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Exodus 37:5

Hebrew (Westminster Leningrad Codex) Exodus 37:5 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 37:5 (World English Bible). Public Domain. Lemma interlinear Bible study tool, https://lemma.gebible.app/v/exodus/37/5.

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He put the poles into the rings on the sides of the ark, to bear the ark.
World English Bible · Public Domain
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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 put the poles into the rings on the sides of the ark, to bear the ark.
  • King James Version Public Domain
    And he put the staves into the rings by the sides of the ark, to bear the ark.
  • unfoldingWord Literal Text CC BY-SA 4.0
    And he put the poles into the rings on the sides of the box, to carry the box.

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
    He put the poles into the rings on the sides of the ark, to bear the ark.
  • Berean Standard Bible Public Domain
    He inserted the poles into the rings on the sides of the ark in order to carry it.
  • Majority Standard Bible Public Domain
    He inserted the poles into the rings on the sides of the ark in order to carry it.
  • King James Version Public Domain
    And he put the staves into the rings by the sides of the ark, to bear the ark.
  • American Standard Version (1901) Public Domain
    And he put the staves into the rings on the sides of the ark, to bear the ark.
  • Revised Version (1885) Public Domain
    And he put the staves into the rings on the sides of the ark, to bear the ark.
  • Geneva Bible (1599) Public Domain
    And put the barres in the rings by the sides of the Arke, to beare the Arke.
  • Douay-Rheims (1899) Public Domain
    And he put them into the rings that were at the sides of the ark to carry it.
  • Young's Literal Translation Public Domain
    and he bringeth in the staves into the rings, by the sides of the ark, to bear the ark.
  • Literal Standard Version CC BY-SA 4.0
    and he brings in the poles into the rings, by the sides of the Ark, to carry the Ark.
  • Unlocked Literal Bible CC BY-SA 4.0
    He put the poles into the rings on the ark's sides, in order to carry the ark.
  • unfoldingWord Literal Text CC BY-SA 4.0
    And he put the poles into the rings on the sides of the box, to carry the box.
  • Darby Bible Public Domain
    And he put the staves into the rings on the sides of the ark, to carry the ark.
  • World Messianic Bible Public Domain
    He put the poles into the rings on the sides of the ark, to bear the ark.
  • Webster's Bible Public Domain
    And he put the staffs into the rings by the sides of the ark, to bear the ark.
  • Free Bible Version CC BY-SA 4.0
    He placed the poles into the rings on the sides of the Ark, so it could be carried.
  • Bible in Basic English Public Domain
    These rods he put in the rings at the sides of the ark, for lifting it.
  • JPS Tanakh (1917) Public Domain
    And he put the staves into the rings on the sides of the ark, to bear the ark.

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צַלְעֹ֣ת
tsêlâʻ
H6763
“ribs of”
Noun, Common, Both, Plural, Construct
Part of Speech
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Full BDB Definition

Origin: from H6760

TWOT: 1924a

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)
  1. וַיָּבֵ֤א bôwʼ H935 “and · to enter” Conjunction + Verb, Hiphil, Sequential Imperfect, 3rd Person, Masculine, Singular
  2. אֶת ʼêth H853 “-” Particle, Direct Object
  3. הַבַּדִּים֙ bad H905 “the · poles” Particle, Definite Article + Noun, Common, Masculine, Plural, Absolute
  4. בַּטַּבָּעֹ֔ת ṭabbaʻath H2885 “in/at the · signet rings” Preposition, Determined + Noun, Common, Feminine, Plural, Absolute
  5. עַ֖ל ʻal H5921 “upon” Preposition
  6. הָאָרֹ֑ן ʼârôwn H727 “the · ark” Particle, Definite Article + Noun, Common, Both, Singular, Absolute
  7. לָשֵׂ֖את nâsâʼ H5375 “to lift” Preposition + Verb, Qal, Infinitive Construct
  8. אֶת ʼêth H853 “-” Particle, Direct Object
  9. הָאָרֹֽן ʼârôwn H727 “the · ark” Particle, Definite Article + Noun, Common, Both, Singular, Absolute

About this verse

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10
words
8
distinct lemmas
Pentateuch
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Shared distinctive vocabulary

צַלְעֹ֣ת rib H6763 occurs in 32 verses of the Hebrew Bible. Also found in:

Grammatical profile

  • 2 verbs
  • 5 nouns
  • 1 preposition
  • 2 particles

Verb forms

  • וַיָּבֵ֤א Hiphil · Sequential Imperfect
  • לָשֵׂ֖את Qal · Infinitive Construct

Repetition

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

  • הָאָרֹ֑ן ark H727 ×2

Hebrew & Septuagint length

In English translation the verse runs 17 words from the Hebrew and 28 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.

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Cross-references

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Topical passages linked to Exodus 37:5 in the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge — connected by theme and wording, ordered by reader-vote popularity; previews shown in the World English Bible.

  • Numbers 1:50 but appoint the Levites over the Tabernacle of the Testimony, and over all its furnishings, and over all that belongs to it. They shall carry the tabernacle, and all its furnishings; and they shall take care of it, and shall encamp around it.
  • Numbers 4:15 "When Aaron and his sons have finished covering the sanctuary, and all the furniture of the sanctuary, as the camp moves forward; after that, the sons of Kohath shall come to carry it: but they shall not touch the sanctuary, lest they die. These things are the burden of the sons of Kohath in the Tent of Meeting.
  • 2 Samuel 6:3–7 They set the ark of God on a new cart, and brought it out of the house of Abinadab that was in the hill: and Uzzah and Ahio, the sons of Abinadab, drove the new cart.

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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.

Here the Septuagint runs noticeably longer than the Hebrew — LXX2012 (modern English Septuagint) 28 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 37:5 Masoretic · Westminster Leningrad Codex

וַיָּבֵ֤א אֶת הַבַּדִּים֙ בַּטַּבָּעֹ֔ת עַ֖ל צַלְעֹ֣ת הָאָרֹ֑ן לָשֵׂ֖את אֶת הָאָרֹֽן

He put the poles into the rings on the sides of the ark, to bear the ark.

World English Bible · Public Domain

Greek LXX Exodus 37:5 Septuagint · lemma form

καί ποιέω ὁ καταπέτασμα ὁ θύρα ὁ σκηνή ὁ μαρτύριον ἐκ ὑάκινθος καί πορφύρα καί κόκκινος νήθω καί βύσσος κλώθω ἔργον ὑφάντης χερουβιμ

And they made the veil of the door of the tabernacle of witness of blue, and purple, and spun scarlet, and fine linen twined, woven work with cherubs,

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)
    וְאָעֵיל יָת אֲרִיחַיָא בְּעִזְקָתָא עַל סִטְרֵי אֲרוֹנָא לְמִטָל יָת אֲרוֹנָא:

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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.

  2. Targum Pseudo-Jonathan Torah (Genesis–Deuteronomy)
    וְאָעֵיל יַת אֲרִיחַיָא בְּעִזְקָתָא עַל סִטְרָא דַאֲרוֹנָא לְמֵיטַל יַת אֲרוֹנָא

    and put the staves into the rings upon the sides of the ark, to carry the ark.

    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 10 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

  1. How does “rib” (tsêlâʻ) shape what this verse is saying?
  2. How does Genesis 2:21, which shares the word «rib», read alongside this verse?
  3. What does the repetition of “ark” (2× in this one verse) do in this verse?
  4. The Septuagint runs longer 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. «וַיָּבֵ֤א» is a Hiphil Sequential Imperfect verb. How does that grammatical form shape the action described?

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