Exodus 38:30

Hebrew (Westminster Leningrad Codex) Exodus 38:30 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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With this he made the sockets to the door of the tent of meeting, the brazen altar, the brazen grating for it, all the vessels of the altar,
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  • World English Bible Public Domain
    With this he made the sockets to the door of the tent of meeting, the brazen altar, the brazen grating for it, all the vessels of the altar,
  • King James Version Public Domain
    And therewith he made the sockets to the door of the tabernacle of the congregation, and the brazen altar, and the brazen grate for it, and all the vessels of the altar,
  • unfoldingWord Literal Text CC BY-SA 4.0
    And with it he made the bases of the entrance of the tent of meeting and the altar of bronze and its grate of bronze and all the equipment of the altar

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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  • World English Bible Public Domain
    With this he made the sockets to the door of the tent of meeting, the brazen altar, the brazen grating for it, all the vessels of the altar,
  • Berean Standard Bible Public Domain
    He used it to make the bases for the entrance to the Tent of Meeting, the bronze altar and its bronze grating, all the utensils for the altar,
  • Majority Standard Bible Public Domain
    He used it to make the bases for the entrance to the Tent of Meeting, the bronze altar and its bronze grating, all the utensils for the altar,
  • King James Version Public Domain
    And therewith he made the sockets to the door of the tabernacle of the congregation, and the brazen altar, and the brazen grate for it, and all the vessels of the altar,
  • American Standard Version (1901) Public Domain
    And therewith he made the sockets to the door of the tent of meeting, and the brazen altar, and the brazen grating for it, and all the vessels of the altar,
  • Revised Version (1885) Public Domain
    And therewith he made the sockets to the door of the tent of meeting, and the brasen altar, and the brasen grating for it, and all the vessels of the altar,
  • Geneva Bible (1599) Public Domain
    Whereof he made the sockets to the doore of the Tabernacle of the Congregation, and the brasen altar, and the brasen grate which was for it, with all the instruments of the Altar,
  • Douay-Rheims (1899) Public Domain
    Of which were cast the sockets in the entry of the tabernacle of the testimony, and the altar of brass with the grate thereof, and all the vessels that belong to the use thereof.
  • Young's Literal Translation Public Domain
    and he maketh with it the sockets of the opening of the tent of meeting, and the brazen altar, and the brazen grate which it hath, and all the vessels of the altar,
  • Literal Standard Version CC BY-SA 4.0
    and he makes with it the sockets of the opening of the Tent of Meeting, and the bronze altar, and the bronze grate which it has, and all the vessels of the altar,
  • Unlocked Literal Bible CC BY-SA 4.0
    With this he made the bases for the entrance to the tent of meeting, the bronze altar, its bronze grate, all the equipment for the altar,
  • unfoldingWord Literal Text CC BY-SA 4.0
    And with it he made the bases of the entrance of the tent of meeting and the altar of bronze and its grate of bronze and all the equipment of the altar
  • Darby Bible Public Domain
    And he made with it the bases for the entrance of the tent of meeting, and the copper altar, and the copper grating for it, and all the utensils of the altar.
  • World Messianic Bible Public Domain
    With this he made the sockets to the door of the Tent of Meeting, the bronze altar, the bronze grating for it, all the vessels of the altar,
  • Webster's Bible Public Domain
    And with this he made the sockets to the door of the tabernacle of the congregation, and the brazen altar, and the brazen grate for it, and all the vessels of the altar,
  • Free Bible Version CC BY-SA 4.0
    Bezalel used it to make the stands for the entrance to the Tent of Meeting, the bronze altar and its bronze grate, all the utensils for the altar,
  • Bible in Basic English Public Domain
    From it he made the bases of the doorway of the Tent of meeting and the brass altar and the network for it and all the vessels for the altar,
  • JPS Tanakh (1917) Public Domain
    And therewith he made the sockets to the door of the tent of meeting, and the brazen altar, and the brazen grating for it, and all the vessels of the altar,

