vav · hook

What it means

vav (וָו) is a Hebrew word of the Bible that means “hook”.

Peg. The name of the sixth Hebrew letter, vav.

How to say it

Approximate pronunciation. Vowels sound as in Spanish (a as in father, e as in bed, i as in machine, o as in note, u as in rule); the syllable in bold is stressed. The voice is your device's.

Its senses in the Bible

1. A peg the curtains hung from.

From Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906)

Where it appears

• Exodus 26:32

  You shall hang it on four pillars of acacia overlaid with gold, their hooks of gold, on four bases of silver.

• Exodus 26:37

  You shall make for the screen five pillars of acacia and overlay them with gold; their hooks shall be of gold, and you shall cast for them five bases of bronze.

• Exodus 27:10

  and its pillars twenty, and their bases twenty, of bronze; the hooks of the pillars and their rods shall be of silver.

• Exodus 27:11

  And likewise for the north side, in length, hangings a hundred cubits long, and its pillars twenty, and their bases twenty, of bronze; the hooks of the pillars and their rods shall be of silver.

• Exodus 27:17

  All the pillars of the courtyard all around shall be joined with rods of silver; their hooks of silver and their bases of bronze.

• Exodus 36:36

  And he made for it four pillars of acacia, and overlaid them with gold; their hooks were of gold; and he cast for them four bases of silver.

• Exodus 36:38

  and its five pillars and their hooks; and he overlaid their tops and their rods with gold; and their five bases were of bronze.

• Exodus 38:10

  their pillars twenty and their bases twenty, of bronze; the hooks of the pillars and their rods were of silver.

• Exodus 38:11

  And for the north side, a hundred cubits; their pillars twenty and their bases twenty, of bronze; the hooks of the pillars and their rods were of silver.

• Exodus 38:12

  And for the west side, hangings of fifty cubits; their pillars ten and their bases ten; the hooks of the pillars and their rods were of silver.

• Exodus 38:17

  And the bases for the pillars were of bronze, the hooks of the pillars and their rods of silver, and the overlaying of their tops of silver, and they were joined with rods of silver, all the pillars of the courtyard.

• Exodus 38:19

  And their pillars were four and their bases four, of bronze; their hooks of silver, and the overlaying of their tops and their rods of silver.

• Exodus 38:28

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