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Tenעֶשֶׂרcubitsאַמּוֹתshall be the lengthאֹרֶךְof the board,הַקָּרֶשׁand a cubitוְאַמָּהand a halfוַחֲצִי הָאַמָּהthe widthרֹחַבof eachהָאֶחָדboard.הַקֶּרֶשׁ
Exodus 26:16
Study it in the app“Ten cubits shall be the length of the board, and a cubit and a half the width of each board.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Exodus 26:16, word by word
- Tenעֶשֶׂרeser
ten
Ten.
Where else “eser” appears- cubitsאַמּוֹתamot
cubit
About 45 centimeters: from the bent arm to the fingertips.
Where else “amot” appears- shall be the lengthאֹרֶךְorech
length
Length: "the length and the breadth".
Where else “orech” appears- of the boardקָּרֶשׁkaresh
board, frame
Board, plank; it may also be a wooden frame. Once it is the deck of a ship (Ezekiel 27:6).
Where else “karesh” appears- and a halfחֲצִיchatsi
half
One of two equal parts of something.
Where else “chatsi” appears- the widthרֹחַבrochav
width
Width, breadth.
Where else “rochav” appears- of eachאֶחָדechad
each
Literally "one": all of them, one by one.
Where else “echad” appears
The context
15You shall make the boards for the dwelling of acacia wood, standing upright.
16 · This verse (above)
17Two tenons shall be for each board, fitted one to another; so you shall do for all the boards of the dwelling.