Exodus 37:4

Exodus 37:4

And he made staves of shittim wood, and overlaid them with gold.

a. NLT: Then he made poles from acacia wood and overlaid them with gold.

b. NIV: Then he made poles of acacia wood and overlaid them with gold.

c. YLT: and he maketh staves of shittim wood, and overlayeth them with gold,

d. Amplified Bible Classic: He made poles of acacia wood and overlaid them with gold.

e. Septuagint: [Exodus 37:4 in our Bibles is Exodus 38:4 in the Septuagint]: [Exodus 37:4 in our Bibles is Exodus 38:4 in the Septuagint]

f. Stone Edition Torah/Prophets/Writings: He made staves of acacia wood and covered them with gold.

1. “And he made staves of shittim wood, and overlaid them with gold.”

a. he made [Strong: 6213 * `asah aw-saw' a primitive root; to do or make, in the broadest sense and widest application (as follows):--accomplish, advance, appoint, apt, be at, become, bear, bestow, bring forth, bruise, be busy, X certainly, have the charge of, commit, deal (with), deck, + displease, do, (ready) dress(-ed), (put in) execute(-ion), exercise, fashion, + feast, (fight-)ing man, + finish, fit, fly, follow, fulfill, furnish, gather, get, go about, govern, grant, great, + hinder, hold ((a feast)), X indeed, + be industrious, + journey, keep, labour, maintain, make, be meet, observe, be occupied, offer, + officer, pare, bring (come) to pass, perform, pracise, prepare, procure, provide, put, requite, X sacrifice, serve, set, shew, X sin, spend, X surely, take, X thoroughly, trim, X very, + vex, be (warr-)ior, work(-man), yield, use.]

b. staves [Strong: 905 * bad bad from 909; properly, separation; by implication, a part of the body, branch of a tree, bar for carrying; figuratively, chief of a city; especially (with prepositional prefix) as an adverb, apart, only, besides:--alone, apart, bar, besides, branch, by self, of each alike, except, only, part, staff, strength.]

c. shittim [Strong: 7848 * shittah shit-taw' feminine of a derivative (only in the plural shittiym {shit-teem'}; meaning the sticks of wood) from the same as 7850; the acacia (from its scourging thorns):--shittah, shittim.]

d. wood [Strong: 6086 * `ets ates from 6095; a tree (from its firmness); hence, wood (plural sticks):--+ carpenter, gallows, helve, + pine, plank, staff, stalk, stick, stock, timber, tree, wood.]

e. and overlaid [Strong: 6823 * tsaphah tsaw-faw' a primitive root (probably identical with 6822 through the idea of expansion in outlook, transferring to action); to sheet over (especially with metal):--cover, overlay.]

f. them [Strong: 853 * 'eth ayth apparent contracted from 226 in the demonstrative sense of entity; properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely):--(as such unrepresented in English).]

g. with gold [Strong: 2091 * zahab zaw-hawb' from an unused root meaning to shimmer; gold, figuratively, something gold-colored (i.e. yellow), as oil, a clear sky:-- gold(-en), fair weather.]