Exodus 26:5

“Fifty loops you shall make on the one curtain, and fifty loops you shall make on the edge of the curtain that is in the second set, the loops opposite one to another.”

Exodus 26:5 · direct translation from the Hebrew
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Exodus 26:5, word by word

Fiftyחֲמִשִּׁיםchamishim

fifty

Fifty.

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loopsלֻלָאֹתlulaot

loop

Loop.

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you shall makeתַּעֲשֶׂהtaase

make

To build or create something.

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on the oneאֶחָתechat

first

Literally "one": day one of the month.

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curtainיְרִיעָהyeria

curtain

Curtain: a large piece of cloth or of goats' hair from which a tent is made.

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on the edgeקְצֵהketse

end

The place where something ends: its edge or farthest point.

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is in the secondשֵּׁנִיתshenit

second

The one that comes after the first; the other of two.

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setמַּחְבֶּרֶתmachberet

set, seam

A set of pieces joined together; the place where they join.

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oppositeמַקְבִּילֹתmakbilot

face

To face each other.

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oneאִשָּׁהisha

each

Literally "woman": all of them, taken separately.

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anotherאֲחֹתָachota

pair

Also used to pair things, one with another, like the curtains of the sanctuary.

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The context

4You shall make loops of blue on the edge of the one curtain at the end of the set; and likewise you shall make them on the edge of the outermost curtain in the second set.

5 · This verse (above)

6You shall make fifty clasps of gold and join the curtains one to another with the clasps, so that the dwelling shall be one whole.

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