Thursday, October 26, 2023

Exodus 31:1-11, annotated

This translation is from the New American Standard Bible. Other translations are available here.  Information about the original Hebrew meaning of what seem to be the key words is provided immediately below the scriptural text.   Collections of scriptures dealing with similar principles are hyperlinked at the end of this post.

 

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Now the Lord spoke to Moses, saying, 2“See, I have called by name Bezalel, the son of Uri, the son of Hur, of the tribe of Judah. 3I have filled him with the Spirit of God in wisdom, in understanding, in knowledge, and in all kinds of craftsmanship, 4to make artistic designs for work in gold, in silver, and in bronze, 5and in the cutting of stones for settings, and in the carving of wood, that he may work in all kinds of craftsmanship. 6And behold, I Myself have appointed with him Oholiab, the son of Ahisamach, of the tribe of Dan; and in the hearts of all who are skillful I have put skill, that they may make all that I have commanded you: 7the tent of meeting, and the ark of testimony, and the mercy seat upon it, and all the furniture of the tent, 8the table also and its utensils, and the pure gold lampstand with all its utensils, and the altar of incense, 9the altar of burnt offering also with all its utensils, and the laver and its stand, 10the woven garments as well, and the holy garments for Aaron the priest, and the garments of his sons, with which to carry on their priesthood; 11the anointing oil also, and the fragrant incense for the holy place, they are to make them according to all that I have commanded you.”

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called = קָרָא = qara' Blue Letter Bible to call, call out, recite, read, cry out, proclaim; to summon, invite, call for, call and commission, appoint, call and endow; to be ... summoned; be called out, be chosen, bidden; invite

 

name = שֵׁם = šēm  Blue Letter Bible  name; reputation, fame, glory; honor, authority, character; renown, report

 

filled = מָלָא = mālā' Blue Letter Bible  fulness, abundance; to be full; make full; fill a place; mutually fill; satisfied

 

spirit = רוּחַ = rûaḥ  Blue Letter Bible, mind, spirit; animation, vivacity, vigour; that which breathes quickly in animation or agitation; unaccountable or uncontrollable impulse; courage; desire; seat or organ of mental acts; the rational mind; intellect; seat of moral character; energy and executive and administrative power; energy of life; wind, breath; breath of air in motion; vital principle; endowing men with various gifts

 

wisdom = חָכְמָה = ḥāḵmâ Blue Letter Bible a divine attribute or energy; shrewdness; skill; prudence; cleverness; dexterity

 

understanding = תָּבוּן = tāḇûn  Blue Letter Bible  understanding, intelligence; the act of understanding; skill; the faculty of understanding; insight; the object of knowledge; teacher (personification); discretion; reason; skillfulness;  wisdom

 

knowledge = דַּעַת = daʿaṯ  Blue Letter Bible   knowledge, perception, skill; discernment, understanding, wisdom; cunning; knowing; intelligence

 

all kinds = כֹּל = kol  Blue Letter Bible  the whole; any, each, every, anything; totality, everything, of all kinds, every sort

 

craftsmanship = מְלָאכָה = mlā'ḵâ Blue Letter Bible  occupation, work, business; service, use; public business; deputyship; employment (never servile) or work (abstractly or concretely); industrious; occupation; the work of an artisan; workmanship

 

work = עָשָׂה = ʿāśâ  Blue Letter Bible  do, fashion, accomplish, make; work, produce; deal (with); to act, act with effect, effect; attend to, put in order; to observe, celebrate;advance; follow, fulfill; be industrious, labor; yield; produce by labor

 

all kinds = כֹּל = kol  Blue Letter Bible  the whole; any, each, every, anything; totality, everything, of all kinds, every sort

 

craftsmanship = מְלָאכָה = mlā'ḵâ Blue Letter Bible  occupation, work, business; service, use; public business; deputyship; employment (never servile) or work (abstractly or concretely); industrious; occupation; the work of an artisan; workmanship

 

heart= לֵב = lēḇ Blue Letter Bible inner man, mind, will, understanding; midst; soul; mind, knowledge, thinking, reflection, memory; inclination, resolution, determination (of will); conscience; seat of appetites, emotions, passions, courage; feelings, the will and even the intellect; the centre of anything

 

skillful = חָכָם = ḥāḵām  Blue Letter Bible  skillful (in technical work); wise (in administration); shrewd, crafty, cunning, wily, subtle; learned, shrewd (class of men); prudent; wise (ethically and religiously); capable; intelligent; sagacious; endued with the ability to judge

 

put = נָתַן = nāṯan  Blue Letter Bible  permit; cause; give, bestow, grant; consecrate, devote, dedicate; entrust, give over, deliver up; yield, produce; be (healed); pour; print; teach; apply the heart to; to constitute, to make a thing like or similar to

 

skill = חָכְמָה = ḥāḵmâ Blue Letter Bible a divine attribute or energy; shrewdness; skill; prudence; cleverness; dexterity

 

make = עָשָׂה = ʿāśâ  Blue Letter Bible  do, fashion, accomplish, make; work, produce; deal (with); to act, act with effect, effect; attend to, put in order; to observe, celebrate;advance; follow, fulfill; be industrious, labor; yield; produce by labor

 

all = כֹּל = kol  Blue Letter Bible  the whole; any, each, every, anything; totality, everything, of all kinds, every sort

 

commanded = צָוָה = ṣāvâ Blue Letter Bible command, charge, give orders, lay charge, give charge to, order; to constitute, enjoin; appoint; put, (set) in order; delegate

 

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