New American Standard Bible 1995

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Exodus

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Then he made the lampstand of pure gold. He made the lampstand of hammered work, its base and its shaft; its cups, its bulbs and its flowers were of one piece with it.

Lexicon

Verse part Definition: Part of speech: Strong's: Hebrew: Transliteration:
Then he made do, make Verb H6213 וַיַּ֥עַשׂ vai·ya·'as
the lampstand a lampstand Noun H4501 הַמְּנֹרָ֖ה ham·me·no·rah
of pure clean, pure Adjective H2889 טָהֹ֑ור ta·ho·vr;
gold. gold Noun H2091 זָהָ֣ב za·hav
He made do, make Verb H6213 עָשָׂ֤ה a·sah
the lampstand a lampstand Noun H4501 הַמְּנֹרָה֙ ham·me·no·rah
of hammered work, perhaps hammered work Noun H4749 מִקְשָׁ֞ה mik·shah
its base thigh, loin, side, base Noun H3409 יְרֵכָ֣הּ ye·re·chah
and its shaft; a stalk, reed Noun H7070 וְקָנָ֔הּ ve·ka·nah,
its cups, a cup, bowl Noun H1375 גְּבִיעֶ֛יהָ ge·vi·'ei·ha
its bulbs capital, knob, bulb Noun H3730 כַּפְתֹּרֶ֥יהָ kaf·to·rei·ha
and its flowers a bud, sprout Noun H6525 וּפְרָחֶ֖יהָ u·fe·ra·chei·ha
were [of one piece] with it.      
Analysis:

One: God

Refers to HaShem (God), Who is One. This number can also refer to unity. The first place the number "one" occurs is in Genesis 1:5. There one reads, "And there was an evening and there was a morning— one day". Later on in this same book of Genesis, it is stated concerning the man and his wife, "And they became one flesh" (Genesis 2:24). It is very significant that in both of these examples there was a multiplicity for the subject. In the first example, the evening and the morning became one day and in the second example, it was Adam and Eve who became one flesh.

One of the most famous passages in the Torah concerning HaShem is Deuteronomy 6:4 which states, "Hear O Israel the Lord your God the Lord is One." The question that a person must ask himself is what is the connection between the use of the Hebrew word אחד "one" which identifies a multiplicity being one and the fact that the Lord God of Israel is One? The answer is that the Hebrew word אחד can relate to the concept for one as in "unification". There is another Hebrew word that would have been possible to be used if the author wanted to refer to an absolute oneness or singleness. This is the Hebrew word יחיד. In fact, there is a well-known prayer in Judaism which states, "אחד ואין יחיד כיחודו". This phrase should be translated as, "(God is) One and there is no singularity as His singularity." The idea that is being expressed in this prayer is that the Lord God of Israel is One; but not an absolute One; rather there is a uniqueness and a complexity to His Oneness.

The number one is frequently employed to express in the Scriptures one object, such as one man or one tabernacle. This usage would be the simple or common purpose that the number one or for that matter any number, would appear in a Biblical text. Often the appearance of a number does not contain any of the significance that Hebrew numerology might offer. Therefore, the reader must always consider when coming across a verse which contains a number, that the number only expresses an amount and no additional significance. 

Because the number one is often associated with God, there is a unique phenomenon in the Scriptures concerning this number. Sometimes the number one is employed to express a unique relationship that the object has to HaShem. For example,

"And it will be one day, it will be known to HaShem..." Zechariah 14:7

In the text above, Zechariah could have stated simply, "And it will be a day…" The fact that the prophet said "one day" is to convey that this day is uniquely related to God. Similarly, it is stated by the prophet Ezekiel in chapter 37, "one King", "one nation" and "one Shepherd" (see Ezekiel 37:22, 24). Each of these objects—King, nation and Shepherd—has a connection to HaShem. The King and Shepherd is Messiah Yeshua, the Son of God and the one nation is Israel, the people of God.

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New American Standard Bible 1995 Then he made the lampstand of pure gold. He made the lampstand of hammered work, its base and its shaft; its cups, its bulbs and its flowers were of one piece with it.
King James Bible Then And he made the lampstand candlestick of pure gold. He gold: of beaten work made he the lampstand of hammered work, its base candlestick; his shaft, and its shaft; its cups, its bulbs his branch, his bowls, his knops, and its flowers his flowers, were of one piece with it.the same:
Hebrew Greek English Then he made the lampstand of pure gold. He made the lampstand of hammered work, its base and its shaft; its cups, its bulbs and its flowers were of one piece with it.