Exodus 26:15

American Standard Version (1901)

And thou shalt make the boards for the tabernacle of acacia wood, standing up.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וְעָשִׂ֥יתָ אֶת־הַקְּרָשִׁ֖ים לַמִּשְׁכָּ֑ן עֲצֵ֥י שִׁטִּ֖ים עֹמְדִֽים׃

Transliteration

And-ʿasita ʾet-the-qerashim for-the-mishkan ʿatsey shittim ʿomedim

Grammar Details

• *wə-ʿasita*: conjunction + verb, 2nd person masculine singular perfect - and you shall make
• *ʾet*: direct object marker
• *ha-qerashim*: definite article + noun, masculine plural - the boards/frames
• *la-mishkan*: preposition + definite article + noun, masculine singular - for the tabernacle
• *ʿatsey*: noun, masculine plural construct - woods of
• *shittim*: noun - acacia
• *ʿomedim*: participle, masculine plural - standing

Word Meanings

• *qerashim*: boards/frames/planks
• *ʿatsey shittim*: acacia wood
• *ʿomedim*: standing/upright/vertical

Referenced Verses

• Exod 36:20-33 : 20 And he made the boards for the tabernacle, of acacia wood, standing up. 21 Ten cubits was the length of a board, and a cubit and a half the breadth of each board. 22 Each board had two tenons, joined one to another: thus did he make for all the boards of the tabernacle. 23 And he made the boards for the tabernacle: twenty boards for the south side southward; 24 and he made forty sockets of silver under the twenty boards; two sockets under one board for its two tenons, and two sockets under another board for its two tenons. 25 And for the second side of the tabernacle, on the north side, he made twenty boards, 26 and their forty sockets of silver; two sockets under one board, and two sockets under another board. 27 And for the hinder part of the tabernacle westward he made six boards. 28 And two boards made he for the corners of the tabernacle in the hinder part. 29 And they were double beneath; and in like manner they were entire unto the top thereof unto one ring: thus he did to both of them in the two corners. 30 And there were eight boards, and their sockets of silver, sixteen sockets; under every board two sockets. 31 And he made bars of acacia wood; five for the boards of the one side of the tabernacle, 32 and five bars for the boards of the other side of the tabernacle, and five bars for the boards of the tabernacle for the hinder part westward. 33 And he made the middle bar to pass through in the midst of the boards from the one end to the other.
• Exod 40:17-18 : 17 And it came to pass in the first month in the second year, on the first day of the month, that the tabernacle was reared up. 18 And Moses reared up the tabernacle, and laid its sockets, and set up the boards thereof, and put in the bars thereof, and reared up its pillars.
• Num 4:31-32 : 31 And this is the charge of their burden, according to all their service in the tent of meeting: the boards of the tabernacle, and the bars thereof, and the pillars thereof, and the sockets thereof, 32 and the pillars of the court round about, and their sockets, and their pins, and their cords, with all their instruments, and with all their service: and by name ye shall appoint the instruments of the charge of their burden.
• Eph 2:20-21 : 20 being built upon the foundation of the apostles and prophets, Christ Jesus himself being the chief corner stone; 21 in whom each several building, fitly framed together, groweth into a holy temple in the Lord;
• Exod 25:5 : 5 and rams' skins dyed red, and sealskins, and acacia wood,
• Exod 26:18 : 18 And thou shalt make the boards for the tabernacle, twenty boards for the south side southward.
• Exod 26:22-29 : 22 And for the hinder part of the tabernacle westward thou shalt make six boards. 23 And two boards shalt thou make for the corners of the tabernacle in the hinder part. 24 And they shall be double beneath, and in like manner they shall be entire unto the top thereof unto one ring: thus shall it be for them both; they shall be for the two corners. 25 And there shall be eight boards, and their sockets of silver, sixteen sockets; two sockets under one board, and two sockets under another board. 26 And thou shalt make bars of acacia wood; five for the boards of the one side of the tabernacle, 27 and five bars for the boards of the other side of the tabernacle, and five bars for the boards of the side of the tabernacle, for the hinder part westward. 28 And the middle bar in the midst of the boards shall pass through from end to end. 29 And thou shalt overlay the boards with gold, and make their rings of gold for places for the bars: and thou shalt overlay the bars with gold.