Exodus 35:7

וְעֹרֹת אֵילִם מְאָדָּמִים וְעֹרֹת תְּחָשִׁים וַעֲצֵי שִׂטִּֽים׃

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Hebrew

וְעֹרֹ֨ת אֵילִ֧ם מְאָדָּמִ֛ים וְעֹרֹ֥ת תְּחָשִׁ֖ים וַעֲצֵ֥י שִׂטִּֽים׃

Greek (Septuagint)

καὶ δέρματα κριῶν ἠρυθροδανωμένα καὶ δέρματα ὑακίνθινα, καὶ ξύλα ἄσηπτα,

Greek text from Swete's edition, CC BY-SA 4.0

Latin (Vulgate)

pellesque arietum rubricatas, et janthinas, ligna setim,

Spanish

pieles de carnero teñidas de rojo, cueros finos, madera de acacia,

Classic Spanish (Reina-Valera 1909)

Y cueros rojos de carneros, y cueros de tejones, y madera de Sittim;

English

ram skins dyed red and fine leather; acacia wood;

✦ What the text says

Summary

Exodus 35:7 lists three material items among the contributions requested from the Israelites for the sanctuary: hides of rams dyed red, hides of another animal (rendered variously across versions), and acacia wood.

Key words

'orot ("hides of", H5785) — feminine plural construct noun, appearing twice; the construct form links it to the following noun to specify "hides of X."
'eilim ("rams", H0352A) — masculine plural noun, the animal whose hides are specified in the first phrase.
me'adammim ("dyed red", H0119) — pual (intensive passive) participle, masculine plural; the passive form indicates the hides have been subjected to a reddening process, agreeing in number/gender with 'orot.
techashim ("dolphins", H8476) — masculine plural noun; identifies the second type of hide.
'atzei ("wood(s) of", H6086G) — masculine plural construct noun, linked to sittim to form "acacia wood."

What the text says

The verse is a simple list, structured as three coordinated noun phrases joined by the conjunction ve ("and", H9002), each introduced by a construct noun indicating material composition. The first phrase, 'orot 'eilim me'adammim, places the construct noun 'orot ("hides of") before 'eilim ("rams"), and the participle me'adammim ("dyed red") follows to modify the hides — the pual form marking that the reddening is something done to the hides rather than a natural quality of the animal. The second phrase repeats the same construct pattern with 'orot followed by techashim, a term whose precise referent (rendered "dolphins" in the gloss here) is identified differently across ancient and modern translations. The third phrase, 'atzei sittim, uses the same construct-noun structure to specify wood by its species, sittim ("acacia").

The repeated construct chains ('orot X, 'atzei X) show a consistent grammatical pattern for cataloguing raw materials by specifying substance and source in sequence, typical of inventory-style lists in this chapter.

Differences between versions

The term techashim (H8476) shows notable divergence: the LXX renders it as ὑακίνθινα ("hyacinth-colored" or a dyed material), the Vulgate as "ianthinas" (violet-colored), while RV1909 and BSB/SBLIBRE render it as "tejones" (badgers) or "fine leather," respectively, reflecting the gloss "dolphins" given in the word-by-word data. The Hebrew term itself designates an animal whose hide is used, but the versions interpret its nature (animal type vs. a color/quality of material) differently.

This explanation describes the text using linguistic data; it adds no doctrine or confessional interpretation.