You shall joinוְחִבַּרְתָּfiveאֶת חֲמֵשׁcurtainsהַיְרִיעֹתby themselvesלְבָדand sixוְאֶת שֵׁשׁcurtainsהַיְרִיעֹתby themselves,לְבָדand you shall double overוְכָפַלְתָּthe sixthהַשִּׁשִּׁיתcurtainאֶת הַיְרִיעָהatאֶלthe frontמוּל פְּנֵיof the tent.הָאֹהֶל
Exodus 26:9
Study it in the app“You 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.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Exodus 26:9, word by word
- You shall joinחִבַּרְתָּchibarta
join
To set two things together so that they form one.
Where else “chibarta” appears- fiveחֲמֵשׁchamesh
five
Five.
Where else “chamesh” appears- curtainsיְרִיעֹתyeriot
curtain
Curtain: a large piece of cloth or of goats' hair from which a tent is made.
Where else “yeriot” appears- by themselvesבָדvad
alone
One thing alone, set apart from the rest; also the expression 'besides'.
Where else “vad” appears- and sixשֵׁשׁshesh
six
Six; also "sixth".
Where else “shesh” appears- and you shall double overכָפַלְתָּchafalta
fold double
Fold double; doubled.
Where else “chafalta” appears- the sixthשִּׁשִּׁיתshishit
sixth
Sixth; a sixth part.
Where else “shishit” appears- the frontמוּלmul
in front of, opposite
In front of, opposite.
Where else “mul” appears- the frontפְּנֵיpene
before
Literally "to the face of": in sight of someone, or on account of something.
Where else “pene” appears- of the tentאֹהֶלohel
tabernacle
Israel's portable sanctuary in the wilderness, where YHWH met with Moses.
Where else “ohel” appears
The context
8The length of each curtain shall be thirty cubits, and the width of each curtain four cubits; one measure for the eleven curtains.
9 · This verse (above)
10You shall make fifty loops on the edge of the outermost curtain in the first set, and fifty loops on the edge of the curtain of the second set.