King James Version

Exodus 35:32

And to devise curious works, to work in gold, and in silver, and in brass,

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וְלַחְשֹׁ֖בvelachshovand to regardחָשַׁבconjunction, preposition, verb, qal, infinitive construct — “and to regard”, the to-form of the verbH2803properly, to plait or interpenetrate, i.e. (literally) to weave or (generally) to fabricate; figuratively, to plot or contrive (usually in a malicious sense); hence (from the mental effort) to think, regard, value, compute(make) account (of), conceive, consider, count, cunning (man, work, workman), devise, esteem, find out, forecast, hold, imagine, impute, invent, be like, mean, purpose, reckon(-ing be made), regard, think.מַֽחַשָׁבֹ֑תmachashavotcunningמַחֲשָׁבָהnoun, common, feminine, plural, absolute — “cunning”, the ordinary formH4284a contrivance, i.e. (concretely) a texture, machine, or (abstractly) intention, plan (whether bad, a plot; or good, advice)cunning (work), curious work, device(-sed), imagination, invented, means, purpose, thought.לַעֲשֹׂ֛תlaasotto doעָשָׂהpreposition, verb, qal, infinitive construct — “to do”, the to-form of the verbH6213to 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…בַּזָּהָ֥בbazahavin goldזָהָבpreposition, with the article, noun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “in gold”, the ordinary formH2091gold, figuratively, something gold-colored (i.e. yellow), as oil, a clear skygold(-en), fair weather.וּבַכֶּ֖סֶףuvakesefand in moneyכֶּסֶףconjunction, preposition, with the article, noun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “and in money”, the ordinary formH3701silver (from its pale color); by implication, moneymoney, price, silver(-ling).וּבַנְּחֹֽשֶׁתuvanchoshetand in copperנְחֹשֶׁתconjunction, preposition, with the article, noun, common, feminine, singular, absolute — “and in copper”, the ordinary formH5178copper, hence, something made of that metal, i.e. coin, a fetter; figuratively, base (as compared with gold or silver)brasen, brass, chain, copper, fetter (of brass), filthiness, steel.

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

And to devise skilful works, to work in gold, and in silver, and in brass,

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American Standard Version (1901)

and to devise skilful works, to work in gold, and in silver, and in brass,

Young’s Literal Translation

even to devise devices to work in gold, and in silver, and in brass,

World English Bible

and to make skillful works, to work in gold, in silver, in bronze,

Darby Translation

and to devise artistic things: to work in gold, and in silver, and in copper,

Douay-Rheims

To devise and to work in gold and silver and brass,

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

And to devise skilful works, to work in gold, and in silver, and in brass,

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

to labour skilfully in all works of cunning workmanship, to form the gold and the silver and the brass,

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

ἀρχιτεκτονεῖν κατὰ πάντα τὰ ἔργα τῆς ἀρχιτεκτονίας, ποιεῖν τὸ χρυσίον καὶ τὸ ἀργύριον καὶ τὸν χαλκόν,