The Meaning of Exodus 38:14 Explained

Exodus 38:14

KJV: The hangings of the one side of the gate were fifteen cubits; their pillars three, and their sockets three.

YLT: The hangings on the side are fifteen cubits, their pillars three, and their sockets three,

Darby: the hangings on the one wing of fifteen cubits, their pillars three, and their bases three;

ASV: The hangings for the one side of the gate were fifteen cubits; their pillars three, and their sockets three;

KJV Reverse Interlinear

The hangings  of the one side  [of the gate were] fifteen  cubits;  their pillars  three,  and their sockets  three. 

What does Exodus 38:14 Mean?

Chapter Summary: Exodus 38

1  The altar of burnt offering
8  The laver of brass
9  The court, and its hangings
21  The sum of what the people offered, and the use to which it was applied

What do the individual words in Exodus 38:14 mean?

The hangings of five [and] ten cubits [long] of one side [with] their pillars three and their sockets three
קְלָעִ֛ים חֲמֵשׁ־ עֶשְׂרֵ֥ה אַמָּ֖ה אֶל־ הַכָּתֵ֑ף עַמּוּדֵיהֶ֣ם שְׁלֹשָׁ֔ה וְאַדְנֵיהֶ֖ם שְׁלֹשָֽׁה

קְלָעִ֛ים  The  hangings 
Parse: Noun, masculine plural
Root: קֶלַע 
Sense: sling, slingstones.
חֲמֵשׁ־  of  five 
Parse: Number, feminine singular construct
Root: חָמֵשׁ  
Sense: five.
עֶשְׂרֵ֥ה  [and]  ten 
Parse: Number, feminine singular
Root: עָשָׂר 
Sense: ten, -teen (in combination with other numbers).
אַמָּ֖ה  cubits  [long] 
Parse: Noun, feminine singular
Root: אַמָּה 
Sense: cubit—a measure of distance (the forearm), roughly 8 in (.
הַכָּתֵ֑ף  one  side 
Parse: Article, Noun, feminine singular
Root: כָּתֵף  
Sense: shoulder, shoulder-blade, side, slope.
עַמּוּדֵיהֶ֣ם  [with]  their  pillars 
Parse: Noun, masculine plural construct, third person masculine plural
Root: עַמּוּד  
Sense: pillar, column.
שְׁלֹשָׁ֔ה  three 
Parse: Number, masculine singular
Root: מִשְׁלֹשׁ 
Sense: three, triad.
וְאַדְנֵיהֶ֖ם  and  their  sockets 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Noun, masculine plural construct, third person masculine plural
Root: אֶדֶן  
Sense: base, pedestal, socket (strong, firm).
שְׁלֹשָֽׁה  three 
Parse: Number, masculine singular
Root: מִשְׁלֹשׁ 
Sense: three, triad.

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