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Exodus 36:21

In Exodus 36 of Exodus.

The length of a board was ten cubits, and the breadth of a board one cubit and a half.

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עֶ֥שֶׂרesertenעֶשֶׂרadjective, cardinal, feminine, singular, absolute — “ten”, the ordinary formH6235ten (as an accumulation to the extent of the digits)ten, (fif-, seven-) teen.אַמֹּ֖תamotcubitאַמָּהnoun, common, feminine, plural, 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.אֹ֣רֶךְorekhlengthאֹרֶךְnoun, common, masculine, singular, construct — “length”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH753length[phrase] forever, length, long.הַקָּ֑רֶשׁhaqareshthe benchקֶרֶשׁdefinite article, noun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “the bench”, the ordinary formH7175a slab or plank; by implication, a deck of ashipbench, board.וְאַמָּה֙veamahand 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.וַחֲצִ֣יvachatsiand halfחֵצִיconjunction, noun, common, masculine, singular, construct — “and half”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH2677the half or middlehalf, middle, mid(-night), midst, part, two parts.הָֽאַמָּ֔הhaamahthe cubitאַמָּהdefinite article, noun, common, feminine, singular, absolute — “the 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.רֹ֖חַבrochavbreadthרֹחַבnoun, common, masculine, singular, construct — “breadth”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH7341width (literally or figuratively)breadth, broad, largeness, thickness, wideness.הַקֶּ֥רֶשׁhaqereshthe benchקֶרֶשׁdefinite article, noun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “the bench”, the ordinary formH7175a slab or plank; by implication, a deck of ashipbench, board.הָאֶחָֽדhaechadthe firstאֶחָדdefinite article, adjective, cardinal, masculine, singular, absolute — “the first”, the ordinary formH259properly, united, i.e. one; or (as an ordinal) firsta, alike, alone, altogether, and, any(-thing), apiece, a certain, (dai-) ly, each (one), [phrase] eleven, every, few, first, [phrase] highway, a man, once, one, only, other, some, together,

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

Ten cubits was the length of a board, and a cubit and a half the breadth of each board.

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American Standard Version (1901)

Ten cubits was the length of a board, and a cubit and a half the breadth of each board.

Young’s Literal Translation

ten cubits [is] the length of the [one] board, and a cubit and a half the breadth of the [one] board;

World English Bible

Ten cubits was the length of a board, and a cubit and a half the width of each board.

Darby Translation

ten cubits the length of the boards, and one cubit and a half the breadth of one board;

Douay-Rheims

The length of one board was ten cubits: and the breadth was one cubit and a half.

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

Ten cubits was the length of a board, and a cubit and a half the breadth of each board.

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

And the stones were twelve according to the names of the children of Israel, graven according to their names like seals, each according to his own name for the twelve tribes.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Καὶ οἱ λίθοι ἦσαν ἐκ τῶν ὀνομάτων τῶν υἱῶν Ἰσραὴλ δώδεκα, ἐκ τῶν ὀνομάτων αὐτῶν ἐγγεγλυμμένα εἰς σφραγίδας, ἕκαστος ἐκ τοῦ ἑαυτοῦ ὀνόματος εἰς τὰς δώδεκα φυλάς.

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