Exodus 37:17
King James Version
10 Jun 2026
“And he made the candlestick of pure gold: of beaten work made he the candlestick; his shaft, and his branch, his bowls, his knops, and his flowers, were of the same:”
הָיָה
I AM. Hayah. The self-existent one. When Moses asked God His name God said I AM THAT I AM. Not I was or I will be but I AM. Always present always existing always enough. Jesus used the same words: before Abraham was I AM.
עָשָׂה
he made
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עָשָׂה
To do, to make, to accomplish. Asah. God looked at everything He had made and called it very good. Your life is also His asah. He is still working on it.
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זָהָב
gold
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זָהָב
Gold. Zahab. More precious than gold. The trials of faith are more valuable than zahab that perishes. Refined faith is worth more than refined gold.
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כַּפְתֹּר
bulbs/ its
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כַּפְתֹּר
a chaplet; but used only in an architectonic sense, i.e. the capital of acolumn, or a wreath-like button or disk on the candelabrum
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יָרֵךְ
base/ its
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יָרֵךְ
the thigh (from its fleshy softness); by euphemistically the generative parts; figuratively, a shank, flank, side
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מִן
from/ it
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מִן
properly, a part of; hence (prepositionally), from or out of in many senses
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טָהוֹר
pure
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טָהוֹר
pure (in a physical, chemical, ceremonial or moral sense)
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מִקְשָׁה
hammered work
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מִקְשָׁה
rounded work, i.e. moulded by hammering (repousse)
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גְּבִיעַ
cups/ its
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גְּבִיעַ
a goblet; by analogy, the calyx of aflower
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