Exodus 38:27

“And the hundred talents of silver were for casting the bases of the sanctuary and the bases of the veil; a hundred bases for the hundred talents, a talent per base.”

Exodus 38:27 · direct translation from the Hebrew
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Exodus 38:27, word by word

And the hundredיְהִיyehi

be

To be: "I will be their Elohim".

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And the hundredמְאַתmeat

hundred

The amount of one hundred; with other numbers it forms two hundred, three hundred and the rest.

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talentsכִּכַּרkikar

talent

A very large weight for metals, about 3,000 shekels.

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of silverכֶּסֶףkesef

silver

A white, valuable metal, the one most used after gold.

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were for castingצֶקֶתtseket

cast

To melt metal and pour it into a mold.

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the basesאַדְנֵיadne

base

Base, pedestal on which a board or a pillar rests; also the foundations of the earth (Job 38:6).

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of the sanctuaryקֹּדֶשׁkodesh

sanctuary

The sacred enclosure where God was served: the sanctuary and its innermost room.

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of the veilפָּרֹכֶתparochet

veil

The veil: the curtain that separated the most holy place from the rest of the dwelling.

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The context

26a beka per head, half a shekel, by the shekel of the sanctuary, for everyone who passed over to those counted, from twenty years old and upward, for six hundred and three thousand five hundred and fifty.

27 · This verse (above)

28And with the thousand seven hundred and seventy-five he made hooks for the pillars, and overlaid their tops and joined them with rods.

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