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Leviticus 24:6

And thou shalt set them in two rows, six on a row, upon the pure table before the LORD.

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וְשַׂמְתָּ֥vesamtaand 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]…אוֹתָ֛םotamobject markerאֵתparticle, direct object marker, suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, masculine, plural — “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).שְׁתַּ֥יִםshetayimtwoשְׁנַיִםadjective, cardinal, feminine, dual, absolute — “two”, the ordinary formH8147two; also (as ordinal) twofoldboth, couple, double, second, twain, [phrase] twelfth, [phrase] twelve, [phrase] twenty (sixscore) thousand, twice, two.מַֽעֲרָכ֖וֹתmaarakhotarmyמַעֲרָכָהnoun, common, feminine, plural, absolute — “army”, the ordinary formH4634an arrangement; concretely, a pile; specifically a military arrayarmy, fight, be set in order, ordered place, rank, row.שֵׁ֣שׁsheshsixשֵׁשׁadjective, cardinal, feminine, singular, absolute — “six”, the ordinary formH8337six (as an overplus beyond five or the fingers of the hand); as ord. sixthsix(-teen, -teenth), sixth.הַֽמַּעֲרָ֑כֶתhamaarakhetthe shewbreadמַעֲרֶכֶתdefinite article, noun, common, feminine, singular, absolute — “the shewbread”, the ordinary formH4635an arrangement, i.e. (concretely) a pile (of loaves)row, shewbread.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,…הַשֻּׁלְחָ֥ןhashulchanthe tableשֻׁלְחָןdefinite article, noun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “the table”, the ordinary formH7979a table (as spread out); by implication, a mealtable.הַטָּהֹ֖רhatahorthe pureטָהוֹרdefinite article, adjective, adjective, masculine, singular, absolute — “the pure”, the ordinary formH2889pure (in a physical, chemical, ceremonial or moral sense)clean, fair, pure(-ness).לִפְנֵ֥יlifneto a- foreפָּנִיםpreposition, noun, common, both genders, plural, construct — “to a- fore”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH6440the face (as the part that turns); used in a great variety of applications (literally and figuratively); also (with prepositional prefix) as a preposition (before, etc.)[phrase] accept, a-(be-) fore(-time), against, anger, [idiom] as (long as), at, [phrase] battle, [phrase] because (of), [phrase] beseech, countenance, edge, [phrase] employ, endure, [phrase] enquire, face, favour, fear of, for, forefront(-…יְהוָֽהyehvahJehovahיְהֹוָהnoun, proper name — “Jehovah”H3068Jehovah, Jewish national name of GodJehovah, the Lord. Compare H3050 (יָהּ), H3069 (יְהֹוִה).

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

And thou shalt set them in two rows, six in a row, upon the pure table before the LORD.

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American Standard Version (1901)

And thou shalt set them in two rows, six on a row, upon the pure table before Jehovah.

Young’s Literal Translation

and thou hast set them two ranks (six in the rank) on the pure table before Jehovah,

World English Bible

You shall set them in two rows, six on a row, on the pure gold table before Yahweh.

Darby Translation

And thou shalt set them in two rows, six in a row, upon the pure table before Jehovah.

Douay-Rheims

And thou shalt set them six and six one against another upon the most clean table before the Lord:

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

And thou shalt set them in two rows, six in a row, upon the pure table before the LORD.

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

And ye shall put them in two rows, each row containing six loaves, on the pure table before the Lord.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Καὶ ἐπιθήσετε αὐτοὺς δύο θέματα, ἓξ ἄρτους τὸ ἓν θέμα ἐπὶ τὴν τράπεζαν τὴν καθαρὰν ἔναντι Κυρίου.