Exodus 26:1 — King James Version← Study notes

“Moreover thou shalt make the tabernacle with ten curtains of fine twined linen, and blue, and purple, and scarlet: with cherubims of cunning work shalt thou make them.”

Exodus 26:1 — Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Exodus 26:116 words

וְאֶתwəʾet—

הַמִּשְׁכָּןhamišəkānThe residence

תַּעֲשֶׂהtaʿăśehDo

עֶשֶׂרʿeśerTen

יְרִיעֹתyərîʿōtHanging

שֵׁשׁšēšBleached

מָשְׁזָרmāšəzārTwist

וּתְכֵלֶתûtəḵēletAnd mussel

וְאַרְגָּמָןwəʾarəgāmānAnd purple

וְתֹלַעַתwətōlaʿatAnd maggot

שָׁנִיšānîCrimson

כְּרֻבִיםkəruvîmCherub

מַעֲשֵׂהmaʿăśēhAction

חֹשֵׁבḥōšēvPlait

תַּעֲשֶׂהtaʿăśehDo

אֹתָםʾōtām—

ℹWords read right to left. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.

Word-by-word meanings

וְאֶתwəʾetdirect object marker (no translation)

הַמִּשְׁכָּןhamišəkānThe residence

תַּעֲשֶׂהtaʿăśehDo

עֶשֶׂרʿeśerTen

יְרִיעֹתyərîʿōtHanging

שֵׁשׁšēšBleached

מָשְׁזָרmāšəzārTwist

וּתְכֵלֶתûtəḵēletAnd mussel

וְאַרְגָּמָןwəʾarəgāmānAnd purple

וְתֹלַעַתwətōlaʿatAnd maggot

שָׁנִיšānîCrimson

כְּרֻבִיםkəruvîmCherub

מַעֲשֵׂהmaʿăśēhAction

חֹשֵׁבḥōšēvPlait

תַּעֲשֶׂהtaʿăśehDo

אֹתָםʾōtāmdirect object marker (no translation)

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