וּבַמְּנֹרָ֖ה אַרְבָּעָ֣ה גְבִעִ֑ים מְשֻׁקָּדִ֔ים כַּפְתֹּרֶ֖יהָ וּפְרָחֶֽיהָ
and in the lampstand four cups made like almond blossoms, its buds and its flowers;
World English Bible · Public Domain
and in the lampstand four cups made like almond blossoms, its buds and its flowers;
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and in the lampstand four cups made like almond blossoms, its buds and its flowers;
And in the candlesticks shall be four bowls made like unto almonds, with their knops and their flowers.
And on the lampstand there shall be four cups shaped like almond blossoms its bulbs and its blossoms,
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and in the lampstand four cups made like almond blossoms, its buds and its flowers;
And on the lampstand there shall be four cups shaped like almond blossoms with buds and petals.
And on the lampstand there shall be four cups shaped like almond blossoms with buds and petals.
And in the candlesticks shall be four bowls made like unto almonds, with their knops and their flowers.
and in the candlestick four cups made like almond-blossoms, the knops thereof, and the flowers thereof;
and in the candlestick four cups made like almond-blossoms, the knops thereof, and the flowers thereof:
And in the shaft of the Candlesticke shalbe foure boules like vnto almondes, his knops and his floures.
And in the candlestick itself shall be four cups in the manner of a nut, and at every one, bowls and lilies.
`And in the candlestick `are' four calyxes made like almonds, its knops and its flowers;
And in the lampstand [are] four calyxes made like almonds, its knobs and its flowers;
On the lampstand itself, the central shaft, there must be four cups made like almond blossoms, with their leafy bases and the flowers.
And on the lampstand there shall be four cups shaped like almond blossoms its bulbs and its blossoms,
And in the lamp-stand four cups shaped like almonds, its knobs and its flowers;
and in the lamp stand four cups made like almond blossoms, its buds and its flowers;
And in the candlesticks shall be four bowls made like to almonds, with their knobs and their flowers.
On the main shaft of the lampstand make four cups shaped like almond flowers, complete with buds and petals.
And on the pillar, four cups like almond flowers, every one with its bud and its flower:
And in the candlestick four cups made like almond-blossoms, the knops thereof, and the flowers thereof.
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Notable vocabulary
The rarest word here is מְשֻׁקָּדִ֔ים almond-shaped H8246 — appearing just 6 times in the whole Hebrew Bible.
Shared distinctive vocabulary
מְשֻׁקָּדִ֔ים almond-shaped H8246 occurs in 4 verses of the Hebrew Bible. Also found in:
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Verb forms
Hebrew & Septuagint length
In English translation the verse runs 15 words from the Hebrew and 19 from the Septuagint (LXX English) — closely comparable.
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Word counts can differ between the Hebrew and the Greek without any difference in meaning — e.g. the Hebrew direct-object marker אֵת has no separate Greek word, and Greek often adds the article ὁ.
The same verse in the two great witnesses to the Old Testament, shown verse-for-verse.
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וּבַמְּנֹרָ֖ה אַרְבָּעָ֣ה גְבִעִ֑ים מְשֻׁקָּדִ֔ים כַּפְתֹּרֶ֖יהָ וּפְרָחֶֽיהָ
and in the lampstand four cups made like almond blossoms, its buds and its flowers;
World English Bible · Public Domain
καί ἐν ὁ λυχνία τέσσαρες κρατήρ ἐκτυπόω καρυίσκος ἐν ὁ εἷς καλαμίσκος ὁ σφαιρωτήρ καί ὁ κρίνον αὐτός
and in the candlestick four bowls fashioned like almonds, in each branch knops and the flowers of the same.
LXX2012 (modern English Septuagint) · Public Domain
Hebrew: Westminster Leningrad Codex (CC BY 4.0). Greek: Septuagint (public domain); English from LXX2012 (modern English Septuagint) (Public Domain). How the Septuagint differs from the Hebrew →
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וּבִמְנַרְתָּא אַרְבְּעָא כַלִידִין מְצַיְרִין חֵזוּרָהָא וְשׁוֹשַׁנָהָא:
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Targum Onkelos — Aramaic: “Onkelos Genesis” (public domain); “Onkelos Exodus” (public domain); “Onkelos Leviticus” (public domain); “Onkelos Numbers” (public domain); “Onkelos Deuteronomy” (public domain). English: “Sefaria Community Translation” (CC0 1.0 (public-domain dedication)); “J.W. Etheridge. The Targums of Onkelos and Jonathan Ben Uzziel on the Pentateuch. London: Longmans, Green, 1862” (public domain). Text via Sefaria.
וּבִמְנַרְתָּא אַרְבְּעָה כַּלִּידִין מְשַׁקְעִין בְּצִיּוּרֵיהוֹן חִיזוּרְיָהָא וְשׁוֹשַׁנְיָהָא
And upon the candelabrum there shall be four calyxes adorned with their figurations, their apples and lilies.
Targum Pseudo-Jonathan — Aramaic: “Targum Jonathan on Genesis” (public domain); “Targum Jonathan on Exodus” (public domain); “Targum Jonathan on Leviticus” (public domain); “Targum Jonathan on Numbers” (public domain); “Targum Jonathan on Deuteronomy” (public domain). English: “The Targum of Jonathan ben Uzziel, trans. J. W. Etheridge, London, 1862” (public domain). Text via Sefaria.
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Exodus, in the Pentateuch, opens this verse with 6 words (6 distinct Hebrew lemmas). Its most distinctive word is shâqad (“almond-shaped”). A historical commentator’s framing appears above. Read the whole chapter for the surrounding context.
Commentary
Notes on Exodus 25:34 from classic Christian and Jewish commentators (each source and its license shown beneath its notes). The classic Christian expositions comment on the surrounding passage and are grouped to its opening verse, so a note may address several verses; the Jewish commentaries on the Tanakh (Rashi and others) are per-verse, so they appear only where the commentator wrote on this verse.
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Trapp's Complete Commentary
John Trapp
John Trapp, A Commentary or Exposition upon All the Books of the Old and New Testament (1647–1656) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.
Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers
A Bible Commentary for English Readers, edited by Charles John Ellicott (1878–1897) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.
The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges
gen. ed. J. J. S. Perowne
The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges (gen. ed. J. J. S. Perowne; Cambridge University Press, 1878–1918) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.
John Gill's Exposition
John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible (1746–1763) — public domain (CC PDM 1.0). Text via the HelloAO Bible API.
Matthew Poole's English Annotations
Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible (1683–1685) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword/MySword module.
Whedon's Commentary on the Bible
Daniel D. Whedon
Daniel D. Whedon (gen. ed.), Commentary on the Old and New Testaments (1874–1909) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.
Rashi
Rabbi Shlomo Yitzchaki (Rashi)
Rashi on the Tanakh — English translations: “The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg” (CC BY 4.0); “Pentateuch with Rashi's commentary by M. Rosenbaum and A.M. Silbermann, 1929-1934” (public domain); “The Metsudah Tanach series, Lakewood, N.J” (CC BY 4.0); and “The Book of Joshua, Metsudah Publications, 1997” (CC BY 4.0). Text via Sefaria.