The Meaning of Exodus 36:21 Explained

Exodus 36:21

KJV: The length of a board was ten cubits, and the breadth of a board one cubit and a half.

YLT: ten cubits is the length of the one board, and a cubit and a half the breadth of the one board;

Darby: ten cubits the length of the boards, and one cubit and a half the breadth of one board;

ASV: Ten cubits was the length of a board, and a cubit and a half the breadth of each board.

KJV Reverse Interlinear

The length  of a board  [was] ten  cubits,  and the breadth  of a board  one  cubit  and a half. 

What does Exodus 36:21 Mean?

Chapter Summary: Exodus 36

1  The offerings are delivered to the workmen
4  The generosity of the people is restrained
8  The curtains with cherubim
14  The curtains of goats' hair
19  The covering of skins
20  The boards with their sockets
31  The bars
35  The veil
37  The hanging for the door

What do the individual words in Exodus 36:21 mean?

Ten cubits the length of the board [was] and a cubit and a half cubit the width of board the one
עֶ֥שֶׂר אַמֹּ֖ת אֹ֣רֶךְ הַקָּ֑רֶשׁ וְאַמָּה֙ וַחֲצִ֣י הָֽאַמָּ֔ה רֹ֖חַב הַקֶּ֥רֶשׁ הָאֶחָֽד

עֶ֥שֶׂר  Ten 
Parse: Number, feminine singular construct
Root: עֶשֶׂר 
Sense: ten.
אַמֹּ֖ת  cubits 
Parse: Noun, feminine plural
Root: אַמָּה 
Sense: cubit—a measure of distance (the forearm), roughly 8 in (.
אֹ֣רֶךְ  the  length 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular construct
Root: אֹרֶךְ  
Sense: length.
הַקָּ֑רֶשׁ  of  the  board  [was] 
Parse: Article, Noun, masculine singular
Root: קֶרֶשׁ  
Sense: board, boards, plank.
וְאַמָּה֙  and  a  cubit 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Noun, feminine singular
Root: אַמָּה 
Sense: cubit—a measure of distance (the forearm), roughly 8 in (.
וַחֲצִ֣י  and  a  half 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Noun, masculine singular construct
Root: חֲצִי 
Sense: half.
הָֽאַמָּ֔ה  cubit 
Parse: Article, Noun, feminine singular
Root: אַמָּה 
Sense: cubit—a measure of distance (the forearm), roughly 8 in (.
רֹ֖חַב  the  width 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular construct
Root: רֹחַב  
Sense: breadth, width, expanse.
הַקֶּ֥רֶשׁ  of  board 
Parse: Article, Noun, masculine singular
Root: קֶרֶשׁ  
Sense: board, boards, plank.
הָאֶחָֽד  the  one 
Parse: Article, Number, masculine singular
Root: אֶחָד  
Sense: one (number).

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