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The lengthאֹרֶךְof eachהָאַחַתcurtainהַיְרִיעָהshall be thirtyשְׁלֹשִׁיםcubits,בָּאַמָּהand the widthוְרֹחַבof eachהָאֶחָתcurtainהַיְרִיעָהfourאַרְבַּעcubits;בָּאַמָּהoneאַחַתmeasureמִדָּהfor the elevenלְעַשְׁתֵּי עֶשְׂרֵהcurtains.יְרִיעֹת
Exodus 26:8
Study it in the app“The length of each curtain shall be thirty cubits, and the width of each curtain four cubits; one measure for the eleven curtains.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Exodus 26:8, word by word
- The lengthאֹרֶךְorech
length
Length: "the length and the breadth".
Where else “orech” appears- of eachאַחַתachat
each
Literally "one": all of them, one by one.
Where else “achat” appears- curtainיְרִיעָהyeria
curtain
Curtain: a large piece of cloth or of goats' hair from which a tent is made.
Where else “yeria” appears- shall be thirtyשְׁלֹשִׁיםsheloshim
thirty
Thirty; also "thirtieth".
Where else “sheloshim” appears- cubitsאַמָּהama
cubit
About 45 centimeters: from the bent arm to the fingertips.
Where else “ama” appears- and the widthרֹחַבrochav
width
Width, breadth.
Where else “rochav” appears- fourאַרְבַּעarba
four
Four.
Where else “arba” appears- measureמִדָּהmida
measure
The size or measure of something.
Where else “mida” appears- for the elevenעַשְׁתֵּיashte
eleven
Eleven (always with "ten").
Where else “ashte” appears- for the elevenעֶשְׂרֵהesre
-teen (ten)
Ten, in the numbers from 11 to 19 (like the "-teen" in "thirteen"); also "-teenth".
Where else “esre” appears
The context
7You shall make curtains of goats' hair for a tent over the dwelling; you shall make eleven curtains.
8 · This verse (above)
9You shall join five curtains by themselves and six curtains by themselves, and you shall double over the sixth curtain at the front of the tent.