King James Version

Exodus 37:6

And he made the mercy seat of pure gold: two cubits and a half was the length thereof, and one cubit and a half the breadth thereof.

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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…כַּפֹּ֖רֶתkaporetmercy seatכַּפֹּרֶתnoun, common, feminine, singular, construct — “mercy seat”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH3727a lid (used only of the cover of the sacred Ark)mercy seat.זָהָ֣בzahavgoldזָהָבnoun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “gold”, the ordinary formH2091gold, figuratively, something gold-colored (i.e. yellow), as oil, a clear skygold(-en), fair weather.טָה֑וֹרtahorpureטָהוֹרadjective, adjective, masculine, singular, absolute — “pure”, the ordinary formH2889pure (in a physical, chemical, ceremonial or moral sense)clean, fair, pure(-ness).אַמָּתַ֤יִםamatayimcubitאַמָּהnoun, 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.וָחֵ֨צִי֙vachetsiand halfחֵצִיconjunction, noun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “and half”, the ordinary formH2677the half or middlehalf, middle, mid(-night), midst, part, two parts.אָרְכָּ֔הּarekahlengthאֹרֶךְnoun, common, masculine, singular, construct, suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, feminine, singular — “length”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH753length[phrase] forever, length, long.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.רָחְבָּֽהּrachebahbreadthרֹחַבnoun, common, masculine, singular, construct, suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, feminine, singular — “breadth”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH7341width (literally or figuratively)breadth, broad, largeness, thickness, wideness.

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

And he made an ark-cover of pure gold: two cubits and a half was the length thereof, and a cubit and a half the breadth thereof.

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American Standard Version (1901)

And he made a mercy-seat of pure gold: two cubits and a half was the length thereof, and a cubit and a half the breadth thereof.

Young’s Literal Translation

And he maketh a mercy-seat of pure gold, two cubits and a half its length, and a cubit and a half its breadth;

World English Bible

He made a mercy seat of pure gold. Its length was two and a half cubits, and a cubit and a half its width.

Darby Translation

— And he made a mercy-seat of pure gold; two cubits and a half the length thereof, and one cubit and a half the breadth thereof.

Douay-Rheims

He made also the propitiatory, that is, the oracle, of the purest gold, two cubits and a half in length, and a cubit and a half in breadth.

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

And he made an ark-cover of pure gold: two cubits and a half was the length thereof, and a cubit and a half the breadth thereof.

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

and their posts five, and the rings; and they gilded their chapiters and their clasps with gold, and they had five sockets of brass.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

καὶ τοὺς στύλους αὐτῶν πέντε, καὶ τοὺς κρίκους· καὶ τὰς κεφαλίδας αὐτῶν, καὶ τὰς ψαλίδας αὐτῶν κατεχρύσωσαν χρυσίῳ· καὶ αἱ βάσεις αὐτῶν πέντε χαλκαῖ.