The Meaning of Exodus 38:20 Explained

Exodus 38:20

KJV: And all the pins of the tabernacle, and of the court round about, were of brass.

YLT: and all the pins for the tabernacle, and for the court round about, are of brass.

Darby: And all the pegs for the tabernacle and for the court round about were of copper.

ASV: And all the pins of the tabernacle, and of the court round about, were of brass.

KJV Reverse Interlinear

And all the pins  of the tabernacle,  and of the court  round about,  [were of] brass. 

What does Exodus 38:20 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 38:20 mean?

And all the pegs [were] of the tabernacle and of the court all around bronze -
וְֽכָל־ הַיְתֵדֹ֞ת לַמִּשְׁכָּ֧ן וְלֶחָצֵ֛ר סָבִ֖יב נְחֹֽשֶׁת ס

וְֽכָל־  And  all 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Noun, masculine singular construct
Root: כֹּל  
Sense: all, the whole.
הַיְתֵדֹ֞ת  the  pegs  [were] 
Parse: Article, Noun, feminine plural
Root: יָתֵד  
Sense: pin, stake, peg, nail.
לַמִּשְׁכָּ֧ן  of  the  tabernacle 
Parse: Preposition-l, Article, Noun, masculine singular
Root: מִשְׁכָּן  
Sense: dwelling place, tabernacle.
וְלֶחָצֵ֛ר  and  of  the  court 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Preposition-l, Article, Noun, common singular
Root: חָצֵר 
Sense: court, enclosure.
סָבִ֖יב  all  around 
Parse: Adverb
Root: מוּסָב 
Sense: places round about, circuit, round about adv.
נְחֹֽשֶׁת  bronze 
Parse: Noun, feminine singular
Root: נְחֹשֶׁת 
Sense: copper, bronze.
ס  - 
Parse: Punctuation