וּלְצֶ֧לַע הַמִּשְׁכָּ֛ן הַשֵּׁנִ֖ית לִפְאַ֣ת צָפ֑וֹן עָשָׂ֖ה עֶשְׂרִ֥ים קְרָשִֽׁים
For the second side of the tent, on the north side, he made twenty boards,
World English Bible · Public Domain
Exodus 36:25
Hebrew (Westminster Leningrad Codex) Exodus 36:25 appears in the Hebrew Old Testament. The text above is from the Westminster Leningrad Codex. Each word links to its Strong’s number, a concise gloss, and parsing drawn from the Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible morphology. Click any word for its full Brown-Driver-Briggs (BDB) entry.
English Translation
For the second side of the tent, on the north side, he made twenty boards,
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The same verse in 3 English versions, stacked beneath the original-language interlinear above. Click any original word for its lexicon entry.
Each is an independent rendering of the whole verse — the interlinear is not word-aligned to these translations.
Highlighted words mark where these versions differ — a whole-verse word diff, not a word-by-word alignment.
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World English Bible Public Domain
For the second side of the tent, on the north side, he made twenty boards,
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King James Version Public Domain
And for the other side of the tabernacle, which is toward the north corner, he made twenty boards,
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unfoldingWord Literal Text CC BY-SA 4.0
And for the second side of the Dwelling, on the north side, he made 20 frames
unfoldingWord Literal Text — © unfoldingWord, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Word-aligned USFM3 via Door43 (git.door43.org/unfoldingWord/en_ult).
Show all 18 translations
Every available English version of this verse, each an independent rendering of the whole verse.
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World English Bible Public Domain
For the second side of the tent, on the north side, he made twenty boards,
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Berean Standard Bible Public Domain
For the second side of the tabernacle, the north side, he made twenty frames
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Majority Standard Bible Public Domain
For the second side of the tabernacle, the north side, he made twenty frames
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King James Version Public Domain
And for the other side of the tabernacle, which is toward the north corner, he made twenty boards,
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American Standard Version (1901) Public Domain
And for the second side of the tabernacle, on the north side, he made twenty boards,
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Revised Version (1885) Public Domain
And for the second side of the tabernacle, on the north side, he made twenty boards,
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Geneva Bible (1599) Public Domain
Also for the other side of the Tabernacle toward the North, he made twentie boards,
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Douay-Rheims (1899) Public Domain
At that side also of the tabernacle, that looketh toward the north, he made twenty boards.
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Young's Literal Translation Public Domain
And for the second side of the tabernacle, for the north side, he hath made twenty boards,
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Literal Standard Version CC BY-SA 4.0
And for the second side of the Dwelling Place, for the north side, he has made twenty boards,
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Unlocked Literal Bible CC BY-SA 4.0
For the second side of the tabernacle, on the north side, he made twenty frames
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unfoldingWord Literal Text CC BY-SA 4.0
And for the second side of the Dwelling, on the north side, he made 20 frames
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Darby Bible Public Domain
And for the other side of the tabernacle, on the side toward the north, he made twenty boards,
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World Messianic Bible Public Domain
For the second side of the tabernacle, on the north side, he made twenty boards
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Webster's Bible Public Domain
And for the other side of the tabernacle which is towards the north corner, he made twenty boards.
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Free Bible Version CC BY-SA 4.0
Similarly for the north side of the Tabernacle, they made twenty frames
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Bible in Basic English Public Domain
And for the second side of the House, on the north, they made twenty boards,
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JPS Tanakh (1917) Public Domain
And for the second side of the tabernacle, on the north side, he made twenty boards,
Literal Standard Version (2020), Covenant Press — licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Text via the HelloAO Bible API (eBible.org). Unlocked Literal Bible (unfoldingWord) — licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Text via the HelloAO Bible API (eBible.org). unfoldingWord Literal Text — © unfoldingWord, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Word-aligned USFM3 via Door43 (git.door43.org/unfoldingWord/en_ult). Free Bible Version, Dr. Jonathan Gallagher — licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Text via the HelloAO Bible API (eBible.org).
