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Exodus 40:24

In Exodus 40 of Exodus.

And he put the candlestick in the tent of the congregation, over against the table, on the side of the tabernacle southward.

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וַיָּ֤שֶׂםvayasemand putשׂוּםconjunction, verb, qal, sequential imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “and put”, the next action in the storyH7760to put (used in a great variety of applications, literal, figurative, inferentially, and elliptically)[idiom] any wise, appoint, bring, call (a name), care, cast in, change, charge, commit, consider, convey, determine, [phrase] disguise, dispose, do, get, give, heap up, hold, impute, lay (down, up), leave, look, make (out), mark, [phrase]…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).הַמְּנֹרָה֙hamnorahthe candlestickמְנוֹרָהdefinite article, noun, common, feminine, singular, absolute — “the candlestick”, the ordinary formH4501a chandeliercandlestick.בְּאֹ֣הֶלbeohelin tentאֹהֶלpreposition, noun, common, masculine, singular, construct — “in tent”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH168a tent (as clearly conspicuous from a distance)covering, (dwelling) (place), home, tabernacle, tent.מוֹעֵ֔דmoedappointedמוֹעֵדnoun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “appointed”, the ordinary formH4150properly, an appointment, i.e. a fixed time or season; specifically, a festival; conventionally ayear; by implication, an assembly (as convened for a definite purpose); technically the congregation; by extension, the place of meeting; also a signal (as appointed beforehand)appointed (sign, time), (place of, solemn) assembly, congregation, (set, solemn) feast, (appointed, due) season, solemn(-ity), synogogue, (set) time (appointed).נֹ֖כַחnokhachagainstנֹכַחpreposition — “against”H5227properly, the front part; used adverbially (especially with preposition), opposite, in front of, forward, in behalf of(over) against, before, direct(-ly), for, right (on).הַשֻּׁלְחָ֑ןhashulchanthe tableשֻׁלְחָןdefinite article, noun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “the table”, the ordinary formH7979a table (as spread out); by implication, a mealtable.עַ֛לalaboveעַלpreposition — “above”H5921above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applicationsabove, according to(-ly), after, (as) against, among, and, [idiom] as, at, because of, beside (the rest of), between, beyond the time, [idiom] both and, by (reason of), [idiom] had the charge of, concerning for, in (that), (forth, out) of,…יֶ֥רֶךְyerekhsideיָרֵךְnoun, common, feminine, singular, construct — “side”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH3409the thigh (from its fleshy softness); by euphemistically the generative parts; figuratively, a shank, flank, side[idiom] body, loins, shaft, side, thigh.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.נֶֽגְבָּהnegbahsouthנֶגֶבnoun, common, masculine, singular, absolute, directional ending — “south”, the ordinary formH5045the south (from its drought); specifically, the Negeb or southern district of Judah, occasionally, Egypt (as south to Palestine)south (country, side, -ward).

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

And he put the candlestick in the tent of meeting, over against the table, on the side of the tabernacle southward.

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American Standard Version (1901)

And he put the candlestick in the tent of meeting, over against the table, on the side of the tabernacle southward.

Young’s Literal Translation

And he putteth the candlestick in the tent of meeting, over-against the table, on the side of the tabernacle southward,

World English Bible

He put the lamp stand in the Tent of Meeting, opposite the table, on the south side of the tabernacle.

Darby Translation

And he put the candlestick in the tent of meeting, opposite to the table, on the side of the tabernacle southward.

Douay-Rheims

He set also the altar of gold under the roof of the testimony over against the veil,

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

And he put the candlestick in the tent of meeting, over against the table, on the side of the tabernacle southward.

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

And he put the candlestick into the tabernacle of witness, on the side of the tabernacle toward the south.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Καὶ ἔθηκε τὴν λυχνίαν εἰς τὴν σκηνὴν τοῦ μαρτυρίου, εἰς τὸ κλίτος τῆς σκηνῆς τὸ πρὸς Νότον.

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