Genesis 6:15
And this is how you are to build it: The ark is to be 300 cubits long, 50 cubits wide, and 30 cubits high.
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ASV
And this is how thou shalt make it: the length of the ark three hundred cubits, the breadth of it fifty cubits, and the height of it thirty cubits.
KJV
And this is the fashion which thou shalt make it of: The length of the ark shall be three hundred cubits, the breadth of it fifty cubits, and the height of it thirty cubits.
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15 tagged words| Original | Transliteration | Meaning | Word study |
|---|---|---|---|
| וְזֶ֕ה | ve.Zeh | and this | H2088 → |
| אֲשֶׁ֥ר | 'a.Sher | [is] how | H834 → |
| תַּֽעֲשֶׂ֖ה | ta.'a.Seh | you will make | H6213 → |
| אֹתָ֑הּ | 'o.Tah | <obj.> it | H853 → |
| שְׁלֹ֧שׁ | she.Losh | [will be] three | H7969 → |
| מֵא֣וֹת | me.'ot | hundred<s> | H3967 → |
| אַמָּ֗ה | 'a.Mah | cubit[s] | H520 → |
| אֹ֚רֶךְ | 'O.rekh | [the] length of | H753 → |
| הַתֵּבָ֔ה | ha.te.Vah | the ark | H8392 → |
| חֲמִשִּׁ֤ים | cha.mi.Shim | [will be] fifty | H2572 → |
| אַמָּה֙ | 'a.Mah | cubit[s] | H520 → |
| רָחְבָּ֔הּ | ra.che.Bah | breadth its | H7341 → |
| וּשְׁלֹשִׁ֥ים | u.she.lo.Shim | and [will be] thirty | H7970 → |
| אַמָּ֖ה | 'a.Mah | cubit[s] | H520 → |
| קוֹמָתָֽהּ׃ | ko.ma.Tah | height its | H6967 → |
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