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מִכְבַּ֥ר
makbêr
H4345
“lattice of”
Noun, Common, Masculine, Singular, Construct
Part of Speech
Noun
Type
Common
Gender
Masculine
Number
Singular
State
Construct
Full BDB Definition

Origin: from H3527 in the sense of covering [compare H3531 ]

TWOT: 948d

grating, lattice-work
  1. וַיַּ֣עַשׂ ʻâsâh H6213 “and · to do” Conjunction + Verb, Qal, Sequential Imperfect, 3rd Person, Masculine, Singular
  2. אֶת ʼêth H853 “-” Particle, Direct Object
  3. אַדְנֵי֙ ʼeden H134 “bases of” Noun, Common, Masculine, Plural, Construct
  4. פֶּ֚תַח pethach H6607 “doorway of” Noun, Common, Masculine, Singular, Construct
  5. אֹ֣הֶל ʼôhel H168 “tent of” Noun, Common, Masculine, Singular, Construct
  6. מוֹעֵ֔ד môwʻêd H4150 “appointed time” Noun, Common, Masculine, Singular, Absolute
  7. וְאֵת֙ ʼêth H853 “and · -” Conjunction + Particle, Direct Object
  8. מִזְבַּ֣ח mizbêach H4196 “altar of” Noun, Common, Masculine, Singular, Construct
  9. הַנְּחֹ֔שֶׁת nᵉchôsheth H5178 “the · bronze” Particle, Definite Article + Noun, Common, Feminine, Singular, Absolute
  10. וְאֶת ʼêth H853 “and · -” Conjunction + Particle, Direct Object
  11. הַנְּחֹ֖שֶׁת nᵉchôsheth H5178 “the · bronze” Particle, Definite Article + Noun, Common, Feminine, Singular, Absolute
  12. אֲשֶׁר ʼăsher H834 “which” Particle, Relative
  13. וְאֵ֖ת ʼêth H853 “and · -” Conjunction + Particle, Direct Object
  14. כָּל kôl H3605 “all of” Noun, Common, Masculine, Singular, Construct
  15. כְּלֵ֥י kᵉlîy H3627 “vessels of” Noun, Common, Masculine, Plural, Construct
  16. הַמִּזְבֵּֽחַ mizbêach H4196 “the · altar” Particle, Definite Article + Noun, Common, Masculine, Singular, Absolute

About this verse

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19
words
12
distinct lemmas
Pentateuch
section

Notable vocabulary

The rarest word here is מִכְבַּ֥ר lattice H4345 — appearing just 6 times in the whole Hebrew Bible.

Shared distinctive vocabulary

מִכְבַּ֥ר lattice H4345 occurs in 6 verses of the Hebrew Bible. Also found in:

Grammatical profile

  • 1 verb
  • 11 nouns
  • 2 prepositions
  • 5 particles

Verb forms

  • וַיַּ֣עַשׂ Qal · Sequential Imperfect

Repetition

Words recur within this verse — often emphatic in Hebrew:

  • מִזְבַּ֣ח altar H4196 ×2
  • הַנְּחֹ֔שֶׁת bronze H5178 ×2

Cross-references

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Topical passages linked to Exodus 38:30 in the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge — connected by theme and wording, ordered by reader-vote popularity; previews shown in the World English Bible.

  • Exodus 26:37 You shall make for the screen five pillars of acacia, and overlay them with gold: their hooks shall be of gold: and you shall cast five sockets of brass for them.
  • Exodus 27:10 and the pillars of it shall be twenty, and their sockets twenty, of brass; the hooks of the pillars and their fillets shall be of silver.
  • Exodus 27:17 All the pillars of the court round about shall be filleted with silver; their hooks of silver, and their sockets of brass.

