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You shall makeוְעָשִׂיתָfiftyחֲמִשִּׁיםclaspsקַרְסֵיof goldזָהָבand joinוְחִבַּרְתָּthe curtainsאֶת הַיְרִיעֹתoneאִשָּׁהtoאֶלanotherאֲחֹתָהּwith the clasps,בַּקְּרָסִיםso that the dwellingוְ הַמִּשְׁכָּןshall beהָיָהone whole.אֶחָד
Exodus 26:6
Study it in the app“You shall make fifty clasps of gold and join the curtains one to another with the clasps, so that the dwelling shall be one whole.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Exodus 26:6, word by word
- You shall makeעָשִׂיתָasita
make
To build or create something.
Where else “asita” appears- fiftyחֲמִשִּׁיםchamishim
fifty
Fifty.
Where else “chamishim” appears- claspsקַרְסֵיkarse
clasp
Clasp, hook for joining two pieces.
Where else “karse” appears- of goldזָהָבzahav
gold
Gold.
Where else “zahav” appears- and joinחִבַּרְתָּchibarta
join
To set two things together so that they form one.
Where else “chibarta” appears- the curtainsיְרִיעֹתyeriot
curtain
Curtain: a large piece of cloth or of goats' hair from which a tent is made.
Where else “yeriot” 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- so that the dwellingמִּשְׁכָּןmishkan
dwelling
The holy tent where YHWH lived among Israel.
Where else “mishkan” appears- shall beהָיָהhaya
be
To be: "I will be their Elohim".
Where else “haya” appears- one wholeאֶחָדechad
united
United as one: "YHWH is one".
Where else “echad” appears
The context
5Fifty 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.
6 · This verse (above)
7You shall make curtains of goats' hair for a tent over the dwelling; you shall make eleven curtains.