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And he joinedוַיְחַבֵּרfiveאֶת חֲמֵשׁcurtainsהַיְרִיעֹתby themselves,לְבָדand sixוְאֶת שֵׁשׁcurtainsהַיְרִיעֹתby themselves.לְבָד
Exodus 36:16
Study it in the app“And he joined five curtains by themselves, and six curtains by themselves.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Exodus 36:16, word by word
- And he joinedיְחַבֵּרyechaber
join
To set two things together so that they form one.
Where else “yechaber” 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
The context
15The length of each curtain was thirty cubits, and four cubits the width of each curtain; one measure for the eleven curtains.
16 · This verse (above)
17And he made fifty loops on the edge of the outermost curtain in the set, and fifty loops he made on the edge of the curtain of the second set.