Exodus 37:18

Hebrew (Westminster Leningrad Codex) Exodus 37:18 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.
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Exodus 37:18 (World English Bible). Public Domain. Lemma interlinear Bible study tool, https://lemma.gebible.app/v/exodus/37/18.

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There were six branches going out of its sides: three branches of the lampstand out of its one side, and three branches of the lampstand out of its other side:
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  • World English Bible Public Domain
    There were six branches going out of its sides: three branches of the lampstand out of its one side, and three branches of the lampstand out of its other side:
  • King James Version Public Domain
    And six branches going out of the sides thereof; three branches of the candlestick out of the one side thereof, and three branches of the candlestick out of the other side thereof:
  • unfoldingWord Literal Text CC BY-SA 4.0
    And six branches were going out from its sides, three branches of the lampstand from the one side and three branches of the lampstand from the second side.

unfoldingWord Literal Text — © unfoldingWord, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Word-aligned USFM3 via Door43 (git.door43.org/unfoldingWord/en_ult).

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Every available English version of this verse, each an independent rendering of the whole verse.

  • World English Bible Public Domain
    There were six branches going out of its sides: three branches of the lampstand out of its one side, and three branches of the lampstand out of its other side:
  • Berean Standard Bible Public Domain
    Six branches extended from the sides, three on one side and three on the other.
  • Majority Standard Bible Public Domain
    Six branches extended from the sides, three on one side and three on the other.
  • King James Version Public Domain
    And six branches going out of the sides thereof; three branches of the candlestick out of the one side thereof, and three branches of the candlestick out of the other side thereof:
  • American Standard Version (1901) Public Domain
    and there were six branches going out of the sides thereof; three branches of the candlestick out of the one side thereof, and three branches of the candlestick out of the other side thereof:
  • Revised Version (1885) Public Domain
    and there were six branches going out of the sides thereof; three branches of the candlestick out of the one side thereof, and three branches of the candlestick out of the other side thereof:
  • Geneva Bible (1599) Public Domain
    And sixe branches came out of the sides thereof: three branches of the Candlesticke out of the one side of it, and three branches of the Candlesticke out of the other side of it.
  • Douay-Rheims (1899) Public Domain
    Six on the two sides: three branches on one side, and three on the other.
  • Young's Literal Translation Public Domain
    and six branches are coming out of its sides, three branches of the candlestick out of its one side, and three branches of the candlestick out of its second side;
  • Literal Standard Version CC BY-SA 4.0
    and six branches are coming out of its sides, three branches of the lampstand out of its one side, and three branches of the lampstand out of its second side;
  • Unlocked Literal Bible CC BY-SA 4.0
    Six branches extended out from its sides—three branches extended from one side, and three branches of the lampstand extended from the other side.
  • unfoldingWord Literal Text CC BY-SA 4.0
    And six branches were going out from its sides, three branches of the lampstand from the one side and three branches of the lampstand from the second side.
  • Darby Bible Public Domain
    And six branches went out of the sides thereof -- three branches of the candlestick out of the one side thereof, and three branches of the candlestick out of the other side thereof;
  • World Messianic Bible Public Domain
    There were six branches going out of its sides: three branches of the lamp stand out of its one side, and three branches of the lamp stand out of its other side:
  • Webster's Bible Public Domain
    And six branches proceeding from its sides; three branches of the candlestick from the one side of it, and three branches of the candlestick from the other side of it.
  • Free Bible Version CC BY-SA 4.0
    It had six branches coming out of the sides of the lampstand, three on each side. It had three cups shaped like almond flowers on the first branch, each with buds and petals, and three on the next branch.
  • Bible in Basic English Public Domain
    It had six branches coming out from its sides, three from one side and three from the other;
  • JPS Tanakh (1917) Public Domain
    And there were six branches going out of the sides thereof: three branches of the candlestick out of the one side thereof, and three branches of the candlestick out of the other side thereof;

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מִצִּדֶּ֑יהָ
tsad
H6654
“from · sides · her”
Preposition + Noun, Common, Masculine, Plural, Construct + Suffix, Personal, 3rd Person, Feminine, Singular
Part of Speech
Preposition + Noun
Type
Common
Gender
Masculine
Number
Plural
State
Construct
Full BDB Definition