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

Hebrew and Greek witnesses Masoretic Hebrew ↔ Greek Septuagint

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Hebrew Exodus 38:30 Masoretic · Westminster Leningrad Codex

וַיַּ֣עַשׂ בָּ֗הּ אֶת אַדְנֵי֙ פֶּ֚תַח אֹ֣הֶל מוֹעֵ֔ד וְאֵת֙ מִזְבַּ֣ח הַנְּחֹ֔שֶׁת וְאֶת מִכְבַּ֥ר הַנְּחֹ֖שֶׁת אֲשֶׁר ל֑וֹ וְאֵ֖ת כָּל כְּלֵ֥י הַמִּזְבֵּֽחַ

With this he made the sockets to the door of the tent of meeting, the brazen altar, the brazen grating for it, all the vessels of the altar,

World English Bible · Public Domain

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)

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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)
    וַעֲבַד בַּהּ יָת סַמְכֵי תְּרַע מַשְׁכַּן זִמְנָא וְיָת מַדְבְּחָא דִנְחָשָׁא וְיָת סְרָדָא דִנְחָשָׁא דִי לֵהּ וְיָת כָּל מָנֵי מַדְבְּחָא:

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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)
    וְעָבַד בָּהּ יַת חוֹמְרֵי תְּרַע מַשְׁכַּן זִימְנָא וְיַת מַדְבְּחָא דִנְחָשָׁא וְיַת קַנְקַלֵי דִנְחָשָׁא דִילֵיהּ וְיַת כָּל מָנֵי מַדְבְּחָא

    And he made with it the bases of the gate of the tabernacle of ordinance, and the brasen altar, and the brasen grate for it, and all the vessels of the altar.

    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 38:30 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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Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers

(30) The sockets to the door of the tabernacle.—See Exo_26:37.

The brasen altar . . . the brasen grate.—Comp. Exo_27:2-6.

The vessels of the altar.—See Exo_27:3; Exo_38:3.

A Bible Commentary for English Readers, edited by Charles John Ellicott (1878–1897) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.

The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

gen. ed. J. J. S. Perowne

30. the bronze altar] i.e. the altar of burnt offering (Exo_27:1-8). So Exo_39:39; see p. 329.

30, 31. See Exo_26:37; Exo_27:2-4; Exo_27:6; Exo_27:10-11; Exo_27:17-19. The Bronze Laver (Exo_30:18) is passed over in the enumeration.

The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges (gen. ed. J. J. S. Perowne; Cambridge University Press, 1878–1918) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.

The Pulpit Commentary

Vers. 30, 31. The sockets. See Exo_36:38. The brazen altar and the brazen grate. See vers. 1 and 4. The vessels. See ver. 3. The sockets of the court. See above, vers. 11, 14, 15, 17, and 19. The pins of the tabernacle and of the court. See above, ver. 20.

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

unfoldingWord translationNotes

Door43 World Missions Community

General Information:

Bezalel's work crew continues to build the tabernacle and furniture.

grate

This is a frame of crossed bars for holding wood when burning. See how you translated this in Exodus 27:04.

tent pegs

These are sharp bronze stakes that were used to secure the corners of a tent to the ground. See how you translated this in Exodus 27:19.

translationWords

tent of meeting

bronze

altar

court

tent

tabernacle

unfoldingWord translationNotes — © Distant Shores Media and the Door43 World Missions Community, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Source: git.door43.org/Door43/en_tn.

Lesson kit

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Exodus, in the Pentateuch, opens this verse with 19 words (12 distinct Hebrew lemmas). Its most distinctive word is makbêr (“lattice”). A historical commentator’s framing appears above. Read the whole chapter for the surrounding context.

Discussion questions

  1. The word makbêr carries the sense “lattice.” How does it shape the verse?
  2. Exodus 27:4 shares the word «lattice» with this verse. How do the two illuminate each other?
  3. “altar” occurs 2× in this one verse. What is the effect of the repetition?
  4. 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?
  5. The verb «וַיַּ֣עַשׂ» is Qal Sequential Imperfect. How does its form color the action?
  6. Reading how Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers and The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges read this verse, where do the two commentators agree and where do they part?

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