Exodus 38:1

KJV1611 – Modern English

And he made the altar of burnt offering out of acacia wood: it was five cubits long and five cubits wide; it was square; and its height was three cubits.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וַיַּ֛עַשׂ אֶת־מִזְבַּ֥ח הָעֹלָ֖ה עֲצֵ֣י שִׁטִּ֑ים חָמֵשׁ֩ אַמּ֨וֹת אָרְכּ֜וֹ וְחָֽמֵשׁ־אַמּ֤וֹת רָחְבּוֹ֙ רָב֔וּעַ וְשָׁלֹ֥שׁ אַמּ֖וֹת קֹמָתֽוֹ׃

Transliteration

And wayyaʿas [he made] ʾet-mizbeaḥ [altar of] hāʿōlāh [the burnt offering] ʿăṣê [wood of] šiṭṭîm [acacia]; ḥāmēš [five] ʾammôt [cubits] ʾārkô [its length] wəḥāmēš-ʾammôt [and five cubits] rāḥbô [its width] rābûaʿ [square] wəšālōš [and three] ʾammôt [cubits] qōmātô [its height].

Grammar Details

• *wayyaʿas*: waw consecutive + Qal imperfect 3rd masculine singular - and he made
• *ʾet*: direct object marker
• *mizbeaḥ*: construct state, masculine singular - altar of
• *hāʿōlāh*: definite article + feminine singular noun - the burnt offering
• *ʿăṣê*: construct state, masculine plural - wood of
• *šiṭṭîm*: masculine plural noun - acacia
• *ḥāmēš*: feminine numeral - five
• *ʾammôt*: feminine plural noun - cubits
• *ʾārkô*: masculine singular noun + 3rd masculine singular suffix - its length
• *wəḥāmēš*: waw conjunction + feminine numeral - and five
• *rāḥbô*: masculine singular noun + 3rd masculine singular suffix - its width
• *rābûaʿ*: Qal passive participle masculine singular - square/four-sided
• *wəšālōš*: waw conjunction + feminine numeral - and three
• *qōmātô*: feminine singular noun + 3rd masculine singular suffix - its height

Word Meanings

• *mizbeaḥ*: altar, place of sacrifice
• *hāʿōlāh*: burnt offering, that which goes up
• *šiṭṭîm*: acacia wood, shittim wood
• *rābûaʿ*: square, four-sided, quadrangular

Other Translations

• Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

  He made the altar for burnt offerings from acacia wood, five cubits long and five cubits wide, making it square, and three cubits high.

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  And he made the altar of burnt offering of shittim wood: five cubits was the length thereof, and five cubits the breadth thereof; it was foursquare; and three cubits the height thereof.

• American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

  And he made{H6213} the altar{H4196} of burnt-offering{H5930} of acacia{H7848} wood:{H6086} five{H2568} cubits{H520} was the length{H753} thereof, and five{H2568} cubits{H520} the breadth{H7341} thereof, foursquare;{H7251} and three{H7969} cubits{H520} the height{H6967} thereof.

• King James Version with Strong's Numbers

  And he made{H6213}{(H8799)} the altar{H4196} of burnt offering{H5930} of shittim{H7848} wood{H6086}: five{H2568} cubits{H520} was the length{H753} thereof, and five{H2568} cubits{H520} the breadth{H7341} thereof; it was foursquare{H7251}{(H8803)}; and three{H7969} cubits{H520} the height{H6967} thereof.

• Tyndale Bible (1526/1534)

  And he made the burntoffryngealter of sethim wodd, fiue cubettes longe ad.v cubettes brode: euen.iiij. square, and.iij. cubettes hye.

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  And the altare of burntoffrynges made he of Fyrre tre, fyue cubytes loge & brode, eauen foure squared, & thre cubites hye.

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  Also he made the altar of the burnt offering of Shittim wood: fiue cubites was the length therof, and fiue cubites the breadth thereof: it was square and three cubites hie.

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  And he made the burnt offering aulter of Sittim wood: fiue cubites was the length thereof, and fiue cubites the breadth euen foure square, and three cubites hye.

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  ¶ And he made the altar of burnt offering [of] shittim wood: five cubits [was] the length thereof, and five cubits the breadth thereof; [it was] foursquare; and three cubits the height thereof.

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  He made the altar of burnt offering of acacia wood. It was square. Its length was five cubits, its breadth was five cubits, and its height was three cubits.

