The Meaning of Exodus 38:18 Explained

Exodus 38:18

KJV: And the hanging for the gate of the court was needlework, of blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen: and twenty cubits was the length, and the height in the breadth was five cubits, answerable to the hangings of the court.

YLT: And the covering of the gate of the court is the work of an embroiderer, of blue, and purple, and scarlet, and twined linen; and twenty cubits is the length, and the height with the breadth five cubits, over-against the hangings of the court;

Darby: And the curtain of the gate of the court was of embroidery of blue, and purple, and scarlet, and twined byssus; and the length was twenty cubits, and the height like the breadth, five cubits, just as the hangings of the court;

ASV: And the screen for the gate of the court was the work of the embroiderer, of blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen: and twenty cubits was the length, and the height in the breadth was five cubits, answerable to the hangings of the court.

KJV Reverse Interlinear

And the hanging  for the gate  of the court  [was] needlework,  [of] blue,  and purple,  and scarlet,  and fine twined  linen:  and twenty  cubits  [was] the length,  and the height  in the breadth  [was] five  cubits,  answerable  to the hangings  of the court. 

What does Exodus 38:18 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 38:18 mean?

And the screen for the gate of the court was the work woven of blue and purple and scarlet [thread] and of linen fine woven and twenty cubits the length [was] and the height along its width [was] five cubits corresponding to the hangings of the court
וּמָסַ֞ךְ שַׁ֤עַר הֶחָצֵר֙ מַעֲשֵׂ֣ה רֹקֵ֔ם תְּכֵ֧לֶת וְאַרְגָּמָ֛ן וְתוֹלַ֥עַת שָׁנִ֖י וְשֵׁ֣שׁ מָשְׁזָ֑ר וְעֶשְׂרִ֤ים אַמָּה֙ אֹ֔רֶךְ וְקוֹמָ֤ה בְרֹ֙חַב֙ חָמֵ֣שׁ אַמּ֔וֹת לְעֻמַּ֖ת קַלְעֵ֥י הֶחָצֵֽר

וּמָסַ֞ךְ  And  the  screen  for 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Noun, masculine singular construct
Root: מָסָךְ  
Sense: covering, rag, screen.
שַׁ֤עַר  the  gate 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular construct
Root: שַׁעַר  
Sense: gate.
הֶחָצֵר֙  of  the  court 
Parse: Article, Noun, common singular
Root: חָצֵר 
Sense: court, enclosure.
מַעֲשֵׂ֣ה  was  the  work 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular construct
Root: מַעֲשֶׂה  
Sense: deed, work.
רֹקֵ֔ם  woven 
Parse: Verb, Qal, Participle, masculine singular
Root: רָקַם  
Sense: to variegate, mix colours.
תְּכֵ֧לֶת  of  blue 
Parse: Noun, feminine singular
Root: תְּכֵלֶת  
Sense: violet, violet stuff.
וְאַרְגָּמָ֛ן  and  purple 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Noun, masculine singular
Root: אַרְגָּמָן  
Sense: purple, red-purple.
שָׁנִ֖י  scarlet  [thread] 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular
Root: שָׁנִי  
Sense: scarlet, crimson.
וְשֵׁ֣שׁ  and  of  linen 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Noun, masculine singular
Root: שֵׁשׁ 
Sense: something bleached white, byssus, linen, fine linen.
מָשְׁזָ֑ר  fine  woven 
Parse: Verb, Hofal, Participle, masculine singular
Root: שָׁזַר  
Sense: to twist, be twisted.
וְעֶשְׂרִ֤ים  and  twenty 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Number, common plural
Root: עֶשְׂרִים  
Sense: twenty, twentieth.
אַמָּה֙  cubits 
Parse: Noun, feminine singular
Root: אַמָּה 
Sense: cubit—a measure of distance (the forearm), roughly 8 in (.
אֹ֔רֶךְ  the  length  [was] 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular
Root: אֹרֶךְ  
Sense: length.
וְקוֹמָ֤ה  and  the  height 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Noun, feminine singular
Root: קֹומָה  
Sense: height.
בְרֹ֙חַב֙  along  its  width  [was] 
Parse: Preposition-b, Noun, masculine singular
Root: רֹחַב  
Sense: breadth, width, expanse.
חָמֵ֣שׁ  five 
Parse: Number, feminine singular
Root: חָמֵשׁ  
Sense: five.
אַמּ֔וֹת  cubits 
Parse: Noun, feminine plural
Root: אַמָּה 
Sense: cubit—a measure of distance (the forearm), roughly 8 in (.
לְעֻמַּ֖ת  corresponding  to 
Parse: Preposition-l
Root: עֻמָּה  
Sense: juxtaposition.
קַלְעֵ֥י  the  hangings 
Parse: Noun, masculine plural construct
Root: קֶלַע 
Sense: sling, slingstones.
הֶחָצֵֽר  of  the  court 
Parse: Article, Noun, common singular
Root: חָצֵר 
Sense: court, enclosure.

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