The Meaning of Exodus 25:33 Explained

Exodus 25:33

KJV: Three bowls made like unto almonds, with a knop and a flower in one branch; and three bowls made like almonds in the other branch, with a knop and a flower: so in the six branches that come out of the candlestick.

YLT: three calyxes made like almonds in the one branch, a knop and a flower, and three calyxes made like almonds in one branch, a knop and a flower; so for the six branches which are coming out from the candlestick.

Darby: three cups shaped like almonds in the one branch, a knob and a flower: and three cups shaped like almonds in the other branch, a knob and a flower: so in the six branches that come out of the lamp-stand.

ASV: three cups made like almond-blossoms in one branch, a knop and a flower; and three cups made like almond-blossoms in the other branch, a knop and a flower: so for the six branches going out of the candlestick:

KJV Reverse Interlinear

Three  bowls  made like unto almonds,  [with] a knop  and a flower  in one  branch;  and three  bowls  made like almonds  in the other  branch,  [with] a knop  and a flower:  so in the six  branches  that come  out of the candlestick. 

What does Exodus 25:33 Mean?

Context Summary

Exodus 25:23-40 - The Table Of Showbread And The Lampstand
The Table of the Showbread, or Presence-bread, held the twelve loaves, which represented the tribes of Israel. It was three feet long, one foot, six inches broad, and two feet, three inches high. The border or edging of gold around the top kept its contents from falling off. The loaves were changed each week, and when removed, were eaten only by the priests. See Mark 2:26. Surely the suggestion of this table, standing, as it did, immediately before the veil on the outer side, was intended to teach that the purity and devotion of Israel were as bread to God. He taketh pleasure in them that fear Him. We also feed with God on the beauty and glory of our Savior's obedience unto death.
The candlestick, with its seven branches, cost $35,000, and is a type of Christ, the Light of the World, and of the people of God when illuminated by the Divine Fire and shining amid the darkness around. See Zechariah 4:2; John 8:12; Revelation 1:13. [source]

Chapter Summary: Exodus 25

1  What the Israelites were to offer for the building of the tabernacle
10  The dimensions of the ark
17  The mercy seat, with the cherubim
23  The table of show bread, with the furniture thereof
31  The golden candlestick, with the instruments thereof

What do the individual words in Exodus 25:33 mean?

Three bowls [shall be] made like almond [blossoms] on branch one [with] an [ornamental] knob and a flower and three bowls made like almond [blossoms] on the branch [other] one and a flower so for six the branches that come out of the lampstand
שְׁלֹשָׁ֣ה גְ֠בִעִים מְֽשֻׁקָּדִ֞ים בַּקָּנֶ֣ה הָאֶחָד֮ כַּפְתֹּ֣ר וָפֶרַח֒ וּשְׁלֹשָׁ֣ה גְבִעִ֗ים מְשֻׁקָּדִ֛ים בַּקָּנֶ֥ה הָאֶחָ֖ד --וָפָ֑רַח כֵּ֚ן לְשֵׁ֣שֶׁת הַקָּנִ֔ים הַיֹּצְאִ֖ים מִן־ הַמְּנֹרָֽה

שְׁלֹשָׁ֣ה  Three 
Parse: Number, masculine singular
Root: מִשְׁלֹשׁ 
Sense: three, triad.
גְ֠בִעִים  bowls 
Parse: Noun, masculine plural
Root: גָּבִיעַ  
Sense: cup, bowl.
מְֽשֻׁקָּדִ֞ים  [shall  be]  made  like  almond  [blossoms] 
Parse: Noun, masculine plural
Root: מְשֻׁקָּד  
Sense: (Pual) cups shaped like almond blossoms (participle).
בַּקָּנֶ֣ה  on  branch 
Parse: Preposition-b, Article, Noun, masculine singular
Root: קָנֶה  
Sense: reed, stalk, bone, balances.
הָאֶחָד֮  one 
Parse: Article, Number, masculine singular
Root: אֶחָד  
Sense: one (number).
כַּפְתֹּ֣ר  [with]  an  [ornamental]  knob 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular
Root: כַּפְתֹּור  
Sense: bulb, knob, capital, capital of a pillar.
וָפֶרַח֒  and  a  flower 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Noun, masculine singular
Root: פֶּרַח  
Sense: bud, sprout.
וּשְׁלֹשָׁ֣ה  and  three 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Number, masculine singular
Root: מִשְׁלֹשׁ 
Sense: three, triad.
גְבִעִ֗ים  bowls 
Parse: Noun, masculine plural
Root: גָּבִיעַ  
Sense: cup, bowl.
מְשֻׁקָּדִ֛ים  made  like  almond  [blossoms] 
Parse: Noun, masculine plural
Root: מְשֻׁקָּד  
Sense: (Pual) cups shaped like almond blossoms (participle).
בַּקָּנֶ֥ה  on  the  branch 
Parse: Preposition-b, Article, Noun, masculine singular
Root: קָנֶה  
Sense: reed, stalk, bone, balances.
הָאֶחָ֖ד  [other]  one 
Parse: Article, Number, masculine singular
Root: אֶחָד  
Sense: one (number).
--וָפָ֑רַח  and  a  flower 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Noun, masculine singular
Root: פֶּרַח  
Sense: bud, sprout.
כֵּ֚ן  so 
Parse: Adverb
Root: כֵּן 
Sense: so, therefore, thus.
לְשֵׁ֣שֶׁת  for  six 
Parse: Preposition-l, Number, masculine singular construct
Root: שֵׁשׁ  
Sense: six.
הַקָּנִ֔ים  the  branches 
Parse: Article, Noun, masculine plural
Root: קָנֶה  
Sense: reed, stalk, bone, balances.
הַיֹּצְאִ֖ים  that  come  out 
Parse: Article, Verb, Qal, Participle, masculine plural
Root: יׄוצֵאת 
Sense: to go out, come out, exit, go forth.
הַמְּנֹרָֽה  the  lampstand 
Parse: Article, Noun, feminine singular
Root: מְנׄורָה  
Sense: lamp stand.

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