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Exodus 25:17

And thou shalt make a mercy seat of pure gold: two cubits and a half shall be the length thereof, and a cubit and a half the breadth thereof.

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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…כַפֹּ֖רֶתkhaporetmercy seatכַּפֹּרֶתnoun, common, feminine, singular, construct — “mercy seat”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH3727a lid (used only of the cover of the sacred Ark)mercy seat.זָהָ֣בzahavgoldזָהָבnoun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “gold”, the ordinary formH2091gold, figuratively, something gold-colored (i.e. yellow), as oil, a clear skygold(-en), fair weather.טָה֑וֹרtahorpureטָהוֹרadjective, adjective, masculine, singular, absolute — “pure”, the ordinary formH2889pure (in a physical, chemical, ceremonial or moral sense)clean, fair, pure(-ness).אַמָּתַ֤יִםamatayimcubitאַמָּהnoun, common, feminine, dual, absolute — “cubit”, the ordinary formH520properly, a mother (i.e. unit of measure, or the fore-arm (below the elbow), i.e. a cubit; also a door-base (as a bond of the entrance)cubit, [phrase] hundred (by exchange for H3967 (מֵאָה)), measure, post.וָחֵ֨צִי֙vachetsiand halfחֵצִיconjunction, noun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “and half”, the ordinary formH2677the half or middlehalf, middle, mid(-night), midst, part, two parts.אָרְכָּ֔הּarekahlengthאֹרֶךְnoun, common, masculine, singular, construct, suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, feminine, singular — “length”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH753length[phrase] forever, length, long.וְאַמָּ֥הveamahand cubitאַמָּהconjunction, noun, common, feminine, singular, absolute — “and cubit”, the ordinary formH520properly, a mother (i.e. unit of measure, or the fore-arm (below the elbow), i.e. a cubit; also a door-base (as a bond of the entrance)cubit, [phrase] hundred (by exchange for H3967 (מֵאָה)), measure, post.וָחֵ֖צִיvachetsiand halfחֵצִיconjunction, noun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “and half”, the ordinary formH2677the half or middlehalf, middle, mid(-night), midst, part, two parts.רָחְבָּֽהּrachebahbreadthרֹחַבnoun, common, masculine, singular, construct, suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, feminine, singular — “breadth”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH7341width (literally or figuratively)breadth, broad, largeness, thickness, wideness.

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

And thou shalt make an ark-cover of pure gold: two cubits and a half shall be the length thereof, and a cubit and a half the breadth thereof.

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American Standard Version (1901)

And thou shalt make a mercy-seat of pure gold: two cubits and a half shall be the length thereof, and a cubit and a half the breadth thereof.

Young’s Literal Translation

'And thou hast made a mercy-seat of pure gold, two cubits and a half its length, and a cubit and a half its breadth;

World English Bible

You shall make a mercy seat of pure gold. Two and a half cubits shall be its length, and a cubit and a half its width.

Darby Translation

And thou shalt make a mercy-seat of pure gold: two cubits and a half the length thereof, and a cubit and a half the breadth thereof.

Douay-Rheims

Thou shalt make also a propitiatory of the purest gold: the length thereof shall be two cubits and a half, and the breadth a cubit and a half.

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

And thou shalt make an ark-cover of pure gold: two cubits and a half shall be the length thereof, and a cubit and a half the breadth thereof.

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

And thou shalt make a propitiatory, a lid of pure gold; the length of two cubits and a half, and the breadth of a cubit and a half.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Καὶ ποιήσεις ἱλαστήριον ἐπίθεμα χρυσίου καθαροῦ, δύο πήχεων καὶ ἡμίσους τὸ μῆκος, καὶ πήχεως καὶ ἡμίσους τὸ πλάτος.