Exodus 40:21 — King James Version← Study notes

“And he brought the ark into the tabernacle, and set up the vail of the covering, and covered the ark of the testimony; as the Lord commanded Moses.”

Exodus 40:21 — Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Exodus 40:2118 words

וַיָּבֵאwayāvēʾAnd go

אֶתʾet—

הָאָרֹןhāʾārōnThe box

אֶלʾelNear

הַמִּשְׁכָּןhamišəkānThe residence

וַיָּשֶׂםwayāśemAnd put

אֵתʾēt—

פָּרֹכֶתpārōḵetSeparatrix

הַמָּסָךְhamāsāḵəThe cover

וַיָּסֶךְwayāseḵəAnd entwine

עַלʿalAbove

אֲרוֹןʾărwōnBox

הָעֵדוּתhāʿēdûtThe testimony

כַּאֲשֶׁרkaʾăšerLike who

צִוָּהṣiûhConstitute

יְהוָהyəhwāhLORD

אֶתʾet—

מֹשֶׁהmōšehMoses

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

Word-by-word meanings

וַיָּבֵאwayāvēʾAnd go

אֶתʾetdirect object marker (no translation)

הָאָרֹןhāʾārōnThe box

אֶלʾelNear

הַמִּשְׁכָּןhamišəkānThe residence

וַיָּשֶׂםwayāśemAnd put

אֵתʾētdirect object marker (no translation)

פָּרֹכֶתpārōḵetSeparatrix

הַמָּסָךְhamāsāḵəThe cover

וַיָּסֶךְwayāseḵəAnd entwine

עַלʿalAbove

אֲרוֹןʾărwōnBox

הָעֵדוּתhāʿēdûtThe testimony

כַּאֲשֶׁרkaʾăšerLike who

צִוָּהṣiûhConstitute

יְהוָהyəhwāhLORD

אֶתʾetdirect object marker (no translation)

מֹשֶׁהmōšehMoses

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