Exodus 31:2-6
chosen <07121> [I have.]
Bezalel <01212> [Bezaleel.]
filled <04390> [filled.]
Spirit ... God <0430 07307> [the spirit of God.]
{Ruach Elohim,} rather, "a spirit of God;" which is a usual Hebraism, signifying "an excellent spirit;" or, as we should now say, "a distinguished genius for the work he had to perform." No man, by course of reading or study, ever acquired a genius of any kind: we call it natural, and say it was born with the man: Moses teaches us to consider it divine. The prophet Isaiah, (ch. 28:24-29,) pointedly refers to this sort of teaching as coming from God, even in the most common and less difficult arts of life. Dark as the heathens were, yet they acknowledged that all talents and the seeds of all arts came from God.
given ............... given <05414> [I have given.]
Oholiab <0171> [Aholiab.]
specially skilled <03820 02450> [wise hearted.]
make <06213> [that they.]
Exodus 35:30--36:2
See <07200> [See.]
filled <04390> [And he.]
skill <02451> [wisdom.]
{Chochmah,} (from {chacham,} to be wise, skilful, prudent,) wisdom, denoting the compass of mind and strength of capacity necessary to form a wise man; hence our word wisdom is the power of judging what is wise, or best to be done; from the Saxon {wisedom,} the doom or judgment of the well taught, wise, or prudent man, from {wisan,} to teach, advise, and {deman,} to judge.
understanding <08394> [understanding.]
{Tevoonah,} (from {boon,} to separate, distinguish, discern,) understanding, discernment, capacity to comprehend the different parts of a work, how to connect, arrange, etc., in order to make a complete whole.
knowledge <01847> [knowledge.]
{DaÆ’th,} (from {yadÆ’,} to know, be acquainted with,) knowledge, or a particular acquaintance with a person or thing, practical, experimental knowledge.
put <05414> [he hath.]
Oholiab <0171> [Aholiab.]
filled <04390> [he filled.]
designers ......................... artistic <02803> [the cunning.]
weavers <0707> [of the weaver.]
[An. Ex. Is. 1. Tisri to Adar. Bezaleel.]
[wise-hearted man.]
service <05656> [for the service.]
Lord ............................... Lord <03068> [according.]
person ........... heart <03820> [in whose.]
person ........... heart <03820> [one whose.]
Exodus 36:8
skilled <02450> [wise.]
doing .... made ................... made <06213> [made.]
cherubim <03742> [cherubims.]
{Keroovim,} cherubim, not cherubims. What these were we cannot determine. Some, observing that the verb {kerav} in Syriac, sometimes means to resemble, make like, conceive the noun {keroov} signifies no more than an image, figure, or representation of anything. Josephus says they were flying animals, like none of those which are seen by man, but such as Moses saw about the throne of God. In another place he says, "As for the cherubim, nobody can tell or conceive what they were like." These symbolical figures, according to the description of them by Ezekiel, (ch. 1:10; 10:14,) were creatures with four heads and one body; and the animals of which these forms consisted were the noblest of their kind; the lion among the wild beasts; the bull among the tame ones; the eagle among the birds, and man at the head of all. Hence some have conceived them to be somewhat of the shape of flying oxen; and it is alleged in favour of this opinion, that the far more common meaning of the verb {kerav,} in Chaldee, Syriac, and Arabic, being to plough, the natural meaning of {keroov,} is a creature used in ploughing. This seems to have been the ancient opinion which tradition had handed down, concerning the shape of the cherubim with the flaming sword, that guarded the tree of life. (Ge 3:24.)
Isaiah 28:26
God <0430> [For his God, etc. or, And he bindeth it in such sort as his]
God doth teach him.
