machberet · set, seam

What it means

machberet (מַחְבֶּרֶת) is a Hebrew word of the Bible that means “set, seam”.

A set of pieces joined together; the place where they join.

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. Where two curtains meet; a group of curtains sewn together.

From Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906)

How it is translated

The words this translation uses for it, most frequent first.

• set ×6
• joining ×1
• seam ×1

Related words

Words of the same family, by Strong’s numbering.

Where it appears

• Exodus 26:4

  You shall make loops of blue on the edge of the one curtain at the end of the set; and likewise you shall make them on the edge of the outermost curtain in the second set.

• Exodus 26:5

  Fifty loops you shall make on the one curtain, and fifty loops you shall make on the edge of the curtain that is in the second set, the loops opposite one to another.

• Exodus 28:27

  You shall make two rings of gold and put them on the two shoulder pieces of the ephod, low down, on its front, close to its seam, above the woven band of the ephod.

• Exodus 36:11

  And he made loops of blue on the edge of the one curtain at the end in the set; so he made on the edge of the outermost curtain in the second set.

• Exodus 36:12

  Fifty loops he made on the one curtain, and fifty loops he made on the end of the curtain that was in the second set; the loops were opposite one to another.

• Exodus 36:17

  And 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.

• Exodus 39:20

  And they made two rings of gold and put them on the two shoulder pieces of the ephod below, at its front, close to its joining, above the woven band of the ephod.

And 1 more times.