Original Language Studio
Exodus 38:29
“And the brass of the offering was seventy talents, and two thousand and four hundred shekels.” (KJV)
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Lexical meaning
נְחֹשֶׁתnᵉchôsheth · nekh-o'-sheth
H5178 · Hebrew
H5178 · Hebrew
- Definition
- copper, hence, something made of that metal, i.e. coin, a fetter; figuratively, base (as compared with gold or silver)
- Derivation
- for H5154 (נְחוּשָׁה);
- KJV renderings
- brasen, brass, chain, copper, fetter (of brass), filthiness, steel.
- Grammar
- וּ — conjunction
- נְחֹ֥שֶׁת — common noun, feminine, singular, construct
- Usage
- Occurs 140 times in the Hebrew Bible.Genesis 4:22Exodus 25:3Exodus 26:11Exodus 26:37Exodus 27:2
Theological interpretation (AI)
The card on the left shows lexical data from published sources. Interpretation is separate: ask the Companion to explain how traditions read נְחֹשֶׁת here.
Hebrew text: Westminster Leningrad Codex (public domain). Morphology & lemmas: Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible, CC BY 4.0 (hb.openscriptures.org). Lexicon: Strong's Hebrew Dictionary (1894, public domain; JSON edition © Open Scriptures, CC BY-SA). Verse numbers follow the Hebrew text, which occasionally differs from English Bibles.