King James Version

Exodus 30:35

And thou shalt make it a perfume, a confection after the art of the apothecary, tempered together, pure and holy:

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וְעָשִׂ֤יתָveasitaand 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…אֹתָהּ֙otahobject markerאֵתparticle, direct object marker, suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, feminine, singular — “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).קְטֹ֔רֶתqetoretincenseקְטֹרֶתnoun, common, feminine, singular, absolute — “incense”, the ordinary formH7004a fumigation(sweet) incense, perfume.רֹ֖קַחroqachconfectionרֹקַחnoun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “confection”, the ordinary formH7545an aromaticconfection, ointment.מַעֲשֵׂ֣הmaasehbusinessמַעֲשֶׂהnoun, common, masculine, singular, construct — “business”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH4639an action (good or bad); generally, a transaction; abstractly, activity; by implication, a product (specifically, a poem) or (generally) propertyact, art, [phrase] bakemeat, business, deed, do(-ing), labor, thing made, ware of making, occupation, thing offered, operation, possession, [idiom] well, (handy-, needle-, net-) work(ing, -manship), wrought.רוֹקֵ֑חַroqechaapothecaryרָקַחverb, qal, participle, absolute — “apothecary”, a verb used as a describing wordH7543to perfumeapothecary, compound, make (ointment), prepare, spice.מְמֻלָּ֖חmemulachsaltמָלַחverb, pual, passive participle, absolute — “salt”, a verb used as a describing wordH4414properly, to rub to pieces or pulverize; intransitively, to disappear as dust; to salt whether internally (to season with salt) or externally (to rub with salt)[idiom] at all, salt, season, temper together, vanish away.טָה֥וֹרtahorpureטָהוֹרadjective, adjective, masculine, singular, absolute — “pure”, the ordinary formH2889pure (in a physical, chemical, ceremonial or moral sense)clean, fair, pure(-ness).קֹֽדֶשׁqodeshconsecratedקֹדֶשׁnoun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “consecrated”, the ordinary formH6944a sacred place or thing; rarely abstract, sanctityconsecrated (thing), dedicated (thing), hallowed (thing), holiness, ([idiom] most) holy ([idiom] day, portion, thing), saint, sanctuary.

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

And thou shalt make of it incense, a perfume after the art of the perfumer, seasoned with salt, pure and holy.

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American Standard Version (1901)

and thou shalt make of it incense, a perfume after the art of the perfumer, seasoned with salt, pure and holy:

Young’s Literal Translation

and thou hast made it a perfume, a compound, work of a compounder, salted, pure, holy;

World English Bible

You shall make incense of it, a perfume after the art of the perfumer, seasoned with salt, pure and holy.

Darby Translation

And thou shalt make it into incense, a perfume, after the work of the perfumer, salted, pure, holy.

Douay-Rheims

And thou shalt make incense compounded by the work of the perfumer, well tempered together, and pure, and most worthy of sanctification.

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

And thou shalt make of it incense, a perfume after the art of the perfumer, seasoned with salt, pure and holy.

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

And they shall make with it perfumed incense, tempered with the art of a perfumer, a pure holy work.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Καὶ ποιήσουσιν ἐν αὐτῷ θυμίαμα μυρεψικὸν ἔργον μυρεψοῦ μεμιγμένον, καθαρὸν ἔργον ἅγιον.