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Twoשְׁתֵּיtenonsיָדוֹתshall be for eachלַ הָאֶחָדboard,קֶּרֶשׁfittedמְשֻׁלָּבֹתoneאִשָּׁהtoאֶלanother;אֲחֹתָהּsoכֵּןyou shall doתַּעֲשֶׂהfor allלְכֹלthe boardsקַרְשֵׁיof the dwelling.הַמִּשְׁכָּן
Exodus 26:17
Study it in the app“Two tenons shall be for each board, fitted one to another; so you shall do for all the boards of the dwelling.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Exodus 26:17, word by word
- Twoשְׁתֵּיshete
two
A pair, a quantity of two.
Where else “shete” appears- tenonsיָדוֹתyadot
tenon
Parts of an object, or a portion.
Where else “yadot” appears- shall be for eachאֶחָדechad
each
Literally "one": all of them, one by one.
Where else “echad” appears- boardקֶּרֶשׁkeresh
board, frame
Board, plank; it may also be a wooden frame. Once it is the deck of a ship (Ezekiel 27:6).
Where else “keresh” appears- fittedמְשֻׁלָּבֹתmeshulavot
set evenly
Join or set at equal distances.
Where else “meshulavot” appears- oneאִשָּׁהisha
each
Literally "woman": all of them, taken separately.
Where else “isha” appears- anotherאֲחֹתָachota
pair
Also used to pair things, one with another, like the curtains of the sanctuary.
Where else “achota” appears- you shall doתַּעֲשֶׂהtaase
do
To carry out an act or to deal with someone in a certain way, for good or ill.
Where else “taase” appears- of the dwellingמִּשְׁכָּןmishkan
dwelling
The holy tent where YHWH lived among Israel.
Where else “mishkan” appears
Translation note
The “tenons” (literally “hands”) are the projections at the bottom of each board, which fit into the silver bases.
The context
16Ten cubits shall be the length of the board, and a cubit and a half the width of each board.
17 · This verse (above)
18You shall make the boards for the dwelling: twenty boards for the southern side, toward the south.