The Meaning of Exodus 38:12 Explained

Exodus 38:12

KJV: And for the west side were hangings of fifty cubits, their pillars ten, and their sockets ten; the hooks of the pillars and their fillets of silver.

YLT: and at the west side are hangings, fifty by the cubit; their pillars are ten, and their sockets ten; the pegs of the pillars and their fillets are silver;

Darby: And on the west side, hangings of fifty cubits; their pillars ten, and their bases ten; the hooks of the pillars and their connecting-rods of silver.

ASV: And for the west side were hangings of fifty cubits, their pillars ten, and their sockets ten; the hooks of the pillars, and their fillets, of silver.

KJV Reverse Interlinear

And for the west  side  [were] hangings  of fifty  cubits,  their pillars  ten,  and their sockets  ten;  the hooks  of the pillars  and their fillets  [of] silver. 

What does Exodus 38:12 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 38:12 mean?

And on the side west [there were] hangings of fifty cubits with pillars ten and their sockets ten the hooks of the pillars and their bands [were] silver
וְלִפְאַת־ יָ֗ם קְלָעִים֙ חֲמִשִּׁ֣ים בָּֽאַמָּ֔ה עַמּוּדֵיהֶ֥ם עֲשָׂרָ֔ה וְאַדְנֵיהֶ֖ם עֲשָׂרָ֑ה וָוֵ֧י הָעַמֻּדִ֛ים וַחֲשׁוּקֵיהֶ֖ם כָּֽסֶף

וְלִפְאַת־  And  on  the  side 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Preposition-l, Noun, feminine singular construct
Root: פֵּאָה 
Sense: corner, edge, side, quarter, extremity.
יָ֗ם  west 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular
Root: יָם  
Sense: sea.
קְלָעִים֙  [there  were]  hangings 
Parse: Noun, masculine plural
Root: קֶלַע 
Sense: sling, slingstones.
חֲמִשִּׁ֣ים  of  fifty 
Parse: Number, common plural
Root: חֲמִשִּׁים 
Sense: fifty.
בָּֽאַמָּ֔ה  cubits 
Parse: Preposition-b, Article, Noun, feminine singular
Root: אַמָּה 
Sense: cubit—a measure of distance (the forearm), roughly 8 in (.
עַמּוּדֵיהֶ֥ם  with  pillars 
Parse: Noun, masculine plural construct, third person masculine plural
Root: עַמּוּד  
Sense: pillar, column.
עֲשָׂרָ֔ה  ten 
Parse: Number, masculine singular
Root: עֶשֶׂר 
Sense: ten.
וְאַדְנֵיהֶ֖ם  and  their  sockets 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Noun, masculine plural construct, third person masculine plural
Root: אֶדֶן  
Sense: base, pedestal, socket (strong, firm).
עֲשָׂרָ֑ה  ten 
Parse: Number, masculine singular
Root: עֶשֶׂר 
Sense: ten.
וָוֵ֧י  the  hooks 
Parse: Noun, masculine plural construct
Root: וָו  
Sense: hook, peg, nail, pin.
הָעַמֻּדִ֛ים  of  the  pillars 
Parse: Article, Noun, masculine plural
Root: עַמּוּד  
Sense: pillar, column.
וַחֲשׁוּקֵיהֶ֖ם  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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