וַיַּ֥עַשׂ אֶת נֵרֹתֶ֖יהָ שִׁבְעָ֑ה וּמַלְקָחֶ֥יהָ וּמַחְתֹּתֶ֖יהָ זָהָ֥ב טָהֽוֹר
He made its seven lamps, and its snuffers, and its snuff dishes, of pure gold.
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Exodus 37:23
Hebrew (Westminster Leningrad Codex) Exodus 37:23 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
He made its seven lamps, and its snuffers, and its snuff dishes, of pure gold.
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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.
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World English Bible Public Domain
He made its seven lamps, and its snuffers, and its snuff dishes, of pure gold.
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King James Version Public Domain
And he made his seven lamps, and his snuffers, and his snuffdishes, of pure gold.
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unfoldingWord Literal Text CC BY-SA 4.0
And he made its seven lamps and its tongs and its trays of pure gold.
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.
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World English Bible Public Domain
He made its seven lamps, and its snuffers, and its snuff dishes, of pure gold.
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Berean Standard Bible Public Domain
He also made its seven lamps, its wick trimmers, and trays of pure gold.
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Majority Standard Bible Public Domain
He also made its seven lamps, its wick trimmers, and trays of pure gold.
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King James Version Public Domain
And he made his seven lamps, and his snuffers, and his snuffdishes, of pure gold.
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American Standard Version (1901) Public Domain
And he made the lamps thereof, seven, and the snuffers thereof, and the snuffdishes thereof, of pure gold.
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Revised Version (1885) Public Domain
And he made the lamps thereof, seven, and the tongs thereof, and the snuffdishes thereof, of pure gold.
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Geneva Bible (1599) Public Domain
And he made for it seuen lampes with the snuffers, and snufdishes thereof of pure golde.
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Douay-Rheims (1899) Public Domain
He made also the seven lamps with their snuffers, and the vessels where the snuffings were to be put out, of the purest gold.
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Young's Literal Translation Public Domain
And he maketh its seven lamps, and its snuffers, and its snuff-dishes, of pure gold;
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Literal Standard Version CC BY-SA 4.0
And he makes its seven lamps, and its snuffers, and its snuff-dishes, of pure gold;
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Unlocked Literal Bible CC BY-SA 4.0
Bezalel made the lampstand and its seven lamps, its tongs and their trays of pure gold.
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unfoldingWord Literal Text CC BY-SA 4.0
And he made its seven lamps and its tongs and its trays of pure gold.
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Darby Bible Public Domain
And he made the seven lamps thereof, and the snuffers thereof, and the snuff-trays thereof, of pure gold.
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World Messianic Bible Public Domain
He made its seven lamps, and its snuffers, and its snuff dishes, of pure gold.
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Webster's Bible Public Domain
And he made its seven lamps, and its snuffers, and its snuff-dishes, of pure gold.
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Free Bible Version CC BY-SA 4.0
He made seven lamps, as well as wick tongs and their trays of pure gold.
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Bible in Basic English Public Domain
And he made the seven vessels for the lights, and all the necessary instruments for it, of gold.
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JPS Tanakh (1917) Public Domain
And he made the lamps thereof, seven, and the tongs thereof, and the snuffdishes thereof, of pure gold.
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וּמַלְקָחֶ֥יהָ
melqâch
H4457
“and · snuffers · her”
Conjunction + Noun, Common, Masculine, Dual, Construct + Suffix, Personal, 3rd Person, Feminine, Singular
- Appears 6× in the Hebrew Bible
- First appears at Exodus 25:38
- Part of Speech
- Conjunction + Noun
- Type
- Common
- Gender
- Masculine
- Number
- Dual
- State
- Construct
Full BDB Definition
snuffers, tongs
- tongs (for altar use)
- snuffers (for lamps in temple or tabernacle)
- וַיַּ֥עַשׂ ʻâsâh H6213 “and · to do” Conjunction + Verb, Qal, Sequential Imperfect, 3rd Person, Masculine, Singular
- אֶת ʼêth H853 “-” Particle, Direct Object
- נֵרֹתֶ֖יהָ nîyr H5216 “lamps · her” Noun, Common, Masculine, Plural, Construct + Suffix, Personal, 3rd Person, Feminine, Singular
- שִׁבְעָ֑ה shebaʻ H7651 “seven” Adjective, Cardinal number, Masculine, Singular, Absolute
- וּמַלְקָחֶ֥יהָ melqâch H4457 “and · snuffers · her” Conjunction + Noun, Common, Masculine, Dual, Construct + Suffix, Personal, 3rd Person, Feminine, Singular
- וּמַחְתֹּתֶ֖יהָ machtâh H4289 “and · censers · her” Conjunction + Noun, Common, Feminine, Plural, Construct + Suffix, Personal, 3rd Person, Feminine, Singular
- זָהָ֥ב zâhâb H2091 “gold” Noun, Common, Masculine, Singular, Absolute
- טָהֽוֹר ṭâhôwr H2889 “pure” Adjective, Adjective, 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 →
- 8
- words
- 8
- distinct lemmas
- Pentateuch
- section
Notable vocabulary
The rarest word here is וּמַלְקָחֶ֥יהָ snuffers H4457 — appearing just 6 times in the whole Hebrew Bible.
