The Meaning of Exodus 38:11 Explained

Exodus 38:11

KJV: And for the north side the hangings were an hundred cubits, their pillars were twenty, and their sockets of brass twenty; the hooks of the pillars and their fillets of silver.

YLT: and at the north side, a hundred by the cubit, their pillars are twenty, and their sockets of brass twenty; the pegs of the pillars and their fillets are silver;

Darby: And on the north side, a hundred cubits; their pillars twenty, and their bases twenty, of copper; the hooks of the pillars and their connecting-rods of silver.

ASV: And for the north side a hundred cubits, their pillars twenty, and their sockets twenty, of brass; the hooks of the pillars, and their fillets, of silver.

KJV Reverse Interlinear

And for the north  side  [the hangings were] an hundred  cubits,  their pillars  [were] twenty,  and their sockets  of brass  twenty;  the hooks  of the pillars  and their fillets  [of] silver. 

What does Exodus 38:11 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 38:11 mean?

And On the side north [the hangings were] a hundred cubits [long] with pillars twenty and their sockets twenty bronze the hooks of the pillars and their bands [were] silver
וְלִפְאַ֤ת צָפוֹן֙ מֵאָ֣ה בָֽאַמָּ֔ה עַמּוּדֵיהֶ֣ם עֶשְׂרִ֔ים וְאַדְנֵיהֶ֥ם עֶשְׂרִ֖ים נְחֹ֑שֶׁת וָוֵ֧י הָֽעַמּוּדִ֛ים וַחֲשֻׁקֵיהֶ֖ם כָּֽסֶף

וְלִפְאַ֤ת  And  On  the  side 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Preposition-l, Noun, feminine singular construct
Root: פֵּאָה 
Sense: corner, edge, side, quarter, extremity.
צָפוֹן֙  north 
Parse: Noun, feminine singular
Root: צָפֹון  
Sense: north (of direction), northward.
מֵאָ֣ה  [the  hangings  were]  a  hundred 
Parse: Number, feminine singular
Root: מֵאָה 
Sense: hundred.
בָֽאַמָּ֔ה  cubits  [long] 
Parse: Preposition-b, Article, Noun, feminine singular
Root: אַמָּה 
Sense: cubit—a measure of distance (the forearm), roughly 8 in (.
עַמּוּדֵיהֶ֣ם  with  pillars 
Parse: Noun, masculine plural construct, third person masculine plural
Root: עַמּוּד  
Sense: pillar, column.
עֶשְׂרִ֔ים  twenty 
Parse: Number, common plural
Root: עֶשְׂרִים  
Sense: twenty, twentieth.
וְאַדְנֵיהֶ֥ם  and  their  sockets 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Noun, masculine plural construct, third person masculine plural
Root: אֶדֶן  
Sense: base, pedestal, socket (strong, firm).
עֶשְׂרִ֖ים  twenty 
Parse: Number, common plural
Root: עֶשְׂרִים  
Sense: twenty, twentieth.
נְחֹ֑שֶׁת  bronze 
Parse: Noun, feminine singular
Root: נְחֹשֶׁת 
Sense: copper, bronze.
וָוֵ֧י  the  hooks 
Parse: Noun, masculine plural construct
Root: וָו  
Sense: hook, peg, nail, pin.
הָֽעַמּוּדִ֛ים  of  the  pillars 
Parse: Article, Noun, masculine plural
Root: עַמּוּד  
Sense: pillar, column.
וַחֲשֻׁקֵיהֶ֖ם  and  their  bands  [were] 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Noun, masculine plural construct, third person masculine plural
Root: חָשׁוּק  
Sense: fillets, binders.
כָּֽסֶף  silver 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular
Root: כֶּסֶף  
Sense: silver, money.

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