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Exodus 37:1

And Bezaleel made the ark of shittim wood: two cubits and a half was the length of it, and a cubit and a half the breadth of it, and a cubit and a half the height of it:

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וַיַּ֧עַשׂvayaasand 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…בְּצַלְאֵ֛לbetsalelBezaleelבְּצַלְאֵלnoun, proper name — “Bezaleel”H1212Betsalel, the name of two IsraelitesBezaleel.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).הָאָרֹ֖ןhaaronthe chestאָרוֹןdefinite article, noun, common, both genders, singular, absolute — “the chest”, the ordinary formH727a boxark, chest, coffin.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).אַמָּתַ֨יִםamatayimcubitאַמָּהnoun, common, feminine, dual, 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.וָחֵ֜צִיvachetsiand halfחֵצִיconjunction, noun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “and half”, the ordinary formH2677the half or middlehalf, middle, mid(-night), midst, part, two parts.אָרְכּ֗וֹarekvolengthאֹרֶךְnoun, common, masculine, singular, construct, suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “length”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH753length[phrase] forever, length, long.וְאַמָּ֤הveamahand 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.וָחֵ֨צִי֙vachetsiand halfחֵצִיconjunction, noun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “and half”, the ordinary formH2677the half or middlehalf, middle, mid(-night), midst, part, two parts.רָחְבּ֔וֹrachebvobreadthרֹחַבnoun, common, masculine, singular, construct, suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “breadth”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH7341width (literally or figuratively)breadth, broad, largeness, thickness, wideness.וְאַמָּ֥הveamahand 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.וָחֵ֖צִיvachetsiand halfחֵצִיconjunction, noun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “and half”, the ordinary formH2677the half or middlehalf, middle, mid(-night), midst, part, two parts.קֹמָתֽוֹqomatvoheightקוֹמָהnoun, common, feminine, singular, construct, suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “height”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH6967height[idiom] along, height, high, stature, tall.

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

And Bezalel made the ark of acacia-wood: two cubits and a half was the length of it, and a cubit and a half the breadth of it, and a cubit and a half the height of it.

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American Standard Version (1901)

And Bezalel made the ark of acacia wood: two cubits and a half was the length of it, and a cubit and a half the breadth of it, and a cubit and a half the height of it.

Young’s Literal Translation

And Bezaleel maketh the ark of shittim wood, two cubits and a half its length, and a cubit and a half its breadth, and a cubit and a half its height;

World English Bible

Bezalel made the ark of acacia wood. Its length was two and a half cubits, and its width a cubit and a half, and a cubit and a half its height.

Darby Translation

And Bezaleel made the ark of acacia-wood; two cubits and a half the length thereof, and a cubit and a half the breadth thereof, and a cubit and a half the height thereof.

Douay-Rheims

And Beseleel made also the ark of setim wood: it was two cubits and a half in length, and a cubit and a half in breadth, and the height was of one cubit and a half: and he overlaid it with the purest gold within and without.

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

And Bezalel made the ark of acacia-wood: two cubits and a half was the length of it, and a cubit and a half the breadth of it, and a cubit and a half the height of it.

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

And they made ten curtains for the tabernacle;

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Καὶ ἐποίησαν τῇ σκηνῇ δέκα αὐλαίας·