EXO 37

Exodus 37:29

WEB

He made the holy anointing oil and the pure incense of sweet spices, after the art of the perfumer.

BSB

He also made the sacred anointing oil and the pure, fragrant incense, the work of a perfumer.

KJV

¶ And he made the holy anointing oil, and the pure incense of sweet spices, according to the work of the apothecary.

Matthew Henry

Verses 25–29

Exodus 37:25–29

Here is, 1. The making of the golden altar, on which incense was to be burnt daily, which signified both the prayers of saints and the intercession of Christ, to which are owing the acceptableness and success of those prayers. The rings and staves, and all the appurtenances of this altar, were overlaid with gold, as all the vessels of the table and candlestick were of gold, for these were used in the holy place. God is the best, and we must serve him with the best we have; but the best we can serve him with in his courts on earth is but as brass, compared with the gold, the sinless and spotless perfection, with which his saints shall serve him in his holy place above. 2. The preparing of the incense which was to be burnt upon this altar, and with it the holy anointing oil (Exo 37:29), according to the dispensatory, Exo 30:22, etc. God taught Bezaleel this art also; so that though he was not before acquainted with it yet he made up these things according to the work of the apothecary, as dexterously and exactly as if he had been bred up to the trade. Where God gives wisdom and grace, it will make the man of God perfect, thoroughly furnished to every good work.

Cross-references: Exod 37:29 · Exod 30:22

Hebrew interlinear

H6213

עָשָׂהʻâsâh/aw-saw'/

v — do, make

Derivation: a primitive root;

to do or make, in the broadest sense and widest application

KJV: accomplish, advance, appoint, apt, be at, become, bear, bestow, bring forth, bruise, be busy, × 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), × 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, × sacrifice, serve, set, shew, × sin, spend, × surely, take, × thoroughly, trim, × very, vex, be (warr-) ior, work(-man), yield, use.

עָשָׂה

vb — do

עָשָׂה 2622 vb. do, make

Qal 2524

I.

1. do (1560 t.)

2. deal with

3. oft. in phr. do kindness with

4. abs. act, act with effect

II.

1. make (670 t.)

2. produce, yield

3. prepare, esp. of dressing and cooking food

4. make offering

5. attend to, put in order

6. observe, celebrate, religious festival

7. acquire property of various kinds

8. appoint priests

9. bring about of י׳’s effecting a deliverance

10. use

11. spend, pass, days of life

Niph. 97

1. be done

2.

a. be made, of concr. things

b. be produced from vine

c. be prepared, of food

d. be offered

e. be observed, passover

f. be used

Pu. I was made

עָשָׂה

vb — press

[עָשָׂה] vb. Pi. press, squeeze

H853

אֵתʼêth/ayth/

prt — self, even, namely

Derivation: 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)

KJV: [as such unrepresented in English].

אֵת

mark of the accusative

אֵת the mark of the accusative, prefixed as a rule only to nouns that are definite

H8081

שֶׁמֶןshemen/sheh'-men/

n-m — grease, richness

Derivation: from 8080;

grease, especially liquid (as from the olive, often perfumed); figuratively, richness

KJV: anointing, × fat (things), × fruitful, oil(-ed), ointment, olive, pine.

שֶׁ֫מֶן

n.m — fat

שֶׁ֫מֶן 192 n.m. fat, oil

H4888

מִשְׁחָהmishchâh/meesh-khaw'/

n-f — unction, gift

Derivation: or מׇשְׁחָה; from 4886;

unction (the act); by implication, a consecratory gift

KJV: (to be) anointed(-ing), ointment.

מִשְׁחָה

n.f — unction

מִשְׁחָה n.f.

1. ointment

2. consecrated portion

מָשְׁחָה

n.f — consecrated portion

מָשְׁחָה n.f. consecrated portion;—Nu 18:8 (P).

H6944

קֹדֶשׁqôdesh/ko'-desh/

n-m — sacred, sanctity

Derivation: from 6942;

a sacred place or thing; rarely abstract, sanctity

KJV: consecrated (thing), dedicated (thing), hallowed (thing), holiness, (× most) holy (× day, portion, thing), saint, sanctuary.

קֹ֫דֶשׁ

n.m — apartness

קֹ֫דֶשׁ 469 n.m. apartness, sacredness

H7004

קְטֹרֶתqᵉṭôreth/ket-o'-reth/

n-f — fumigation

Derivation: from 6999;

a fumigation

KJV: (sweet) incense, perfume.

קְטֹ֫רֶת

n.f — smoke

קְטֹ֫רֶת 60 n.f. smoke, odour of (burning) sacrifice, incense

H5561

סַםçam/sam/

n-m — aroma

Derivation: from an unused root meaning to smell sweet;

an aroma

KJV: sweet (spice).

סַם

n.m — spice

[סַם] 16 n.m. spice, used in incense

H2889

טָהוֹרṭâhôwr/taw-hore'/

a — pure

Derivation: or טָהֹר; from 2891;

pure (in a physical, chemical, ceremonial or moral sense)

KJV: clean, fair, pure(-ness).

טָהוֹר

adj — clean

טָהוֹר adj. clean, pure

H4639

מַעֲשֶׂהmaʻăseh/mah-as-eh'/

n-m — action, transaction, activity, product, poem, property

Derivation: from 6213;

an action (good or bad); generally, a transaction; abstractly, activity; by implication, a product (specifically, a poem) or (generally) property

KJV: act, art, bakemeat, business, deed, do(-ing), labor, thing made, ware of making, occupation, thing offered, operation, possession, × well, (handy-, needle-, net-) work(ing, -manship), wrought.

מַעֲשֶׂה

n.m — deed

מַעֲשֶׂה 233 n.m. deed, work

H7543

רָקַחrâqach/raw-kakh'/

v — to perfume

Derivation: a primitive root;

to perfume

KJV: apothecary, compound, make (ointment), prepare, spice.

רָקַח

vb — mix

[רָקַח] vb. mix, or compound oil, ointment (perh. denom.);—

Qal mix, compound; pt. as subst. compounders of the ointment; as a professional name, mixer, perfumer

Pu. mixed as ointment

Hiph. spice the spicing (?), i.e. spice (the meat) well, but very dub.

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