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  And he maketh the altar of burnt-offering of shittim wood, five cubits its length, and five cubits its breadth (square), and three cubits its height;

• American Standard Version (1901)

  And he made the altar of burnt-offering of acacia wood: five cubits was the length thereof, and five cubits the breadth thereof, foursquare; and three cubits the height thereof.

• American Standard Version (1901)

  And he made the altar of burnt-offering of acacia wood: five cubits was the length thereof, and five cubits the breadth thereof, foursquare; and three cubits the height thereof.

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  The altar of burned offerings he made of hard wood; a square altar, five cubits long, five cubits wide and three cubits high,

• World English Bible (2000)

  He made the altar of burnt offering of acacia wood. It was square. Its length was five cubits, its breadth was five cubits, and its height was three cubits.

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  The Making of the Altar for the Burnt Offering He made the altar for the burnt offering of acacia wood seven feet six inches long and seven feet six inches wide– it was square– and its height was four feet six inches.

Referenced Verses

• Exod 27:1-8 : 1 And you shall make an altar of acacia wood, five cubits long and five cubits wide; the altar shall be square, and the height shall be three cubits. 2 And you shall make its horns on its four corners; its horns shall be of one piece with it, and you shall overlay it with bronze. 3 And you shall make its pans to receive its ashes, and its shovels, and its basins, and its forks, and its firepans; all its vessels you shall make of bronze. 4 And you shall make for it a grate, a network of bronze; and on the net you shall make four bronze rings at its four corners. 5 And you shall put it under the edge of the altar beneath, so that the net may be halfway up the altar. 6 And you shall make poles for the altar, poles of acacia wood, and overlay them with bronze. 7 And the poles shall be put into the rings, and the poles shall be on the two sides of the altar to carry it. 8 You shall make it hollow with boards; as it was shown to you on the mountain, so shall they make it.
• Exod 40:6 : 6 And you shall set the altar of the burnt offering before the door of the tabernacle of the tent of the congregation.
• Exod 40:29 : 29 And he put the altar of burnt offering by the door of the tabernacle of the tent of the congregation, and offered upon it the burnt offering and the meal offering, as the LORD commanded Moses.
• 2 Chr 4:1 : 1 Moreover, he made an altar of bronze, twenty cubits long, and twenty cubits wide, and ten cubits high.
• Ezek 43:13-17 : 13 These are the measurements of the altar in cubits: The cubit is a cubit and a handbreadth; the base shall be a cubit, the width a cubit, and its border on its edge all around shall be a span. This shall be the higher place of the altar. 14 From the base on the ground to the lower ledge shall be two cubits, and the width one cubit; and from the smaller ledge to the larger ledge shall be four cubits, and the width one cubit. 15 So the altar shall be four cubits high, and from the altar and upward shall be four horns. 16 The altar shall be twelve cubits long, twelve cubits wide, square all around. 17 The ledge shall be fourteen cubits long and fourteen wide on its four sides, with a border of half a cubit around it, and its base of one cubit all around; and its steps shall face east.
• John 6:37 : 37 All that the Father gives me shall come to me; and he who comes to me I will by no means cast out.
• Rom 8:3-4 : 3 For what the law could not do, in that it was weak through the flesh, God did by sending His own Son in the likeness of sinful flesh, to condemn sin in the flesh. 4 That the righteousness of the law might be fulfilled in us, who do not walk according to the flesh, but according to the Spirit.
• Rom 12:1 : 1 I implore you therefore, brothers, by the mercies of God, that you present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable to God, which is your reasonable service.
• Heb 3:1 : 1 Therefore, holy brothers and sisters, partakers of the heavenly calling, consider the Apostle and High Priest of our confession, Christ Jesus;
• Heb 9:14 : 14 How much more shall the blood of Christ, who through the eternal Spirit offered Himself without blemish to God, cleanse your conscience from dead works to serve the living God?
• Heb 13:8 : 8 Jesus Christ is the same yesterday, today, and forever.
• Heb 13:10 : 10 We have an altar from which those who serve the tabernacle have no right to eat.
• 1 Pet 2:5 : 5 You also, as living stones, are being built up a spiritual house, a holy priesthood, to offer up spiritual sacrifices acceptable to God through Jesus Christ.
• Rev 21:16 : 16 And the city lies four-square, and the length is as large as the width: and he measured the city with the reed, twelve thousand furlongs. The length and the width and the height of it are equal.