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Exodus 27:16 — King James Version← Study notes

And for the gate of the court shall be an hanging of twenty cubits, of blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen, wrought with needlework: and their pillars shall be four, and their sockets four.


Exodus 27:16Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Exodus 27:1617 words
וּלְשַׁעַרûləšaʿarAnd to opening
הֶחָצֵרheḥāṣērThe yard
מָסָךְmāsāḵəCover
עֶשְׂרִיםʿeśərîmTwenty
אַמָּהʾamāhA mother
תְּכֵלֶתtəḵēletMussel
וְאַרְגָּמָןwəʾarəgāmānAnd purple
וְתוֹלַעַתwətwōlaʿatAnd maggot
שָׁנִיšānîCrimson
וְשֵׁשׁwəšēšAnd bleached
מָשְׁזָרmāšəzārTwist
מַעֲשֵׂהmaʿăśēhAction
רֹקֵםrōqēmVariegate
עַמֻּדֵיהֶםʿamudêhemColumn
אַרְבָּעָהʾarəbāʿāhFour
וְאַדְנֵיהֶםwəʾadənêhemAnd basis
אַרְבָּעָהʾarəbāʿāhFour
Words read right to left. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.

Word-by-word meanings

וּלְשַׁעַרûləšaʿarAnd to opening
הֶחָצֵרheḥāṣērThe yard
מָסָךְmāsāḵəCover
עֶשְׂרִיםʿeśərîmTwenty
אַמָּהʾamāhA mother
תְּכֵלֶתtəḵēletMussel
וְאַרְגָּמָןwəʾarəgāmānAnd purple
וְתוֹלַעַתwətwōlaʿatAnd maggot
שָׁנִיšānîCrimson
וְשֵׁשׁwəšēšAnd bleached
מָשְׁזָרmāšəzārTwist
מַעֲשֵׂהmaʿăśēhAction
רֹקֵםrōqēmVariegate
עַמֻּדֵיהֶםʿamudêhemColumn
אַרְבָּעָהʾarəbāʿāhFour
וְאַדְנֵיהֶםwəʾadənêhemAnd basis
אַרְבָּעָהʾarəbāʿāhFour

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