Exodus 38:16 Go deeper
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All the hangings of the court round about were of fine twined linen. (KJV)
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כָּל\־kol-all
Lemma: כֹּל (kol) · Strong's: H3605
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Construct (HNcmsc)
Meaning: all
Used 5410 times. Also: Genesis 1:21, Genesis 1:25, Genesis 1:26, Genesis 1:28, Genesis 1:29, Genesis 1:30 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H3605; TAHOT Exodus 38:16 word 1
קַלְעֵ֧יkal.'Ei[the] curtains of
Lemma: קֶ֫לַע (qe.la) · Strong's: H7050B
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Plural · Construct (HNcmpc)
Meaning: curtain
Used 16 times. Also: Exodus 27:9, Exodus 27:11, Exodus 27:12, Exodus 27:14, Exodus 27:15, Exodus 35:17 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H7050B; TAHOT Exodus 38:16 word 2
הֶחָצֵ֛רhe.cha.Tzerthe courtyard
Lemma: חָצֵר (cha.tser) · Strong's: H2691A
Parsing: Noun · Common · Either gender · Singular · Absolute (HNcbsa)
Meaning: court
Used 144 times. Also: Exodus 8:13, Exodus 27:9, Exodus 27:12, Exodus 27:13, Exodus 27:16, Exodus 27:17 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H2691A; TAHOT Exodus 38:16 word 3
סָבִ֖יבsa.Vivall around
Lemma: סָבִיב (sa.viv) · Strong's: H5439G
Parsing: Noun · Common · Either gender · Singular · Absolute (HNcbsa)
Meaning: around
Used 283 times. Also: Genesis 35:5, Genesis 41:48, Exodus 16:13, Exodus 19:12, Exodus 25:11, Exodus 25:24 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H5439G; TAHOT Exodus 38:16 word 4
שֵׁ֥שׁshesh[were] fine linen
Lemma: שֵׁשׁ (shesh) · Strong's: H8336B
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HNcmsa)
Meaning: linen
Used 37 times. Also: Genesis 41:42, Exodus 25:4, Exodus 26:1, Exodus 26:31, Exodus 26:36, Exodus 27:9 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H8336B; TAHOT Exodus 38:16 word 5
מָשְׁזָֽר\׃ma.she.Zartwisted
Lemma: שָׁזַר (sha.zar) · Strong's: H7806
Parsing: Verb · Hophal (hence Action · Passive) · Participle passive · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HVHsmsa)
Meaning: to twist
Used 21 times. Also: Exodus 26:1, Exodus 26:31, Exodus 26:36, Exodus 27:9, Exodus 27:16, Exodus 27:18 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H7806; TAHOT Exodus 38:16 word 6
How the BSB renders it
Each English phrase in the Berean Standard Bible and the original word behind it.
| All | → | כֹּל H3605 all |
| the curtains | → | קֶ֫לַע H7050B curtain |
| around | → | סָבִיב H5439G around |
| the courtyard | → | חָצֵר H2691A court |
| were made of finely spun | → | שָׁזַר H7806 to twist |
| linen | → | שֵׁשׁ H8336B linen |
King James Version (KJV), public domain in the United States. Source
Original-language words, glosses, parsing and lexicon entries: STEPBible data by Tyndale House, Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG, TFLSJ, TEHMC, TEGMC), CC BY 4.0, with changes. Hebrew text from the Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible. English alignment: Berean Standard Bible tables (public domain).
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