Origin: contr from an unused root meaning to sidle off

TWOT: 1876a

side
  1. וְשִׁשָּׁ֣ה shêsh H8337 “and · six” Conjunction + Adjective, Cardinal number, Masculine, Singular, Absolute
  2. קָנִ֔ים qâneh H7070 “reeds” Noun, Common, Masculine, Plural, Absolute
  3. יֹצְאִ֖ים yâtsâʼ H3318 “going out” Verb, Qal, Participle Active, Masculine, Plural, Absolute
  4. שְׁלֹשָׁ֣ה shâlôwsh H7969 “three” Adjective, Cardinal number, Masculine, Singular, Absolute
  5. קְנֵ֣י qâneh H7070 “reeds of” Noun, Common, Masculine, Plural, Construct
  6. מְנֹרָ֗ה mᵉnôwrâh H4501 “lampstand” Noun, Common, Feminine, Singular, Absolute
  7. מִצִּדָּהּ֙ tsad H6654 “from · side · her” Preposition + Noun, Common, Masculine, Singular, Construct + Suffix, Personal, 3rd Person, Feminine, Singular
  8. הָֽאֶחָ֔ד ʼechâd H259 “the · one” Particle, Definite Article + Adjective, Cardinal number, Masculine, Singular, Absolute
  9. וּשְׁלֹשָׁה֙ shâlôwsh H7969 “and · three” Conjunction + Adjective, Cardinal number, Masculine, Singular, Absolute
  10. קְנֵ֣י qâneh H7070 “reeds of” Noun, Common, Masculine, Plural, Construct
  11. מְנֹרָ֔ה mᵉnôwrâh H4501 “lampstand” Noun, Common, Feminine, Singular, Absolute
  12. מִצִּדָּ֖הּ tsad H6654 “from · side · her” Preposition + Noun, Common, Masculine, Singular, Construct + Suffix, Personal, 3rd Person, Feminine, Singular
  13. הַשֵּׁנִֽי shênîy H8145 “the · second” Particle, Definite Article + Adjective, Ordinal number, Masculine, Singular, 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 →

14
words
8
distinct lemmas
Pentateuch
section

Shared distinctive vocabulary

מִצִּדֶּ֑יהָ side H6654 occurs in 27 verses of the Hebrew Bible. Also found in:

Grammatical profile

  • 1 verb
  • 8 nouns
  • 5 adjectives

Verb forms

  • יֹצְאִ֖ים Qal · Participle Active

Repetition

Words recur within this verse — often emphatic in Hebrew:

  • קָנִ֔ים reed H7070 ×3
  • מִצִּדֶּ֑יהָ side H6654 ×3
  • שְׁלֹשָׁ֣ה three H7969 ×2
  • מְנֹרָ֗ה lampstand H4501 ×2

Hebrew & Septuagint length

In English translation the verse runs 30 words from the Hebrew and 17 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 14 Hebrew tokens and 12 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.

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) 17 words vs World English Bible 30. 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 37:18 Masoretic · Westminster Leningrad Codex

וְשִׁשָּׁ֣ה קָנִ֔ים יֹצְאִ֖ים מִצִּדֶּ֑יהָ שְׁלֹשָׁ֣ה קְנֵ֣י מְנֹרָ֗ה מִצִּדָּהּ֙ הָֽאֶחָ֔ד וּשְׁלֹשָׁה֙ קְנֵ֣י מְנֹרָ֔ה מִצִּדָּ֖הּ הַשֵּׁנִֽי

There were six branches going out of its sides: three branches of the lampstand out of its one side, and three branches of the lampstand out of its other side:

World English Bible · Public Domain

Greek LXX Exodus 37:18 Septuagint · lemma form

καί αὐτός περιἀργυρόω ἀργύριον καί πᾶς ὁ πάσσαλος ὁ αὐλή κύκλος χαλκοῦς

And all the pins of the court round about of brass, and they were overlaid with silver.

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)

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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.

  1. Targum Onkelos Torah (Genesis–Deuteronomy)
    וְשִׁתָּא קְנִין נָפְקִין מִסִטְרָהָא תְּלָתָא קְנֵי מְנַרְתָּא מִסִטְרַהּ חַד וּתְלָתָא קְנֵי מְנַרְתָּא מִסִטְרַהּ תִּנְיָנָא:

    (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.

  2. Targum Pseudo-Jonathan Torah (Genesis–Deuteronomy)
    וְשִׁתָּא קְנִין נַפְקִין מִסִטְרָהָא תְּלָתָא קְנֵי מְנַרְתָּא מִסִּטְרָא חָד וּתְלָתָא קְנֵי מְנַרְתָּא מִסִּטְרָא תִּנְיָנָא

    And six branches came forth from its sides; three branches of the candelabrum on one side, and three branches of the candelabrum on the second side.

    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 14 words (8 distinct Hebrew lemmas). Its most distinctive word is tsad (“side”). The Greek Septuagint runs shorter here. Read the whole chapter for the surrounding context.

Discussion questions

  1. The word tsad carries the sense “side.” How does it shape the verse?
  2. How does Genesis 6:16, which shares the word «side», read alongside this verse?
  3. What does the repetition of “reed” (3× in this one verse) do in this verse?
  4. The Septuagint runs shorter here than the Hebrew. What might account for the difference?
  5. These translations render this verse differently. What is at stake in choosing one wording over another?
  6. «יֹצְאִ֖ים» is a Qal Participle Active verb. How does that grammatical form shape the action described?

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