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וּלְצֶ֧לַע
tsêlâʻ
H6763
“and · to/for · rib of”
Conjunction + Preposition + Noun, Common, Both, Singular, Construct
- Appears 41× in the Hebrew Bible
- First appears at Genesis 2:21
- Part of Speech
- Conjunction + Preposition + Noun
- Type
- Common
- Gender
- Both
- Number
- Singular
- State
- Construct
Full BDB Definition
side, rib, beam
- rib (of man)
- rib (of hill, ridge, etc)
- side-chambers or cells (of temple structure)
- rib, plank, board (of cedar or fir)
- leaves (of door)
- side (of ark)
- וּלְצֶ֧לַע tsêlâʻ H6763 “and · to/for · rib of” Conjunction + Preposition + Noun, Common, Both, Singular, Construct
- הַמִּשְׁכָּ֛ן mishkân H4908 “the · dwelling place” Particle, Definite Article + Noun, Common, Masculine, Singular, Absolute
- הַשֵּׁנִ֖ית shênîy H8145 “the · second” Particle, Definite Article + Adjective, Ordinal number, Feminine, Singular, Absolute
- לִפְאַ֣ת pêʼâh H6285 “to/for · corner of” Preposition + Noun, Common, Feminine, Singular, Construct
- צָפ֑וֹן tsâphôwn H6828 “north” Noun, Common, Feminine, Singular, Absolute
- עָשָׂ֖ה ʻâsâh H6213 “to do” Verb, Qal, Perfect, 3rd Person, Masculine, Singular
- עֶשְׂרִ֥ים ʻesrîym H6242 “twenty” Adjective, Cardinal number, Both, Plural, Absolute
- קְרָשִֽׁים qeresh H7175 “boards” Noun, Common, Masculine, Plural, Absolute
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 →
- 8
- words
- 8
- distinct lemmas
- Pentateuch
- section
Shared distinctive vocabulary
וּלְצֶ֧לַע rib H6763 occurs in 32 verses of the Hebrew Bible. Also found in:
Grammatical profile
- 1 verb
- 5 nouns
- 2 adjectives
Verb forms
- עָשָׂ֖ה Qal · Perfect
Hebrew & Septuagint length
In English translation the verse runs 15 words from the Hebrew and 23 from the Septuagint (LXX English) — the Septuagint runs noticeably longer 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.
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 longer than the Hebrew — LXX2012 (modern English Septuagint) 23 words vs World English Bible 15. 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.
καί εἰς ὁ δύο συμβολή ὁ δύο ἐμπλοκίον καί ἐπιτίθημι ἐπί ὁ δύο ἀσπιδίσκη καί ἐπιτίθημι ἐπί ὁ ὦμος ὁ ἐπωμίς ἐκ ἐναντίος κατά πρόσωπον
and they put the golden wreaths on the rings on both sides of the oracle, and the two wreaths into the two couplings.
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.
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Targum Onkelos Torah (Genesis–Deuteronomy)
וְלִסְטַר מַשְׁכְּנָא תִּנְיֵתָא לְרוּחַ צִפּוּנָא עֲבַד עֶסְרִין דַפִּין:
(no public-domain English translation for this verse)
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.
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Targum Pseudo-Jonathan Torah (Genesis–Deuteronomy)
וְלִסְטַר מַשְׁכְּנָא תִּנְיָינָא לְרוּחַ צִפּוּנָא עָבַד עֶשְרִין לוּחִין
And for the second side of the tabernacle on the north he made twenty boards,
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.
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 8 words (8 distinct Hebrew lemmas). Its most distinctive word is tsêlâʻ (“rib”). The Greek Septuagint runs longer here. Read the whole chapter for the surrounding context.
Discussion questions
- The word tsêlâʻ carries the sense “rib.” How does it shape the verse?
- Genesis 2:21 shares the word «rib» with this verse. How do the two illuminate each other?
- Compared with the Hebrew, the Septuagint runs longer here. What questions does that raise?
- The translations on this page render this verse differently — a whole-verse word diff, not a word-by-word alignment. What might account for the different wordings?
- The verb «עָשָׂ֖ה» is Qal Perfect. How does its form color the action?
Things to notice
- These translations choose different wording for 12 words in this verse.
- 8 distinct Hebrew lemmas span 8 words in this verse.
Commentary
Notes on Exodus 36:25 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 →
Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary
George Leo Haydock (1774–1849), Haydock's Catholic Family Bible and Commentary, 1859 edition — public domain. Excludes Psalms (Douay-Rheims chapter numbering differs from Protestant) and Deuterocanonical books (Catholic canon only).