Exodus 27:1
Also thou shalt make an altar of the wood of shittim, which shall have five cubits in length, and so many in breadth, that is, square, and three cubits in height.This verse in the real world
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- רָבַעrâbaʻto be quadrate
- שִׁטָּהshiṭṭâhthe acacia (from its scourging thorns)
- קוֹמָהqôwmâhheight
- רֹחַבrôchabwidth (literally or figuratively)
- אֹרֶךְʼôreklength
- אַמָּהʼammâhproperly, a mother (i.e. unit of measure, or the fore-arm (below the elbow), i.e. a cubit;
- חָמֵשׁchâmêshfive
- עֵץʻêtsa tree (from its firmness); hence, wood (plural sticks)
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The Hebrew and Greek words standing behind this verse. Word-by-word alignment comes with the interlinear.
Cross-references
Exo 38:1–7, Exo 24:4, Exo 20:24–26, Exo 40:10, 2Sa 24:18, Exo 40:29, Ezk 43:13–17, Heb 13:10