Exodus 35:14

Hebrew (Westminster Leningrad Codex)

English Translation

the lampstand also for the light, with its vessels, its lamps, and the oil for the light;

World English Bible · Public Domain

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הַמָּא֛וֹר

mâʼôwr

H3974

“the · light”

Particle, Definite Article + Noun, Common, Masculine, Singular, Absolute

Appears 19× in the Hebrew Bible
First appears at Genesis 1:14

Full BDB Definition

Origin: from H215

TWOT: 52f

light, luminary

About this verse

These counts appear in no published source. They are computed here, from the morphology-tagged text and Lemma’s own curated glosses. What Lemma adds →

10: words
6: distinct lemmas
Pentateuch: section

Notable vocabulary

The rarest word here is הַמָּא֛וֹר light H3974 — appearing just 19 times in the whole Hebrew Bible.

Shared distinctive vocabulary

הַמָּא֛וֹר light H3974 occurs in 16 verses of the Hebrew Bible. Also found in:

Grammatical profile

6 nouns
4 particles

Repetition

A word recurs within this verse — often emphatic in Hebrew:

הַמָּא֛וֹר light H3974 ×2

Hebrew & Septuagint length

In English translation the verse runs 17 words from the Hebrew and 7 from the Septuagint (LXX English) — the Septuagint runs noticeably shorter here. See the side-by-side →

A rough comparison of the two English renderings, which tokenize alike — not a word-level alignment.

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.

In the original languages it is 10 Hebrew tokens and 10 Greek tokens — but the two are counted differently (Hebrew bundles its prefixes and suffixes into one token; the Greek is in lemma form), so that isn’t a like-for-like length.

Cross-references

Topical passages linked to Exodus 35:14 in the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge — connected by theme and wording, ordered by reader-vote popularity; previews shown in the World English Bible.

Exodus 25:31–39 "You shall make a lampstand of pure gold. Of hammered work shall the lampstand be made, even its base, its shaft, its cups, its buds, and its flowers, shall be of one piece with it.
Exodus 37:17–24 He made the lampstand of pure gold. He made the lampstand of beaten work. Its base, its shaft, its cups, its buds, and its flowers were of one piece with it.
Matthew 5:14–15 You are the light of the world. A city located on a hill can't be hidden.
Psalms 148:3 Praise him, sun and moon! Praise him, all you shining stars!

Cross-references courtesy of OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0).

Hebrew and Greek witnesses Masoretic Hebrew ↔ Greek Septuagint

The same verse in the two great witnesses to the Old Testament, shown verse-for-verse.

Here the Septuagint runs noticeably shorter than the Hebrew — LXX2012 (modern English Septuagint) 7 words vs World English Bible 17. A rough length comparison of the two English translations, not a word-level alignment — read both below.

These are two independent witnesses, not word-aligned to each other, and the Septuagint is shown in lemma (dictionary) form.

Hebrew Exodus 35:14 Masoretic · Westminster Leningrad Codex

וְאֶת מְנֹרַ֧ת הַמָּא֛וֹר וְאֶת כֵּלֶ֖יהָ וְאֶת נֵרֹתֶ֑יהָ וְאֵ֖ת שֶׁ֥מֶן הַמָּאֽוֹר

the lampstand also for the light, with its vessels, its lamps, and the oil for the light;

World English Bible · Public Domain

Greek LXX Exodus 35:14 Septuagint · lemma form

καί ὁ λυχνία ὁ φῶς καί πᾶς ὁ σκεῦος αὐτός

and the incense, and the anointing oil,

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 →

Targum (Aramaic paraphrase)

The Targum is the ancient Jewish Aramaic paraphrase of the Hebrew Scriptures — an interpretive translation, not the Hebrew text itself. Onkelos (literal) and Pseudo-Jonathan (expansive) render the Torah, and Jonathan the Prophets. Coverage is partial: where no permissively-licensed English translation exists for a verse, only the Aramaic is shown. This is verse-level text, not a word-by-word alignment to the Hebrew.

Targum Onkelos Torah (Genesis–Deuteronomy)

וְיָת מְנַרְתָּא דְאַנְהוֹרֵי וְיָת מָנָהָא וְיָת בּוֹצִינָהָא וְיָת מִשְׁחָא דְאַנְהָרוּתָא:

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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.
Targum Pseudo-Jonathan Torah (Genesis–Deuteronomy)

וְיַת מְנַרְתָּא דְאַנְהוֹרֵי וְיַת מָנָהָא וְיַת בּוֹצִינָהָא וְיַת מִשְׁחָא דְאַנְהָרוּתָא

and the candelabrum for illumination, with the lamps, and the oil for the light;

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.

Commentary

Notes on Exodus 35:14 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.

Lemma curates 59 commentaries, every one of them public domain or Creative Commons licensed, each selected and text-cleaned for this edition rather than reprinted as found. About our sources →

Adam Clarke's Commentary

Verse 14. The candlestick] See Ex 25:31-39.

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible (1810–1826) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword/MySword module.

John Gill's Exposition

The candlestick also for the light, and his furniture,.... The tongs and snuff dishes:

and his lamps, with the oil for the light; the cups, in which were put the oil and the wicks to burn and give light, as Jarchi interprets them; of these see Exo 25:31.

John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible (1746–1763) — public domain (CC PDM 1.0). Text via the HelloAO Bible API.

The Pulpit Commentary

For the candlestick, its furniture, and its lamps, compare Exo_25:31-39.

The Pulpit Commentary (1880–1919), ed. H.D.M. Spence-Jones & Joseph S. Exell — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.

Rashi

Rabbi Shlomo Yitzchaki (Rashi)

ואת כליה AND ITS VESSELS — the tongs and snuff-dishes.

נרתיה ITS LAMPS — luces in old French — bowls into which the oil and the wicks were placed.

ואת שמן המאר AND THE OIL ALSO FOR THE LIGHT — This also required wise-hearted men for preparing it (and therefore Scripture mentions it also after its statement v. 10 “And every wise hearted man … shall make…”), for it was different from other oils, as it is explained in Menachot 86a: he lets it (the olive) ripen on the top of the olive-tree etc. and thus it (the oil) is “beaten and yet clear” as Scripture prescribes (Exodus 27:20).

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.

Lesson kit

Teaching starters — assembled from the data on this page, not authored interpretation. Every prompt links to the verse data it draws on. Edit before teaching.

Exodus, in the Pentateuch, opens this verse with 10 words (6 distinct Hebrew lemmas). Its most distinctive word is mâʼôwr (“light”). The Greek Septuagint runs shorter here. A historical commentator’s framing appears above. Read the whole chapter for the surrounding context.

Discussion questions

What does “light” (mâʼôwr) contribute to the verse as a whole?
How does Genesis 1:14, which shares the word «light», read alongside this verse?
What does the repetition of “light” (2× in this one verse) do in this verse?
The Septuagint runs shorter here than the Hebrew. What might account for the difference?
These translations render this verse differently; the difference is in the English rendering, not the original. What questions does that raise?
Compare how Adam Clarke's Commentary and John Gill's Exposition read this verse. Where do they agree or differ?

Things to notice

This verse counts 10 Hebrew ↔ 10 Greek words.
These translations choose different wording for 6 words in this verse.
“light” occurs 2× in this single verse.
6 distinct Hebrew lemmas span 10 words in this verse.