The Meaning of Exodus 38:27 Explained

Exodus 38:27

KJV: And of the hundred talents of silver were cast the sockets of the sanctuary, and the sockets of the vail; an hundred sockets of the hundred talents, a talent for a socket.

YLT: And a hundred talents of silver are to cast the sockets of the sanctuary, and the sockets of the vail; a hundred sockets for the hundred talents, a talent for a socket;

Darby: And there were a hundred talents of silver for casting the bases of the sanctuary, and the bases of the veil; a hundred bases of a hundred talents, a talent for a base.

ASV: And the hundred talents of silver were for casting the sockets of the sanctuary, and the sockets of the veil; a hundred sockets for the hundred talents, a talent for a socket.

KJV Reverse Interlinear

And of the hundred  talents  of silver  were cast  the sockets  of the sanctuary,  and the sockets  of the vail;  an hundred  sockets  of the hundred  talents,  a talent  for a socket. 

What does Exodus 38:27 Mean?

Study Notes

silver
Silver thus receives its symbolic meaning--redemption. The sockets were made of the redemption money of the children of Israel. Cf. Exodus 26:19 ; Exodus 30:13-16 ; Numbers 3:44-51 .
sockets .
sockets of silver
Silver symbolizes redemption. (See Scofield " Exodus 25:1 ") .
(See Scofield " Exodus 38:27 ") . All the tabernacle rests upon silver except the hangings of the gate, the way of access. See Scofield " Exodus 27:17 ".

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 38:27 mean?

And were [from] the hundred talents of silver cast - the sockets of the sanctuary and the bases of the veil a hundred sockets from hundred the talents one talent for each socket
וַיְהִ֗י מְאַת֙ כִּכַּ֣ר הַכֶּ֔סֶף לָצֶ֗קֶת אֵ֚ת אַדְנֵ֣י הַקֹּ֔דֶשׁ וְאֵ֖ת אַדְנֵ֣י הַפָּרֹ֑כֶת מְאַ֧ת אֲדָנִ֛ים לִמְאַ֥ת הַכִּכָּ֖ר כִּכָּ֥ר לָאָֽדֶן

וַיְהִ֗י  And  were 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Qal, Consecutive imperfect, third person masculine singular
Root: אֶהְיֶה 
Sense: to be, become, come to pass, exist, happen, fall out.
מְאַת֙  [from]  the  hundred 
Parse: Number, feminine singular construct
Root: מֵאָה 
Sense: hundred.
כִּכַּ֣ר  talents 
Parse: Noun, feminine singular construct
Root: כִּכָּר  
Sense: round.
הַכֶּ֔סֶף  of  silver 
Parse: Article, Noun, masculine singular
Root: כֶּסֶף  
Sense: silver, money.
לָצֶ֗קֶת  cast 
Parse: Preposition-l, Verb, Qal, Infinitive construct
Root: יָצַק  
Sense: to pour, flow, cast, pour out.
אֵ֚ת  - 
Parse: Direct object marker
Root: אֹות 
Sense: sign of the definite direct object, not translated in English but generally preceding and indicating the accusative.
אַדְנֵ֣י  the  sockets 
Parse: Noun, masculine plural construct
Root: אֶדֶן  
Sense: base, pedestal, socket (strong, firm).
הַקֹּ֔דֶשׁ  of  the  sanctuary 
Parse: Article, Noun, masculine singular
Root: קֹדֶשׁ  
Sense: apartness, holiness, sacredness, separateness.
אַדְנֵ֣י  the  bases 
Parse: Noun, masculine plural construct
Root: אֶדֶן  
Sense: base, pedestal, socket (strong, firm).
הַפָּרֹ֑כֶת  of  the  veil 
Parse: Article, Noun, feminine singular
Root: פָּרֹכֶת  
Sense: curtain, veil.
מְאַ֧ת  a  hundred 
Parse: Number, feminine singular construct
Root: מֵאָה 
Sense: hundred.
אֲדָנִ֛ים  sockets 
Parse: Noun, masculine plural
Root: אֶדֶן  
Sense: base, pedestal, socket (strong, firm).
לִמְאַ֥ת  from  hundred 
Parse: Preposition-l, Number, feminine singular construct
Root: מֵאָה 
Sense: hundred.
הַכִּכָּ֖ר  the  talents 
Parse: Article, Noun, feminine singular
Root: כִּכָּר  
Sense: round.
כִּכָּ֥ר  one  talent 
Parse: Noun, feminine singular
Root: כִּכָּר  
Sense: round.
לָאָֽדֶן  for  each  socket 
Parse: Preposition-l, Article, Noun, masculine singular
Root: אֶדֶן  
Sense: base, pedestal, socket (strong, firm).

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