Exodus 25:34
in Exodus 25And on the lampstand there shall be four cups shaped like almond blossoms with buds and petals.
BSB
The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
and in the candlestick four cups made like almond-blossoms, the knops thereof, and the flowers thereof;
KJV
And in the candlestick shall be four bowls made like unto almonds, with their knops and their flowers.
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This verse in Exodus 25
Commentary
2 notes on this verseThis site's exposition
Then you are to make a lampstand of pure, hammered gold
on Exodus 25:31-36
The lampstand is “made of one piece,” base, shaft, cups, buds and petals, with nothing joined on. Its cups are “shaped like almond blossoms,” and the almond buds on Aaron's staff at Numbers 17:8 to settle the priesthood.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice
And in the candlestick shall be four bowls,.... That is, in the trunk or body of it; the branches had but three apiece, but this being larger had four: and these were also made like unto almonds, with their knops and their flowers; as the bowls on the branches had with them.
The words behind it
6 Hebrew wordsEvery Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וּבַמְּנֹרָ֖ה | uvamenorah | and [will be] on the lampstand | H4501 → | 42 times |
| אַרְבָּעָ֣ה | ʾarbaah | four | H702 → | 318 times |
| גְבִעִ֑ים | geviim | cups | H1375 → | 14 times |
| מְשֻׁקָּדִ֔ים | meshukadim | shaped like almond blossoms | H8246 → | 6 times |
| כַּפְתֹּרֶ֖יהָ | kaftoreiha | bulbs its | H3730 → | 18 times |
| וּפְרָחֶֽיהָ׃ | uferacheiha | and blossoms its | H6525 → | 17 times |
וּבַמְּנֹרָ֖הand [will be] on the lampstand
uvamenorahH4501 →42 times
אַרְבָּעָ֣הfour
ʾarbaahH702 →318 times
גְבִעִ֑יםcups
geviimH1375 →14 times
מְשֻׁקָּדִ֔יםshaped like almond blossoms
meshukadimH8246 →6 times
כַּפְתֹּרֶ֖יהָbulbs its
kaftoreihaH3730 →18 times
וּפְרָחֶֽיהָ׃and blossoms its
uferacheihaH6525 →17 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
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This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament and John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763).
