King James Version

Exodus 28:16

Foursquare it shall be being doubled; a span shall be the length thereof, and a span shall be the breadth thereof.

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רָב֥וּעַravuasquareרָבַעverb, qal, passive participle, absolute — “square”, a verb used as a describing wordH7251to be quadrate(four-) square(-d).יִֽהְיֶ֖הyihyehbeהָיָהverb, qal, imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “be”, an unfinished actionH1961to exist, i.e. be or become, come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or auxiliary)beacon, [idiom] altogether, be(-come), accomplished, committed, like), break, cause, come (to pass), do, faint, fall, [phrase] follow, happen, [idiom] have, last, pertain, quit (one-) self, require, [idiom] use.כָּפ֑וּלkafuldoubleכָּפַלverb, qal, passive participle, absolute — “double”, a verb used as a describing wordH3717to fold together; figuratively, to repeatdouble.זֶ֥רֶתzeretspanזֶרֶתnoun, common, feminine, singular, absolute — “span”, the ordinary formH2239the spread of the fingers, i.e. a spanspan.אָרְכּ֖וֹarekvolengthאֹרֶךְnoun, common, masculine, singular, construct, suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “length”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH753length[phrase] forever, length, long.וְזֶ֥רֶתvezeretand spanזֶרֶתconjunction, noun, common, feminine, singular, absolute — “and span”, the ordinary formH2239the spread of the fingers, i.e. a spanspan.רָחְבּֽוֹrachebvobreadthרֹחַבnoun, common, masculine, singular, construct, suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “breadth”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH7341width (literally or figuratively)breadth, broad, largeness, thickness, wideness.

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

Four-square it shall be and double: a span shall be the length thereof, and a span the breadth thereof.

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American Standard Version (1901)

Foursquare it shall be and double; a span shall be the length thereof, and a span the breadth thereof.

Young’s Literal Translation

it is square, doubled, a span its length, and a span its breadth.

World English Bible

It shall be square and folded double; a span shall be its length, and a span its width.

Darby Translation

Square shall it be, doubled; a span the length thereof, and a span the breadth thereof.

Douay-Rheims

It shall be foursquare and doubled: it shall be the measure of a span both in length and in breadth.

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

Four-square it shall be and double: a span shall be the length thereof, and a span the breadth thereof.

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

Thou shalt make it square: it shall be double; of a span the length of it, and of a span the breadth.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Ποιήσεις αὐτό τετράγωνον· ἔσται διπλοῦν, σπιθαμῆς τὸ μῆκος αὐτοῦ, καὶ σπιθαμῆς τὸ εὖρος.