King James Version

Exodus 39:9

It was foursquare; they made the breastplate double: a span was the length thereof, and a span the breadth thereof, being doubled.

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רָב֧וּעַravuasquareרָבַעverb, qal, passive participle, absolute — “square”, a verb used as a describing wordH7251to be quadrate(four-) square(-d).הָיָ֛הhayahbeהָיָהverb, qal, perfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “be”, a completed actionH1961to exist, i.e. be or become, come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or auxiliary)beacon, [idiom] altogether, be(-come), accomplished, committed, like), break, cause, come (to pass), do, faint, fall, [phrase] follow, happen, [idiom] have, last, pertain, quit (one-) self, require, [idiom] use.כָּפ֖וּלkafuldoubleכָּפַלverb, qal, passive participle, absolute — “double”, a verb used as a describing wordH3717to fold together; figuratively, to repeatdouble.עָשׂ֣וּasvdoעָשָׂהverb, qal, perfect, 3rd person, common, plural — “do”, a completed actionH6213to 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).הַחֹ֑שֶׁןhachoshenthe breastplateחֹשֶׁןdefinite article, noun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “the breastplate”, the ordinary formH2833perhaps a pocket (as holding the Urim and Thummim), or rich (as containing gems), used only of the gorget of the highpriestbreastplate.זֶ֧רֶתzeretspanזֶרֶתnoun, common, feminine, singular, absolute — “span”, the ordinary formH2239the spread of the fingers, i.e. a spanspan.אָרְכּ֛וֹarekvolengthאֹרֶךְnoun, common, masculine, singular, construct, suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “length”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH753length[phrase] forever, length, long.וְזֶ֥רֶתvezeretand spanזֶרֶתconjunction, noun, common, feminine, singular, absolute — “and span”, the ordinary formH2239the spread of the fingers, i.e. a spanspan.רָחְבּ֖וֹrachebvobreadthרֹחַבnoun, 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.כָּפֽוּלkafuldoubleכָּפַלverb, qal, passive participle, absolute — “double”, a verb used as a describing wordH3717to fold together; figuratively, to repeatdouble.

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

It was four-square; they made the breastplate double; a span was the length thereof, and a span the breadth thereof, being double.

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American Standard Version (1901)

It was foursquare; they made the breastplate double: a span was the length thereof, and a span the breadth thereof, being double.

Young’s Literal Translation

it hath been square; double they have made the breastplate, a span its length, and a span its breadth, doubled.

World English Bible

It was square. They made the breastplate double. Its length was a span, and its width a span, being double.

Darby Translation

It was square; double did they make the breastplate, a span the length thereof, and a span the breadth thereof, doubled.

Douay-Rheims

Foursquare, double, of the measure of a span.

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

It was four-square; they made the breastplate double; a span was the length thereof, and a span the breadth thereof, being double.

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

and the bases of the court round about, and the bases of the gate of the court, and the pins of the tabernacle, and the pins of the court round about;

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

καὶ τὰς βάσεις τῆς αὐλῆς κύκλῳ, καὶ τὰς βάσεις τῆς πύλης τῆς αὐλῆς, καὶ τοὺς πασσάλους τῆς σκηνῆς, καὶ τοὺς πασσάλους τῆς αὐλῆς κύκλῳ,