Shared distinctive vocabulary
וּמַלְקָחֶ֥יהָ snuffers H4457 occurs in 6 verses of the Hebrew Bible. Also found in:
Grammatical profile
- 1 verb
- 4 nouns
- 2 adjectives
- 1 particle
Verb forms
- וַיַּ֥עַשׂ Qal · Sequential Imperfect
Cross-references
7Topical passages linked to Exodus 37:23 in the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge — connected by theme and wording, ordered by reader-vote popularity; previews shown in the World English Bible.
- Exodus 25:37 You shall make its lamps seven, and they shall light its lamps to give light to the space in front of it.
- Numbers 8:2 "Speak to Aaron, and tell him, 'When you light the lamps, the seven lamps shall give light in front of the lampstand.'"
- Zechariah 4:2 He said to me, "What do you see?" I said, "I have seen, and, behold, a lampstand all of gold, with its bowl on the top of it, and its seven lamps thereon; there are seven pipes to each of the lamps, which are on the top of it;
- Revelation 1:12 I turned to see the voice that spoke with me. Having turned, I saw seven golden lampstands.
- Revelation 1:20–2:1 the mystery of the seven stars which you saw in my right hand, and the seven golden lampstands. The seven stars are the angels of the seven assemblies. The seven lampstands are seven assemblies.
- Revelation 4:5 Out of the throne proceed lightnings, sounds, and thunders. There were seven lamps of fire burning before his throne, which are the seven Spirits of God.
- Revelation 5:5 One of the elders said to me, "Don't weep. Behold, the Lion who is of the tribe of Judah, the Root of David, has overcome; he who opens the book and its seven seals."
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Hebrew and Greek witnesses Masoretic Hebrew ↔ Greek Septuagint
The same verse in the two great witnesses to the Old Testament, shown verse-for-verse.
These are two independent witnesses, not word-aligned to each other, and the Septuagint is shown in lemma (dictionary) form.
Hebrew: Westminster Leningrad Codex (CC BY 4.0). Greek: Septuagint (public domain); English from a public-domain English Septuagint. 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)
וַעֲבַד יָת בּוֹצִינָהָא שִׁבְעָא וְצִבְיְתָהָא וּמַחְתְּיָתָהָא דְהַב דְכֵי:
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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.
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Targum Pseudo-Jonathan Torah (Genesis–Deuteronomy)
וַעֲבַד יַת בּוֹצִינָהָא שַׁבְעָא וּמַלְקְטְיָיהָא וּמַחְתְּיָיהָא דִדְהַב דְּכֵי
(no public-domain English translation for this verse)
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 melqâch (“snuffers”). Read the whole chapter for the surrounding context.
Discussion questions
- How does “snuffers” (melqâch) shape what this verse is saying?
- How does Exodus 25:38, which shares the word «snuffers», read alongside this verse?
- These translations render this verse differently. What is at stake in choosing one wording over another?
- «וַיַּ֥עַשׂ» is a Qal Sequential Imperfect verb. How does that grammatical form shape the action described?
- Compare how unfoldingWord translationNotes and The Pulpit Commentary read this verse. Where do they agree or differ?
Things to notice
- These translations choose different wording for 6 words in this verse.
- 8 distinct Hebrew lemmas span 8 words in this verse.
Commentary
Notes on Exodus 37:23 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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Door43 World Missions Community
unfoldingWord translationNotes — © Distant Shores Media and the Door43 World Missions Community, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Source: git.door43.org/Door43/en_tn.
The Pulpit Commentary
The Pulpit Commentary (1880–1919), ed. H.D.M. Spence-Jones & Joseph S. Exell — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.