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Exodus 40:3

In Exodus 40 of Exodus.

And thou shalt put therein the ark of the testimony, and cover the ark with the vail.

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וְשַׂמְתָּ֣vesamtaand putשׂוּםconjunction, verb, qal, sequential perfect, 2nd person, masculine, singular — “and put”, a completed action in a sequenceH7760to 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]…שָׁ֔םshamthereשָׁםadverb — “there”H8033there (transferring to time) then; often thither, or thencein it, [phrase] thence, there (-in, [phrase] of, [phrase] out), [phrase] thither, [phrase] whither.אֵ֖תetobject 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).אֲר֣וֹןaronchestאָרוֹןnoun, common, both genders, singular, construct — “chest”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH727a boxark, chest, coffin.הָעֵד֑וּתhaedutthe testimonyעֵדוּתdefinite article, noun, common, feminine, singular, absolute — “the testimony”, the ordinary formH5715testimonytestimony, witness.וְסַכֹּתָ֥vesakotaand coverסָכַךְconjunction, verb, qal, sequential perfect, 2nd person, masculine, singular — “and cover”, a completed action in a sequenceH5526properly, to entwine as ascreen; by implication, to fence in, cover over, (figuratively) protectcover, defence, defend, hedge in, join together, set, shut up.עַלalaboveעַלpreposition — “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,…הָאָרֹ֖ןhaaronthe chestאָרוֹןdefinite article, noun, common, both genders, singular, absolute — “the chest”, the ordinary formH727a boxark, chest, coffin.אֶתetamongאֵתpreposition — “among”H854properly, nearness (used only as a preposition or an adverb), near; hence, generally, with, by, at, among, etc.against, among, before, by, for, from, in(-to), (out) of, with. Often with another prepositional prefix.הַפָּרֹֽכֶתhaparokhetthe vailפֹּרֶכֶתdefinite article, noun, common, feminine, singular, absolute — “the vail”, the ordinary formH6532a separatrix, i.e. (the sacred) screenvail.

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

And thou shalt put therein the ark of the testimony, and thou shalt screen the ark with the veil.

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American Standard Version (1901)

And thou shalt put therein the ark of the testimony, and thou shalt screen the ark with the veil.

Young’s Literal Translation

and hast set there the ark of the testimony, and hast covered over the ark with the vail,

World English Bible

You shall put the ark of the covenant in it, and you shall screen the ark with the veil.

Darby Translation

And thou shalt put in it the ark of the testimony, and shalt cover the ark with the veil.

Douay-Rheims

And shalt put the ark in it, and shalt let down the veil before it:

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

And thou shalt put therein the ark of the testimony, and thou shalt screen the ark with the veil.

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

and thou shalt place in it the ark of the testimony, and shalt cover the ark with the veil,

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Καὶ θήσεις τὴν κιβωτὸν τοῦ μαρτυρίου, καὶ σκεπάσεις τὴν κιβωτὸν τῷ καταπετάσματι.

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