Exodus 20:25
NASB Lexicon
NASB ©HebrewStrong'sOrigin
Ifוְאִם־
(ve·'im-)
518: ifa prim. conjunction
you makeתַּֽעֲשֶׂה־
(ta·'a·seh-)
6213a: do, makea prim. root
an altarמִזְבַּ֤ח
(miz·bach)
4196: an altarfrom zabach
of stoneאֲבָנִים֙
(a·va·nim)
68: a stonea prim. root
for Me, you shall not buildתִבְנֶ֥ה
(tiv·neh)
1129: to builda prim. root
it of cut stones,גָּזִ֑ית
(ga·zit;)
1496: a cutting, hewingfrom gazah
for if you wieldהֵנַ֥פְתָּ
(he·naf·ta)
5130: to move to and fro, wave, sprinklea prim. root
your toolחַרְבְּךָ֛
(char·be·cha)
2719: a swordfrom charab
on it, you will profaneוַתְּחַֽלְלֶֽהָ׃
(vat·te·chal·le·ha.)
2490c: to pollute, defile, profanea prim. root
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KJV Lexicon
And if thou wilt make
`asah  (aw-saw')
to do or make, in the broadest sense and widest application
me an altar
mizbeach  (miz-bay'-akh)
an altar -- altar.
of stone
'eben  (eh'-ben)
a stone -- + carbuncle, + mason, + plummet, (chalk-, hail-, head-, sling-)stone(-ny), (divers) weight(-s).
thou shalt not build
banah  (baw-naw')
to build (literally and figuratively) -- (begin to) build(-er), obtain children, make, repair, set (up), surely.
it of hewn stone
gaziyth  (gaw-zeeth')
something cut, i.e. dressed stone -- hewed, hewn stone, wrought.
for if thou lift up
nuwph  (noof)
to quiver (i.e. vibrate up and down, or rock to and fro); used in a great variety of applications (including sprinkling, beckoning, rubbing, bastinadoing, sawing, waving, etc.)
thy tool
chereb  (kheh'-reb)
drought; also a cutting instrument (from its destructive effect), as a knife, sword, or other sharp implement -- axe, dagger, knife, mattock, sword, tool.
upon it thou hast polluted
chalal  (khaw-lal')
to bore, i.e. (by implication) to wound, to dissolve; figuratively, to profane (a person, place or thing), to break (one's word), to begin (as if by an opening wedge) instruments, pollute, (cast as) profane (self), prostitute, slay (slain), sorrow, stain, wound.
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Parallel Verses
New American Standard Bible
'If you make an altar of stone for Me, you shall not build it of cut stones, for if you wield your tool on it, you will profane it.

King James Bible
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.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
If you make a stone altar for Me, you must not build it out of cut stones. If you use your chisel on it, you will defile it.

International Standard Version
If you make an altar of stone for me, you must not build it of cut stones, because if you strike it with your chisel, you will profane it.

NET Bible
If you make me an altar of stone, you must not build it of stones shaped with tools, for if you use your tool on it you have defiled it.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
If you build an altar for me made out of stones, never make it with cut stone blocks. If you use a chisel on it, you will make it unacceptable to me.

King James 2000 Bible
And if you will make me an altar of stone, you shall not build it of hewn stone: for if you lift up your tool upon it, you have polluted it.
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