King James Version

Exodus 36:23

And he made boards for the tabernacle; twenty boards for the south side southward:

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וַיַּ֥עַשׂvayaasand doעָשָׂהconjunction, verb, qal, sequential imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “and do”, the next action in the storyH6213to 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…אֶתetobject markerאֵתparticle, direct object marker — “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).הַקְּרָשִׁ֖יםhaqrashimthe benchקֶרֶשׁdefinite article, noun, common, masculine, plural, absolute — “the bench”, the ordinary formH7175a slab or plank; by implication, a deck of ashipbench, board.לַמִּשְׁכָּ֑ןlamishkanto tabernacleמִשְׁכָּןpreposition, with the article, noun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “to tabernacle”, the ordinary formH4908a residence (including a shepherd's hut, the lair of animals, figuratively, the grave; also the Temple); specifically, the Tabernacle (properly, its wooden walls)dwelleth, dwelling (place), habitation, tabernacle, tent.עֶשְׂרִ֣יםesrimtwentyעֶשְׂרִיםadjective, cardinal, both genders, plural, absolute — “twenty”, the ordinary formH6242twenty; also (ordinal) twentieth(six-) score, twenty(-ieth).קְרָשִׁ֔יםqerashimbenchקֶרֶשׁnoun, common, masculine, plural, absolute — “bench”, the ordinary formH7175a slab or plank; by implication, a deck of ashipbench, board.לִפְאַ֖תlifatto cornerפֵּאָהpreposition, noun, common, feminine, singular, construct — “to corner”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH6285properly, mouth in a figurative sense, i.e. direction, region, extremitycorner, end, quarter, side.נֶ֥גֶבnegevsouthנֶגֶבnoun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “south”, the ordinary formH5045the south (from its drought); specifically, the Negeb or southern district of Judah, occasionally, Egypt (as south to Palestine)south (country, side, -ward).תֵּימָֽנָהteymanahsouthתֵּימָןnoun, common, feminine, singular, absolute, directional ending — “south”, the ordinary formH8486the south (as being on the right hand of a person facing the east)south (side, -ward, wind).

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

And he made the boards for the tabernacle; twenty boards for the south side southward.

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American Standard Version (1901)

And he made the boards for the tabernacle: twenty boards for the south side southward;

Young’s Literal Translation

And he maketh the boards for the tabernacle; twenty boards for the south side southward;

World English Bible

He made the boards for the tabernacle, twenty boards for the south side southward.

Darby Translation

And he made the boards for the tabernacle: twenty boards for the south side southward;

Douay-Rheims

Of which twenty were at the south side southward,

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

And he made the boards for the tabernacle; twenty boards for the south side southward.

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

and they made two golden circlets and two golden rings. And they put the two golden rings on both the upper corners of the oracle;

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Καὶ ἐποίησαν δύο ἀσπιδίσκας χρυσᾶς, καὶ δύο δακτυλίους χρυσοῦς· καὶ ἐπέθηκαν τοὺς δύο δακτυλίους τοὺς χρυσοῦς ἐπʼ ἀμφοτέρας τὰς ἀρχὰς τοῦ λογείου.