The Meaning of Exodus 38:17 Explained

Exodus 38:17

KJV: And the sockets for the pillars were of brass; the hooks of the pillars and their fillets of silver; and the overlaying of their chapiters of silver; and all the pillars of the court were filleted with silver.

YLT: and the sockets for the pillars of brass, the pegs of the pillars and their fillets of silver, and the overlaying of their tops of silver, and all the pillars of the court are filleted with silver.

Darby: and the bases of the pillars of copper, the hooks of the pillars and their connecting-rods of silver, and the overlaying of their capitals of silver; and all the pillars of the court were fastened together with rods of silver.

ASV: And the sockets for the pillars were of brass; the hooks of the pillars, and their fillets, of silver; and the overlaying of their capitals, of silver; and all the pillars of the court were filleted with silver.

KJV Reverse Interlinear

And the sockets  for the pillars  [were of] brass;  the hooks  of the pillars  and their fillets  [of] silver;  and the overlaying  of their chapiters  [of] silver;  and all the pillars  of the court  [were] filleted  with silver. 

What does Exodus 38:17 Mean?

Chapter Summary: Exodus 38

1  The altar of burnt offering
8  The laver of brass
9  The court, and its hangings
21  The sum of what the people offered, and the use to which it was applied

What do the individual words in Exodus 38:17 mean?

And the sockets for the pillars [were] bronze the hooks of the pillars and their bands [were] silver and the overlay of their capitals [was] silver and they had bands of silver all the pillars of the court
וְהָאֲדָנִ֣ים לָֽעַמֻּדִים֮ נְחֹשֶׁת֒ וָוֵ֨י הָֽעַמּוּדִ֜ים וַחֲשׁוּקֵיהֶם֙ כֶּ֔סֶף וְצִפּ֥וּי רָאשֵׁיהֶ֖ם כָּ֑סֶף וְהֵם֙ מְחֻשָּׁקִ֣ים כֶּ֔סֶף כֹּ֖ל עַמֻּדֵ֥י הֶחָצֵֽר

וְהָאֲדָנִ֣ים  And  the  sockets 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Article, Noun, masculine plural
Root: אֶדֶן  
Sense: base, pedestal, socket (strong, firm).
לָֽעַמֻּדִים֮  for  the  pillars 
Parse: Preposition-l, Article, Noun, masculine plural
Root: עַמּוּד  
Sense: pillar, column.
נְחֹשֶׁת֒  [were]  bronze 
Parse: Noun, feminine singular
Root: נְחֹשֶׁת 
Sense: copper, bronze.
וָוֵ֨י  the  hooks 
Parse: Noun, masculine plural construct
Root: וָו  
Sense: hook, peg, nail, pin.
הָֽעַמּוּדִ֜ים  of  the  pillars 
Parse: Article, Noun, masculine plural
Root: עַמּוּד  
Sense: pillar, column.
וַחֲשׁוּקֵיהֶם֙  and  their  bands 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Noun, masculine plural construct, third person masculine plural
Root: חָשׁוּק  
Sense: fillets, binders.
כֶּ֔סֶף  [were]  silver 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular
Root: כֶּסֶף  
Sense: silver, money.
וְצִפּ֥וּי  and  the  overlay 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Noun, masculine singular construct
Root: צִפּוּי  
Sense: plating (of metal), metal plating.
רָאשֵׁיהֶ֖ם  of  their  capitals 
Parse: Noun, masculine plural construct, third person masculine plural
Root: רֹאשׁ 
Sense: head, top, summit, upper part, chief, total, sum, height, front, beginning.
כָּ֑סֶף  [was]  silver 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular
Root: כֶּסֶף  
Sense: silver, money.
וְהֵם֙  and  they 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Pronoun, third person masculine plural
Root: הֵם 
Sense: they, these, the same, who.
מְחֻשָּׁקִ֣ים  had  bands 
Parse: Verb, Pual, Participle, masculine plural
Root: חָשַׁק 
Sense: (Qal) to love, be attached to, long for.
כֶּ֔סֶף  of  silver 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular construct
Root: כֶּסֶף  
Sense: silver, money.
עַמֻּדֵ֥י  the  pillars 
Parse: Noun, masculine plural construct
Root: עַמּוּד  
Sense: pillar, column.
הֶחָצֵֽר  of  the  court 
Parse: Article, Noun, common singular
Root: חָצֵר 
Sense: court, enclosure.

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