Exodus 27:20
Command thou also to the sons of Israel, that they bring to thee the cleanest oil of olive trees, and pounded with a pestle, that a lantern burn evermoreThis verse in the real world
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- כָּתִיתkâthîythbeaten, i.e. pure (oil)
- זַךְzakclear
- מָאוֹרmâʼôwrproperly, a luminous body or luminary, i.e. (abstractly) light (as an element); figurative
- זַיִתzayithan olive (as yielding illuminating oil), the tree, the branch or the berry
- נִירnîyra lamp (i.e. the burner) or light (literally or figuratively)
- שֶׁמֶןshemengrease, especially liquid (as from the olive, often perfumed); figuratively, richness
- צָוָהtsâvâh(intensively) to constitute, enjoin
- עָלָהʻâlâhto ascend, intransitively (be high) or actively (mount); used in a great variety of senses
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The Hebrew and Greek words standing behind this verse. Word-by-word alignment comes with the interlinear.
Cross-references
Lev 24:1–4, Zec 4:11–14, Psa 23:5, Jdg 9:9, Exo 39:37, Rev 11:4, Exo 25:31–37