What Does Exodus 25:35 Mean in the King James?
And there shall be a knop under two branches of the same, and a knop under two branches of the same, and a knop under two branches of the same, according to the six branches that proceed out of the candlestick.
The analysis reads the King James wording.
King James Version The King James Version, first published in 1611. Selah Verse shows the standard text.
THE KEY
The word translated “proceed” means “go out”: the branches are many extensions of one source.
THE MEANING
The verse shows six branches going out from one candlestick, with a knop beneath each pair. The repeated structure holds multiplicity and unity together: every branch emerges from the same source.
THE ROOT
יֹצְאִים
yotze’im
GROWS FROM
יצא
To go out, emerge, or come forth.
“proceed” in this verse is yotze’im. The branches are described as “goings-out” from the lampstand. The same root names the going out from Mitzrayim, so this small detail echoes a larger movement from constriction into release.
ALSO GROWS
yetsi’ah: Going out; an exit.
יְצִיאָה
The branches’ “proceeding” is this same movement of emergence.
motsa: An outlet, issue, or place of origin.
מוֹצָא
The root can name both what comes out and its point of emergence, keeping the branches linked to their source.
yetsi’at Mitzrayim: The going out from Mitzrayim (Egypt).
יְצִיאַת מִצְרַיִם
The same root names the Bible’s movement out from constriction; here, the branches also go out from one center.
THE PATTERN
A single source can send out many distinct branches while they remain joined to their origin.
Three bowls made like unto almonds, with a knop and a flower in one branch; and three bowls made like almonds in the other branch, with a knop and a flower: so in the six branches that come out of the candlestick.For with thee is the fountain of life: in thy light shall we see light.I am the vine, ye are the branches: He that abideth in me, and I in him, the same bringeth forth much fruit: for without me ye can do nothing.THE THREAD
Three bowls made like unto almonds, with a knop and a flower in one branch; and three bowls made like almonds in the other branch, with a knop and a flower: so in the six branches that come out of the candlestick.The phrase “come out” uses the same root, יצא (yatsa), as “proceed” in this verse. The earlier verse shows that each outgoing branch carries a repeated form of bowls, knops, and flowers: emergence from the center has its own shape.
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