Exodus 26:9

“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.”

Exodus 26:9 · direct translation from the Hebrew
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Exodus 26:9, word by word

You shall joinחִבַּרְתָּchibarta

join

To set two things together so that they form one.

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fiveחֲמֵשׁchamesh

five

Five.

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curtainsיְרִיעֹתyeriot

curtain

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

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by themselvesבָדvad

alone

One thing alone, set apart from the rest; also the expression 'besides'.

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and sixשֵׁשׁshesh

six

Six; also "sixth".

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and you shall double overכָפַלְתָּchafalta

fold double

Fold double; doubled.

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the sixthשִּׁשִּׁיתshishit

sixth

Sixth; a sixth part.

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the frontמוּלmul

in front of, opposite

In front of, opposite.

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the frontפְּנֵיpene

before

Literally "to the face of": in sight of someone, or on account of something.

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of the tentאֹהֶלohel

tabernacle

Israel's portable sanctuary in the wilderness, where YHWH met with Moses.

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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.

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