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Exodus 38:1

Bezalel constructed the altar of burnt offering from acacia wood. It was square, five cubits long, five cubits wide, and three cubits high.

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ASV

And he made the altar of burnt-offering of acacia wood: five cubits was the length thereof, and five cubits the breadth thereof, foursquare; and three cubits the height thereof.

KJV

And he made the altar of burnt offering of shittim wood: five cubits was the length thereof, and five cubits the breadth thereof; it was foursquare; and three cubits the height thereof.

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16 tagged words
OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
וַיַּ֛עַשׂvai.Ya.'asand he madeH6213
אֶת־'et-<obj.>H853
מִזְבַּ֥חmiz.Bach[the] altar ofH4196
הָעֹלָ֖הha.'o.Lahthe burnt offeringH5930
עֲצֵ֣י'a.Tzeiwood<s> ofH6086
שִׁטִּ֑יםshi.TimacaciaH7848
חָמֵשׁ֩cha.Mesh[was] fiveH2568
אַמּ֨וֹת'a.MotcubitsH520
אָרְכּ֜וֹ'a.re.Kolength itsH753
וְחָֽמֵשׁ־ve.cha.mesh-and [was] fiveH2568
אַמּ֤וֹת'a.MotcubitsH520
רָחְבּוֹ֙ra.che.Bobreadth itsH7341
רָב֔וּעַra.Vu.a'squareH7251
וְשָׁלֹ֥שׁve.sha.Loshand [was] threeH7969
אַמּ֖וֹת'a.MotcubitsH520
קֹמָתֽוֹ׃ko.ma.Toheight itsH6967

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