Exodus 40:5
King James Version (1769)
Other translations
| Verse | KJV | BSB | ASV |
|---|---|---|---|
| 5 | And thou shalt set the altar of gold for the incense before the ark of the testimony, and put the hanging of the door to the tabernacle. | Place the gold altar of incense in front of the ark of the Testimony, and hang the curtain at the entrance to the tabernacle. | And thou shalt set the golden altar for incense before the ark of the testimony, and put the screen of the door to the tabernacle. |
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Original Hebrew words
| English | Hebrew | Say it | Strong's | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| and you will put | וְנָתַתָּ֞ה | ve-na-ta-TAH | H5414H | to give: giveנָתַן (na.tan) : give/deliver/send/produce 1) to give, put, set 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to give, bestow, grant, permit, ascribe, employ, devote, consecrate, dedicate, pay wages, sell, exchange, lend, commit, entrust, give over, deliver up, yield produce, occasion, produce, requite to, report, mention, utter, stretch out, extend 1a2) to put, set, put on, put upon, set, appoint, assign, designate 1a3) to make, constitute 1b) (Niphal) 1b1) to be given, be bestowed, be provided, be entrusted to, be granted to, be permitted, be issued, be published, be uttered, be assigned 1b2) to be set, be put, be made, be inflicted … |
| [the] altar of | מִזְבַּ֤ח | miz-BACH | H4196 | sacrificeדְּבַח (de.vach) sacrifice Aramaic of miz.be.ach (מִזְבֵּחַ "altar" H4196) |
| the gold | הַזָּהָב֙ | ha-za-HAV | H2091 | goldדְּהַב (de.hav) gold Aramaic of za.hav (זָהָב "gold" H2091) |
| for incense | לִקְטֹ֔רֶת | lik-TO-ret | H7004 | incenseקְטֹ֫רֶת (qe.to.ret) 1) incense, smoke, odour of (burning) sacrifice 1a) sweet smoke of sacrifice 1b) incense 1c) perfume |
| to before | לִפְנֵ֖י | lif-NEI | H6440G | face: beforeפָּנֶה (pa.neh) : before/to/front 1) face 1a) face, faces 1b) presence, person 1c) face (of seraphim or cherubim) 1d) face (of animals) 1e) face, surface (of ground) 1f) as adv of loc/temp 1f1) before and behind, toward, in front of, forward, formerly, from beforetime, before 1g) with prep 1g1) in front of, before, to the front of, in the presence of, in the face of, at the face or front of, from the presence of, from before, from before the face of |
| [the] ark of | אֲר֣וֹן | 'a-RON | H0727 | arkאֲרוֹן (a.ron) 1) chest, ark 1a) money chest 1b) Ark of the Covenant 2)(TWOT) coffin |
| the testimony | הָעֵדֻ֑ת | ha-'e-DUT | H5715 | testimonyעֵדוּת (e.dut) testimony |
| and you will put | וְשַׂמְתָּ֛ | ve-sam-TA | H7760A | to set: makeשׂוּם (sum) : make/establish 1) to put, place, set, appoint, make 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to put, set, lay, put or lay upon, lay (violent) hands on 1a2) to set, direct, direct toward 1a2a) to extend (compassion) (fig) 1a3) to set, ordain, establish, found, appoint, constitute, make, determine, fix 1a4) to set, station, put, set in place, plant, fix 1a5) to make, make for, transform into, constitute, fashion, work, bring to pass, appoint, give 1b) (Hiphil) to set or make for a sign 1c) (Hophal) to be set |
| [the] screen of | מָסַ֥ךְ | ma-SAKH | H4539 | coveringמָסָךְ (ma.sakh) 1) covering, rag, screen 1a) covering 1b) screen (of the tabernacle) |
| the entrance | הַפֶּ֖תַח | ha-PE-tach | H6607 | entranceפֶּ֫תַח (pe.tach) opening, doorway, entrance |
| of the tabernacle | לַמִּשְׁכָּֽן׃ | la-mish-KAN | H4908 | habitationמִשְׁכַּן (mish.kan) abode (of God) Aramaic of mish.kan (מִשְׁכָּן "tabernacle" H4908) |
Words and meanings from STEPBible data (Tyndale House, Cambridge, CC BY 4.0). The capitalized syllable is the stressed one.