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As for the overhangוְסֶרַחthat remainsהָעֹדֵףin the curtainsבִּירִיעֹתof the tent,הָאֹהֶלthe halfחֲצִיcurtainהַיְרִיעָהthat remainsהָעֹדֶפֶתshall hang overתִּסְרַחthe backעַל אֲחֹרֵיof the dwelling.הַמִּשְׁכָּן
Exodus 26:12
Study it in the app“As for the overhang that remains in the curtains of the tent, the half curtain that remains shall hang over the back of the dwelling.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Exodus 26:12, word by word
- As for the overhangסֶרַחserach
overhanging part
What is left over and hangs down. It occurs only in Exodus 26:12.
Where else “serach” appears- that remainsעֹדֵףodef
have left over
Be left over, have more than needed.
Where else “odef” appears- in the curtainsירִיעֹתyriot
curtain
Curtain: a large piece of cloth or of goats' hair from which a tent is made.
Where else “yriot” appears- of the tentאֹהֶלohel
tabernacle
Israel's portable sanctuary in the wilderness, where YHWH met with Moses.
Where else “ohel” appears- the halfחֲצִיchatsi
half
One of two equal parts of something.
Where else “chatsi” appears- shall hang overתִּסְרַחtisrach
hang over
To droop, as extra cloth; grow wide, like a vine.
Where else “tisrach” appears- the backאֲחֹרֵיachore
behind
The part behind something or someone, the side not seen from the front.
Where else “achore” appears- of the dwellingמִּשְׁכָּןmishkan
dwelling
The holy tent where YHWH lived among Israel.
Where else “mishkan” appears
The context
11You shall make fifty clasps of bronze and put the clasps into the loops and join the tent so that it is one whole.
12 · This verse (above)
13And the cubit on this side and the cubit on that side, of what remains in the length of the curtains of the tent, shall hang over the sides of the dwelling on this side and on that side to cover it.