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Exodus 38:18 — King James Version← Study notes

And the hanging for the gate of the court was needlework, of blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen: and twenty cubits was the length, and the height in the breadth was five cubits, answerable to the hangings of the court.


Exodus 38:18Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Exodus 38:1821 words
וּמָסַךְûmāsaḵəAnd cover
שַׁעַרšaʿarOpening
הֶחָצֵרheḥāṣērThe yard
מַעֲשֵׂהmaʿăśēhAction
רֹקֵםrōqēmVariegate
תְּכֵלֶתtəḵēletMussel
וְאַרְגָּמָןwəʾarəgāmānAnd purple
וְתוֹלַעַתwətwōlaʿatAnd maggot
שָׁנִיšānîCrimson
וְשֵׁשׁwəšēšAnd bleached
מָשְׁזָרmāšəzārTwist
וְעֶשְׂרִיםwəʿeśərîmAnd twenty
אַמָּהʾamāhA mother
אֹרֶךְʾōreḵəLength
וְקוֹמָהwəqwōmāhAnd height
בְרֹחַבvərōḥavIn width
חָמֵשׁḥāmēšFive
אַמּוֹתʾamwōtA mother
לְעֻמַּתləʿumatTo conjunction
קַלְעֵיqaləʿêSling
הֶחָצֵרheḥāṣērThe yard
Words read right to left. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.

Word-by-word meanings

וּמָסַךְûmāsaḵəAnd cover
שַׁעַרšaʿarOpening
הֶחָצֵרheḥāṣērThe yard
מַעֲשֵׂהmaʿăśēhAction
רֹקֵםrōqēmVariegate
תְּכֵלֶתtəḵēletMussel
וְאַרְגָּמָןwəʾarəgāmānAnd purple
וְתוֹלַעַתwətwōlaʿatAnd maggot
שָׁנִיšānîCrimson
וְשֵׁשׁwəšēšAnd bleached
מָשְׁזָרmāšəzārTwist
וְעֶשְׂרִיםwəʿeśərîmAnd twenty
אַמָּהʾamāhA mother
אֹרֶךְʾōreḵəLength
וְקוֹמָהwəqwōmāhAnd height
בְרֹחַבvərōḥavIn width
חָמֵשׁḥāmēšFive
אַמּוֹתʾamwōtA mother
לְעֻמַּתləʿumatTo conjunction
קַלְעֵיqaləʿêSling
הֶחָצֵרheḥāṣērThe yard

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