Exodus 20:25 Hebrew Word Analysis

0וְאִםh518
1me an altarמִזְבַּ֤חh4196
2of stoneאֲבָנִים֙h68
3And if thou wilt makeתַּֽעֲשֶׂהh6213
4לִּ֔יh0
5לֹֽאh3808
6thou shalt not buildתִבְנֶ֥הh1129
7אֶתְהֶ֖ןh853
8it of hewn stoneגָּזִ֑יתh1496
9כִּ֧יh3588
10thy toolחַרְבְּךָ֛h2719
11for if thou lift upהֵנַ֥פְתָּh5130
12עָלֶ֖יהָh5921
13upon it thou hast pollutedוַתְּחַֽלְלֶֽהָ׃h2490

Other Translations

King James Version (KJV)

And if thou wilt make me an altar of stone, thou shalt not build it of hewn stone: for if thou lift up thy tool upon it, thou hast polluted it.

American Standard Version (ASV)

And if thou make me an altar of stone, thou shalt not build it of hewn stones; for if thou lift up thy tool upon it, thou hast polluted it.

Bible in Basic English (BBE)

And if you make me an altar of stone do not make it of cut stones: for the touch of an instrument will make it unclean.

Darby English Bible (DBY)

And if thou make me an altar of stone, thou shalt not build it of hewn stone; for if thou lift up thy sharp tool upon it, thou hast profaned it.

Webster's Bible (WBT)

And if thou wilt make me an altar of stone, thou shalt not build it of hewn stone: for if thou shalt lift up thy tool upon it, thou hast polluted it.

World English Bible (WEB)

If you make me an altar of stone, you shall not build it of hewn stones; for if you lift up your tool on it, you have polluted it.

Young's Literal Translation (YLT)

`And if an altar of stones thou dost make to Me, thou dost not build them of hewn work; when thy tool thou hast waved over it, then thou dost pollute it;