King James Version

Exodus 38:4

And he made for the altar a brasen grate of network under the compass thereof beneath unto the midst of it.

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וַיַּ֤עַשׂvayaasand 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…לַמִּזְבֵּ֨חַ֙lamizbechato altarמִזְבֵּחַpreposition, with the article, noun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “to altar”, the ordinary formH4196an altaraltar.מִכְבָּ֔רmikhbargrateמַכְבֵּרnoun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “grate”, the ordinary formH4345a grategrate.מַעֲשֵׂ֖הmaasehbusinessמַעֲשֶׂהnoun, common, masculine, singular, construct — “business”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH4639an action (good or bad); generally, a transaction; abstractly, activity; by implication, a product (specifically, a poem) or (generally) propertyact, art, [phrase] bakemeat, business, deed, do(-ing), labor, thing made, ware of making, occupation, thing offered, operation, possession, [idiom] well, (handy-, needle-, net-) work(ing, -manship), wrought.רֶ֣שֶׁתreshetnetרֶשֶׁתnoun, common, feminine, singular, construct — “net”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH7568a net (as catching animals)net(-work).נְחֹ֑שֶׁתnechoshetcopperנְחֹשֶׁתnoun, common, feminine, singular, absolute — “copper”, the ordinary formH5178copper, hence, something made of that metal, i.e. coin, a fetter; figuratively, base (as compared with gold or silver)brasen, brass, chain, copper, fetter (of brass), filthiness, steel.תַּ֧חַתtachatwithתַּחַתpreposition — “with”H8478the bottom (as depressed); only adverbially, below (often with prepositional prefix underneath), in lieu of, etc.as, beneath, [idiom] flat, in(-stead), (same) place (where...is), room, for...sake, stead of, under, [idiom] unto, [idiom] when...was mine, whereas, (where-) fore, with.כַּרְכֻּבּ֛וֹkarkubvocompassכַּרְכֹּבnoun, common, masculine, singular, construct, suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “compass”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH3749a rim or top margincompass.מִלְּמַ֖טָּהmilmatahfrom to beneathמַטָּהpreposition, preposition, adverb — “from to beneath”H4295downward, below or beneath; often adverbially with or without prefixesbeneath, down(-ward), less, very low, under(-neath).עַדadevenעַדpreposition — “even”H5704as far (or long, or much) as, whether of space (even unto) or time (during, while, until) or degree (equally with)against, and, as, at, before, by (that), even (to), for(-asmuch as), (hither-) to, [phrase] how long, into, as long (much) as, (so) that, till, toward, until, when, while, ([phrase] as) yet.חֶצְיֽוֹchetsyvohalfחֵצִיnoun, common, masculine, singular, construct, suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “half”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH2677the half or middlehalf, middle, mid(-night), midst, part, two parts.

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

And he made for the altar a grating of network of brass, under the ledge round it beneath, reaching halfway up.

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American Standard Version (1901)

And he made for the altar a grating of network of brass, under the ledge round it beneath, reaching halfway up.

Young’s Literal Translation

And he maketh for the altar a brazen grate of net-work, under its border beneath, unto its midst;

World English Bible

He made for the altar a grating of a network of bronze, under the ledge around it beneath, reaching halfway up.

Darby Translation

And he made for the altar a grating of network of copper under its ledge from beneath, to the very middle of it.

Douay-Rheims

And he made the grate thereof of brass, in manner of a net, and under it in the midst of the altar a hearth,

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

And he made for the altar a grating of network of brass, under the ledge round it beneath, reaching halfway up.

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

wide enough for the staves, so that men should bear the ark with them.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

εὐρεῖς τοῖς διωστῆρσιν, ὥστε αἴρειν αὐτὴν ἐν αὐτοῖς.

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