The Meaning of Exodus 38:2 Explained

Exodus 38:2

KJV: And he made the horns thereof on the four corners of it; the horns thereof were of the same: and he overlaid it with brass.

YLT: and he maketh its horns on its four corners; its horns have been of the same; and he overlayeth it with brass;

Darby: And he made its horns on the four corners thereof; its horns were of itself; and he overlaid it with copper.

ASV: And he made the horns thereof upon the four corners of it; the horns thereof were of one piece with it: and he overlaid it with brass.

KJV Reverse Interlinear

And he made  the horns  thereof on the four  corners  of it; the horns  thereof were of the same: and he overlaid  it with brass. 

What does Exodus 38:2 Mean?

Chapter Summary: Exodus 38

1  The altar of burnt offering
8  The laver of brass
9  The court, and its hangings
21  The sum of what the people offered, and the use to which it was applied

What do the individual words in Exodus 38:2 mean?

And He made its horns on four corners its were [of one piece] the horns with it And he overlaid with it bronze
וַיַּ֣עַשׂ קַרְנֹתָ֗יו עַ֚ל אַרְבַּ֣ע פִּנֹּתָ֔יו מִמֶּ֖נּוּ הָי֣וּ קַרְנֹתָ֑יו וַיְצַ֥ף אֹת֖וֹ נְחֹֽשֶׁת

וַיַּ֣עַשׂ  And  He  made 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Qal, Consecutive imperfect, third person masculine singular
Root: עָשָׂה 
Sense: to do, fashion, accomplish, make.
קַרְנֹתָ֗יו  its  horns 
Parse: Noun, feminine plural construct, third person masculine singular
Root: קֶרֶן 
Sense: horn.
אַרְבַּ֣ע  four 
Parse: Number, feminine singular construct
Root: אַרְבַּע  
Sense: four.
פִּנֹּתָ֔יו  corners 
Parse: Noun, feminine plural construct, third person masculine singular
Root: פִּנָּה  
Sense: corner.
מִמֶּ֖נּוּ  its 
Parse: Preposition, third person masculine singular
Root: מִן 
Sense: from, out of, on account of, off, on the side of, since, above, than, so that not, more than.
הָי֣וּ  were  [of  one  piece] 
Parse: Verb, Qal, Perfect, third person common plural
Root: אֶהְיֶה 
Sense: to be, become, come to pass, exist, happen, fall out.
קַרְנֹתָ֑יו  the  horns  with  it 
Parse: Noun, feminine plural construct, third person masculine singular
Root: קֶרֶן 
Sense: horn.
וַיְצַ֥ף  And  he  overlaid  with 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Piel, Consecutive imperfect, third person masculine singular
Root: צָפָה  
Sense: to lay out, lay over, overlay, cover.
נְחֹֽשֶׁת  bronze 
Parse: Noun, feminine singular
Root: נְחֹשֶׁת 
Sense: copper, bronze.

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