The Meaning of Exodus 35:8 Explained

Exodus 35:8

KJV: And oil for the light, and spices for anointing oil, and for the sweet incense,

YLT: and oil for the light, and spices for the anointing oil, and for the spice perfume,

Darby: and oil for the light, and spices for the anointing oil, and for the incense of fragrant drugs;

ASV: and oil for the light, and spices for the anointing oil, and for the sweet incense,

KJV Reverse Interlinear

And oil  for the light,  and spices  for anointing  oil,  and for the sweet  incense, 

What does Exodus 35:8 Mean?

Context Summary

Exodus 35:1-19 - The Sabbath And Offerings To God
Very significantly this chapter commences with the reiteration of the Rest-day. Perhaps the people needed to be reminded that, amid all the din of preparation for the new Tabernacle, they were not to allow their work, however noble the object, to break in on the Sabbath-keeping of the camp. He then proceeded to enumerate the character of the gifts that were required. Those who had costly heirlooms had nothing too good; and they who could only bring the acacia wood of the desert were welcome to bring that. Women who were clever with their hands might spin the flax or weave the soft white wool of the Angora goat. A wide variety of work was offered, which reminds us of 1 Corinthians 12:4, and following. Repeatedly he urged the word "willing-hearted," and the Hebrew phrase signifies a heart driven by a holy purpose. Tennyson uses the phrase, "Whose heart drove him on like a goad." There was no crack of the taskmaster's whip. "The love of God constrained." "O love that will not let me go!" [source]

Chapter Summary: Exodus 35

1  The Sabbath
4  The free gifts for the tabernacle
20  The readiness of the people to offer
30  Bezaleel and Aholiab are called to the work

What do the individual words in Exodus 35:8 mean?

And oil for the light and spices for oil the anointing for incense the sweet
וְשֶׁ֖מֶן לַמָּא֑וֹר וּבְשָׂמִים֙ לְשֶׁ֣מֶן הַמִּשְׁחָ֔ה וְלִקְטֹ֖רֶת הַסַּמִּֽים

וְשֶׁ֖מֶן  And  oil 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Noun, masculine singular
Root: שֶׁמֶן  
Sense: fat, oil.
לַמָּא֑וֹר  for  the  light 
Parse: Preposition-l, Article, Noun, masculine singular
Root: מָאֹור  
Sense: light, luminary.
וּבְשָׂמִים֙  and  spices 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Noun, masculine plural
Root: בֹּשֶׂם  
Sense: spice, balsam, balsam tree, perfume.
לְשֶׁ֣מֶן  for  oil 
Parse: Preposition-l, Noun, masculine singular construct
Root: שֶׁמֶן  
Sense: fat, oil.
הַמִּשְׁחָ֔ה  the  anointing 
Parse: Article, Noun, feminine singular
Root: מִשְׁחָה 
Sense: consecrated portion, anointing oil, portion, ointment, anointing portion.
וְלִקְטֹ֖רֶת  for  incense 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Preposition-l, Noun, feminine singular construct
Root: קְטֹרֶת  
Sense: incense, smoke, odour of (burning) sacrifice.
הַסַּמִּֽים  the  sweet 
Parse: Article, Noun, masculine plural
Root: סַם  
Sense: spice.

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