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Exodus 25:13

And thou shalt make staves of shittim wood, and overlay them with gold.

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וְעָשִׂ֥יתָveasitaand doעָשָׂהconjunction, verb, qal, sequential perfect, 2nd person, masculine, singular — “and do”, a completed action in a sequenceH6213to do or make, in the broadest sense and widest applicationaccomplish, advance, appoint, apt, be at, become, bear, bestow, bring forth, bruise, be busy, [idiom] certainly, have the charge of, commit, deal (with), deck, [phrase] displease, do, (ready) dress(-ed), (put in) execute(-ion), exercise, f…בַדֵּ֖יvadeapartבַּדnoun, common, masculine, plural, construct — “apart”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH905properly, separation; by implication, a part of the body, branch of atree, bar forcarrying; figuratively, chief of a city; especially (with prepositional prefix) as an adverb, apart, only, besidesalone, apart, bar, besides, branch, by self, of each alike, except, only, part, staff, strength.עֲצֵ֣יatsetreeעֵץnoun, common, masculine, plural, construct — “tree”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH6086a tree (from its firmness); hence, wood (plural sticks)[phrase] carpenter, gallows, helve, [phrase] pine, plank, staff, stalk, stick, stock, timber, tree, wood.שִׁטִּ֑יםshitimshittahשִׁטָּהnoun, common, feminine, plural, absolute — “shittah”, the ordinary formH7848the acacia (from its scourging thorns)shittah, shittim. See also H1029 (בֵּית הַשִּׁטָּה).וְצִפִּיתָ֥vetsipitaand coverצָפָהconjunction, verb, piel, sequential perfect, 2nd person, masculine, singular — “and cover”, a completed action in a sequenceH6823to sheet over (especially with metal)cover, overlay.אֹתָ֖םotamobject markerאֵתparticle, direct object marker, suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, masculine, plural — “object marker”H853properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)(as such unrepresented in English).זָהָֽבzahavgoldזָהָבnoun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “gold”, the ordinary formH2091gold, figuratively, something gold-colored (i.e. yellow), as oil, a clear skygold(-en), fair weather.

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

And thou shalt make staves of acacia-wood, and overlay them with gold.

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American Standard Version (1901)

And thou shalt make staves of acacia wood, and overlay them with gold.

Young’s Literal Translation

and thou hast made staves of shittim wood, and hast overlaid them [with] gold,

World English Bible

You shall make poles of acacia wood, and overlay them with gold.

Darby Translation

And make staves of acacia-wood and overlay them with gold.

Douay-Rheims

Thou shalt make bars also of setim wood, and shalt overlay them with gold.

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

And thou shalt make staves of acacia-wood, and overlay them with gold.

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

And thou shalt make staves of incorruptible wood, and shalt gild them with gold.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Ποιήσεις δὲ ἀναφορεῖς ξύλα ἄσηπτα, καὶ καταχρυσώσεις αὐτὰ χρυσίῳ·