmmāh qōdeš qādāšîm tihyeh lākem

Grammar Details

• *wə-šāḥaqtā*: conjunction + perfect verb, 2nd person masculine singular qal - and you shall grind
• *mimmennāh*: preposition + 3rd person feminine singular suffix - from it
• *hādēq*: definite article + adjective, masculine singular - fine
• *wə-nātattāh*: conjunction + perfect verb, 2nd person masculine singular qal - and you shall put
• *lipnê*: preposition + noun, masculine plural construct - before
• *hāʿēdut*: definite article + noun, feminine singular - the testimony
• *bəʾōhel*: preposition + noun, masculine singular construct - in tent of
• *môʿēd*: noun, masculine singular - meeting
• *ʾăšer*: relative pronoun - where
• *ʾiwwāʿēd*: imperfect verb, 1st person singular niphal (passive) - I will meet
• *ləkā*: preposition + 2nd person masculine singular suffix - with you
• *šāmmāh*: adverb - there
• *qōdeš*: noun, masculine singular construct - holy of
• *qādāšîm*: noun, masculine plural - holies
• *tihyeh*: imperfect verb, 3rd person feminine singular qal - it shall be
• *lākem*: preposition + 2nd person masculine plural suffix - for you

Word Meanings

• *šāḥaq*: to grind, to pound, to pulverize
• *hādēq*: finely, very small, powdered
• *ʿēdut*: testimony, witness, the tablets of the law
• *ʾiwwāʿēd*: to meet by appointment, to gather by appointment
• *qōdeš qādāšîm*: holy of holies, most holy

Other Translations

• Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

  Grind some of it into powder and place it in front of the testimony in the tent of meeting, where I will meet with you. It shall be most holy to you.

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  And thou shalt beat some of it very small, and put of it before the testimony in the tabernacle of the congregation, where I will meet with thee: it shall be unto you most holy.

• American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

  and thou shalt beat some of it very small, and put of it before the testimony in the tent of meeting, where I will meet with thee: it shall be unto you most holy.

• King James Version with Strong's Numbers

  And thou shalt beat some of it very small, and put of it before the testimony in the tabernacle of the congregation, where I will meet with thee: it shall be unto you most holy.

• Tyndale Bible (1526/1534)

  And beat it to powder and put it before the witnesse in the tabernacle of witnesse, where I will mete the, but let it be vnto you holye.

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  And thou shalt beate it to poulder, and shalt put of the same before the wytnesse in the Tabernacle of wytnesse, from whence I wyll proteste vnto the,

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  And thou shalt beate it to pouder, & shalt put of it before the Arke of the Testimonie in the Tabernacle of ye Cogregatio, where I wil make appointmet with thee: it shalbe vnto you most holy.

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  And beate it to powder, and put of it before the arke of the testimonie in the tabernacle of the congregation, where I wyll meete with thee: it shalbe vnto you most holy.

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  And thou shalt beat [some] of it very small, and put of it before the testimony in the tabernacle of the congregation, where I will meet with thee: it shall be unto you most holy.

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  and you shall beat some of it very small, and put some of it before the testimony in the tent of meeting, where I will meet with you. It shall be to you most holy.

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  and thou hast beaten `some' of it small, and hast put of it before the testimony, in the tent of meeting, whither I am met with thee; most holy it is to you.

• American Standard Version (1901)

  and thou shalt beat some of it very small, and put of it before the testimony in the tent of meeting, where I will meet with thee: it shall be unto you most holy.

• American Standard Version (1901)

  and thou shalt beat some of it very small, and put of it before the testimony in the tent of meeting, where I will meet with thee: it shall be unto you most holy.

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  And put some of it, crushed very small, in front of the ark in the Tent of meeting, where I will come face to face with you; it is to be most holy.

• World English Bible (2000)

  and you shall beat some of it very small, and put some of it before the testimony in the Tent of Meeting, where I will meet with you. It shall be to you most holy.

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  You are to beat some of it very fine and put some of it before the ark of the testimony in the tent of meeting where I will meet with you; it is to be most holy to you.

Referenced Verses

• Exod 25:22 : 22 There I will meet with you, and I will speak with you from above the mercy seat, from between the two cherubim which are on the ark of the testimony, of everything which I will give you in commandment to the children of Israel.
• Exod 29:42-43 : 42 This shall be a continual burnt offering throughout your generations at the door of the tabernacle of meeting before the LORD, where I will meet you to speak with you. 43 And there I will meet with the children of Israel, and the tabernacle shall be sanctified by my glory.
• Exod 30:6 : 6 And you shall put it before the veil that is by the ark of the testimony, before the mercy seat that is over the testimony, where I will meet with you.
• Lev 16:2 : 2 And the LORD said to Moses, Speak to Aaron your brother, that he come not at all times into the holy place within the veil before the mercy seat, which is on the ark; that he not die: for I will appear in the cloud upon the mercy seat.
• Exod 16:34 : 34 As the LORD commanded Moses, so Aaron placed it before the Testimony, to be kept.