Exodus 20:25
Parallel Strong's
Berean Study Bible
Now if you make an altar of stones for Me, you must not build it with stones shaped by tools; for if you use a chisel on it, you will defile it.

Young's Literal Translation
‘And if an altar of stones thou dost make to Me, thou dost not build them of hewn work; when thy tool thou hast waved over it, then thou dost pollute it;

King James Bible
And if thou wilt make me an altar of stone, thou shalt not build it of hewn stone: for if thou lift up thy tool upon it, thou hast polluted it.

Hebrew
Now if
וְאִם־ (wə·’im-)
Conjunctive waw | Conjunction
Strong's 518: Lo!, whether?, if, although, Oh that!, when, not

you make
תַּֽעֲשֶׂה־ (ta·‘ă·śeh-)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - second person masculine singular
Strong's 6213: To do, make

an altar
מִזְבַּ֤ח (miz·baḥ)
Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's 4196: An altar

of stones
אֲבָנִים֙ (’ă·ḇā·nîm)
Noun - feminine plural
Strong's 68: A stone

for Me,
לִּ֔י (lî)
Preposition | first person common singular
Strong's Hebrew

you must not
לֹֽא־ (lō-)
Adverb - Negative particle
Strong's 3808: Not, no

build
תִבְנֶ֥ה (ṯiḇ·neh)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - second person masculine singular
Strong's 1129: To build

it
אֶתְהֶ֖ן (’eṯ·hen)
Direct object marker | third person feminine plural
Strong's 853: Untranslatable mark of the accusative case

with stones shaped by tools;
גָּזִ֑ית (gā·zîṯ)
Noun - feminine singular
Strong's 1496: Something cut, dressed stone

for if
כִּ֧י (kî)
Conjunction
Strong's 3588: A relative conjunction

you use
הֵנַ֥פְתָּ (hê·nap̄·tā)
Verb - Hifil - Perfect - second person masculine singular
Strong's 5130: To move to and fro, wave, sprinkle

a chisel
חַרְבְּךָ֛ (ḥar·bə·ḵā)
Noun - feminine singular construct | second person masculine singular
Strong's 2719: Drought, a cutting instrument, as a, knife, sword

on it,
עָלֶ֖יהָ (‘ā·le·hā)
Preposition | third person feminine singular
Strong's 5921: Above, over, upon, against

you will defile it.
וַתְּחַֽלְלֶֽהָ׃ (wat·tə·ḥal·le·hā)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Piel - Consecutive imperfect - second person masculine singular | third person feminine singular
Strong's 2490: To bore, to wound, to dissolve, to profane, to break, to begin, to play

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           
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