Exodus 37:10

KJV1611 – Modern English

And he made the table of acacia wood: two cubits was its length, and a cubit its width, and a cubit and a half its height.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וַיַּ֥עַשׂ אֶת־הַשֻּׁלְחָ֖ן עֲצֵ֣י שִׁטִּ֑ים אַמָּתַ֤יִם אָרְכּוֹ֙ וְאַמָּ֣ה רָחְבּ֔וֹ וְאַמָּ֥ה וָחֵ֖צִי קֹמָתֽוֹ׃

Transliteration

And wayyaʿaś ʾet-the haššulḥān ʿăṣê šiṭṭîm two ʾammâtayim its ʾārkô and ʾammâ its rāḥbô and ʾammâ and ḥēṣî its qōmātô

Grammar Details

• *wayyaʿaś*: waw consecutive + Qal imperfect 3rd masculine singular - and he made
• *ʾet*: direct object marker
• *haššulḥān*: article + common noun, masculine singular - the table
• *ʿăṣê*: common noun, masculine plural construct - woods of
• *šiṭṭîm*: common noun, masculine plural - acacia
• *ʾammâtayim*: common noun, feminine dual - two cubits
• *ʾārkô*: common noun, masculine singular + 3rd masculine singular suffix - its length
• *ʾammâ*: common noun, feminine singular - cubit
• *rāḥbô*: common noun, masculine singular + 3rd masculine singular suffix - its width
• *ḥēṣî*: common noun, masculine singular - half
• *qōmātô*: common noun, feminine singular + 3rd masculine singular suffix - its height

Word Meanings

• *wayyaʿaś*: made/constructed/fashioned
• *haššulḥān*: the table/stand
• *ʿăṣê*: woods/timber/trees
• *šiṭṭîm*: acacia wood/specific type of wood
• *ʾammâ*: cubit (measurement of length)

Other Translations

• Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

  He made the table of acacia wood, two cubits long, one cubit wide, and one and a half cubits high.

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  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:

• American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

  And he made{H6213} the table{H7979} of acacia{H7848} wood:{H6086} two cubits{H520} [was] the length{H753} thereof, and a cubit{H520} the breadth{H7341} thereof, and a cubit{H520} and a half{H2677} the height{H6967} thereof.

• King James Version with Strong's Numbers

  And he made{H6213}{(H8799)} the table{H7979} of shittim{H7848} wood{H6086}: two cubits{H520} was the length{H753} thereof, and a cubit{H520} the breadth{H7341} thereof, and a cubit{H520} and a half{H2677} the height{H6967} thereof:

• Tyndale Bible (1526/1534)

  And he made the table of sethim wodd two cubettes longe and a cubette brode, and a cubette and an halfe hyghe,

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  And he made ye table, of Fyrre tre, two cubytes longe, a cubyte brode, and a cubyte & a half hye,

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  Also he made ye Table of Shittim wood: two cubites was the length thereof, and a cubite the breadth thereof, and a cubite and an halfe the height of it.

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  And he made the table of Sittim wood: two cubites was the length therof, and a cubite the breadth, and a cubite and a halfe the height of it.

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  ¶ 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:

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  He made the table of acacia wood. Its length was two cubits, and its breadth was a cubit, and its height was a cubit and a half.

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  And he maketh the table of shittim wood; two cubits its length, and a cubit its breadth, and a cubit and a half its height,

• American Standard Version (1901)

  And he made the table of acacia wood: two cubits `was' the length thereof, and a cubit the breadth thereof, and a cubit and a half the height thereof:

• American Standard Version (1901)

  And he made the table of acacia wood: two cubits [was] the length thereof, and a cubit the breadth thereof, and a cubit and a half the height thereof.

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  And he made the table of hard wood, two cubits long, a cubit wide and a cubit and a half high;

• World English Bible (2000)

  He made the table of acacia wood. Its length was two cubits, and its breadth was a cubit, and its height was a cubit and a half.

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  The Making of the Table He made the table of acacia wood; its length was three feet, its width one foot six inches, and its height two feet three inches.

Referenced Verses

• Exod 25:23-30 : 23 You shall also make a table of acacia wood: two cubits shall be its length, a cubit its width, and a cubit and a half its height. 24 And you shall overlay it with pure gold, and make a border of gold all around. 25 And you shall make for it a rim of a handbreadth all around, and you shall make a golden border for the rim all around. 26 And you shall make for it four rings of gold, and put the rings in the four corners that are on its four legs. 27 The rings shall be close to the rim, as holders for the poles to carry the table. 28 And you shall make the poles of acacia wood, and overlay them with gold, that the table may be carried with them. 29 And you shall make its dishes, and spoons, and covers, and bowls for pouring: you shall make them of pure gold. 30 And you shall set the showbread on the table before me always.
• Exod 35:13 : 13 The table, and its poles, and all its vessels, and the showbread,
• Exod 40:4 : 4 And you shall bring in the table, and set in order the things that are to be set in order upon it; and you shall bring in the candlestick, and light the lamps thereof.
• Exod 40:22-23 : 22 And he put the table in the tent of the congregation, on the side of the tabernacle northward, outside the veil. 23 And he set the bread in order upon it before the LORD, as the LORD had commanded Moses.
• Ezek 40:39-42 : 39 In the vestibule of the gateway were two tables on this side and two tables on that side, on which to slaughter the burnt offering, the sin offering, and the trespass offering. 40 At the outer side of the vestibule, as one goes up to the entrance of the north gate, were two tables; and on the other side of the vestibule of the gateway were two tables. 41 Four tables were on this side and four tables on that side; by the sides of the gateway, eight tables on which they slaughtered their sacrifices. 42 There were also four tables of hewn stone for the burnt offering, each one cubit and a half long, a cubit and a half wide, and one cubit high; on these they laid the instruments with which they slaughtered the burnt offering and the sacrifice.
• Mal 1:12 : 12 But you have profaned it, in that you say, The table of the LORD is defiled; and its produce, even its food, is contemptible.
• John 1:14 : 14 And the Word became flesh and dwelt among us, (and we beheld his glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father,) full of grace and truth.
• John 1:16 : 16 And of his fullness we have all received, and grace for grace.
• Col 1:27 : 27 To whom God would make known what is the riches of the glory of this mystery among the Gentiles; which is Christ in you, the hope of glory: