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Exodus 36:31

And he made bars of shittim wood; five for the boards of the one side of the tabernacle,

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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…בְּרִיחֵ֖יberichefugitiveבְּרִיחַnoun, common, masculine, plural, construct — “fugitive”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH1280a boltbar, fugitive.עֲצֵ֣יatsetreeעֵץnoun, common, masculine, plural, construct — “tree”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH6086a tree (from its firmness); hence, wood (plural sticks)[phrase] carpenter, gallows, helve, [phrase] pine, plank, staff, stalk, stick, stock, timber, tree, wood.שִׁטִּ֑יםshitimshittahשִׁטָּהnoun, common, feminine, plural, absolute — “shittah”, the ordinary formH7848the acacia (from its scourging thorns)shittah, shittim. See also H1029 (בֵּית הַשִּׁטָּה).חֲמִשָּׁ֕הchamishahfiveחָמֵשׁadjective, cardinal, masculine, singular, absolute — “five”, the ordinary formH2568fivefif(-teen), fifth, five ([idiom] apiece).לְקַרְשֵׁ֥יleqarsheto benchקֶרֶשׁpreposition, noun, common, masculine, plural, construct — “to bench”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH7175a slab or plank; by implication, a deck of ashipbench, board.צֶֽלַעtselaplankצֵלָעnoun, common, both genders, singular, construct — “plank”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH6763a rib (as curved), literally (of the body) or figuratively (of a door, i.e. leaf); hence, a side, literally (of a person) or figuratively (of an object or the sky, i.e. quarter); architecturally, a (especially floor or ceiling) timber or plank (single or collective, i.e. a flooring)beam, board, chamber, corner, leaf, plank, rib, side (chamber).הַמִּשְׁכָּ֖ןhamishkanthe tabernacleמִשְׁכָּןdefinite article, noun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “the 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.הָאֶחָֽתhaechatthe firstאֶחָדdefinite article, adjective, cardinal, feminine, 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)

And he made bars of acacia-wood: five for the boards of the one side of the tabernacle,

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American Standard Version (1901)

And he made bars of acacia wood; five for the boards of the one side of the tabernacle,

Young’s Literal Translation

And he maketh bars of shittim wood, five for the boards of the one side of the tabernacle,

World English Bible

He made bars of acacia wood: five for the boards of the one side of the tabernacle,

Darby Translation

— And he made bars of acacia-wood: five for the boards of the one side of the tabernacle,

Douay-Rheims

He made also bars of setim wood, five to hold together the boards of one side of the tabernacle,

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

And he made bars of acacia-wood: five for the boards of the one side of the tabernacle,

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

And they made on the border of the tunic below pomegranates as of a flowering pomegranate tree, of blue, and purple, and spun scarlet, and fine linen twined.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Καὶ ἐποίησαν ἐπὶ τοῦ λώματος τοῦ ὑποδύτου κάτωθεν ὡς ἐξανθούσης ῥόας ῥοΐσκους, ἐξ ὑακίνθου, καὶ πορφύρας, καὶ κοκκίνου νενησμένου, καὶ βύσσου κεκλωσμένης.