Exodus 31:4
Context31:4 to make artistic designs 1 for work with gold, with silver, and with bronze,
Exodus 35:32-33
Context35:32 to design artistic designs, to work in gold, in silver, and in bronze, 35:33 and in cutting stones for their setting, 2 and in cutting wood, to do work in every artistic craft. 3


[31:4] 1 tn The expression is לַחְשֹׁב מַחֲשָׁבֹת (lakhshov makhashavot, “to devise devices”). The infinitive emphasizes that Bezalel will be able to design or plan works that are artistic or skillful. He will think thoughts or devise the plans, and then he will execute them in silver or stone or whatever other material he uses.
[35:33] 3 tn Heb “in every work of thought,” meaning, every work that required the implementation of design or plan.