Exodus 27:16
The gate of the courtyard shall be twenty cubits long, with a curtain embroidered with blue, purple, and scarlet yarn, and finely spun linen. It shall have four posts and four bases.
BSB
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ASV
And for the gate of the court shall be a screen of twenty cubits, of blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen, the work of the embroiderer; their pillars four, and their sockets four.
KJV
And for the gate of the court shall be an hanging of twenty cubits, of blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen, wrought with needlework: and their pillars shall be four, and their sockets four.
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17 tagged words| Original | Transliteration | Meaning | Word study |
|---|---|---|---|
| וּלְשַׁ֨עַר | u.le.Sha.'ar | and for [the] gate of | H8179 → |
| הֶֽחָצֵ֜ר | he.cha.Tzer | the courtyard | H2691 → |
| מָסָ֣ךְ׀ | ma.Sakh | a screen | H4539 → |
| עֶשְׂרִ֣ים | 'es.Rim | twenty | H6242 → |
| אַמָּ֗ה | 'a.Mah | cubit[s] | H520 → |
| תְּכֵ֨לֶת | te.Khe.let | violet stuff | H8504 → |
| וְאַרְגָּמָ֜ן | ve.'ar.ga.Man | and purple | H713 → |
| וְתוֹלַ֧עַת | ve.to.La.'at | and scarlet stuff of | H8438 → |
| שָׁנִ֛י | sha.Ni | scarlet | H8144 → |
| וְשֵׁ֥שׁ | ve.Shesh | and fine linen | H8336 → |
| מָשְׁזָ֖ר | ma.she.Zar | twisted | H7806 → |
| מַעֲשֵׂ֣ה | ma.'a.Seh | [the] work of | H4639 → |
| רֹקֵ֑ם | ro.Kem | a worker in colors | H7551 → |
| עַמֻּֽדֵיהֶם֙ | 'a.mu.dei.Hem | pillars their | H5982 → |
| אַרְבָּעָ֔ה | 'ar.ba.'Ah | four | H702 → |
| וְאַדְנֵיהֶ֖ם | ve.'ad.nei.Hem | and bases their | H134 → |
| אַרְבָּעָֽה׃ | 'ar.ba.'Ah | four | H702 → |
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