The Meaning of Exodus 37:22 Explained

Exodus 37:22

KJV: Their knops and their branches were of the same: all of it was one beaten work of pure gold.

YLT: their knops and their branches have been of the same; all of it one beaten work of pure gold.

Darby: Their knobs and their branches were of itself all of one beaten work of pure gold.

ASV: Their knops and their branches were of one piece with it: the whole of it was one beaten work of pure gold.

KJV Reverse Interlinear

Their knops  and their branches  were of the same: all of it [was] one  beaten work  [of] pure  gold. 

What does Exodus 37:22 Mean?

Chapter Summary: Exodus 37

1  The ark and mercy seat with cherubim made
10  The table of showbread with its vessels
17  The candlestick with its lamps and instruments
25  The altar of incense
29  The anointing oil and sweet incense

What do the individual words in Exodus 37:22 mean?

Their knobs and their branches of one piece were all of it [was] hammered piece one of gold pure
כַּפְתֹּרֵיהֶ֥ם וּקְנֹתָ֖ם מִמֶּ֣נָּה הָי֑וּ כֻּלָּ֛הּ מִקְשָׁ֥ה אַחַ֖ת זָהָ֥ב טָהֽוֹר

כַּפְתֹּרֵיהֶ֥ם  Their  knobs 
Parse: Noun, masculine plural construct, third person masculine plural
Root: כַּפְתֹּור  
Sense: bulb, knob, capital, capital of a pillar.
וּקְנֹתָ֖ם  and  their  branches 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Noun, masculine plural construct, third person masculine plural
Root: קָנֶה  
Sense: reed, stalk, bone, balances.
מִמֶּ֣נָּה  of  one  piece 
Parse: Preposition, third person feminine singular
Root: מִן 
Sense: from, out of, on account of, off, on the side of, since, above, than, so that not, more than.
כֻּלָּ֛הּ  all  of  it  [was] 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular construct, third person feminine singular
Root: כֹּל  
Sense: all, the whole.
מִקְשָׁ֥ה  hammered  piece 
Parse: Noun, feminine singular
Root: מִקְשָׁה  
Sense: hammered work, finely decorated cultic objects of gold or silver.
אַחַ֖ת  one 
Parse: Number, feminine singular
Root: אֶחָד  
Sense: one (number).
זָהָ֥ב  of  gold 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular
Root: זָהָב  
Sense: gold.
טָהֽוֹר  pure 
Parse: Adjective, masculine singular
Root: טָהֹור  
Sense: pure, clean.