Exodus 26:14

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

And thou shalt make a covering for the tent of rams' skins dyed red, and a covering of sealskins above.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וְעָשִׂ֤יתָ מִכְסֶה֙ לָאֹ֔הֶל עֹרֹ֥ת אֵילִ֖ם מְאָדָּמִ֑ים וּמִכְסֵ֛ה עֹרֹ֥ת תְּחָשִׁ֖ים מִלְמָֽעְלָה׃ פ

Transliteration

And-ʿasita mikseh for-the-ʾohel ʿorot ʾelim meʾaddamim and-mikseh ʿorot teḥashim from-above

Grammar Details

*wə-ʿasita*: conjunction + verb, 2nd person masculine singular perfect - and you shall make
*mikseh*: noun, masculine singular construct - covering for
*la-ʾohel*: preposition + definite article + noun, masculine singular - for the tent
*ʿorot*: noun, masculine plural construct - skins of
*ʾelim*: noun, masculine plural - rams
*meʾaddamim*: pual participle, masculine plural - dyed red
*u-mikseh*: conjunction + noun, masculine singular construct - and covering of
*teḥashim*: noun, masculine plural - fine leather/porpoise/dugong
*mi-lemaʿlah*: preposition + adverb - from above

Word Meanings

*mikseh*: covering/cover
*ʿorot ʾelim meʾaddamim*: rams' skins dyed red
*teḥashim*: fine leather/porpoise skins/dugong skins/badger skins (uncertain zoological identification)
*mi-lemaʿlah*: from above/on top/overhead

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Referenced Verses

Exod 36:19 : 19 And he made a covering for the tent of rams' skins dyed red, and a covering of sealskins above.
Exod 25:5 : 5 and rams' skins dyed red, and sealskins, and acacia wood,
Exod 35:7 : 7 and rams' skins dyed red, and sealskins, and acacia wood,
Exod 35:23 : 23 And every man, with whom was found blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine linen, and goats' [hair], and rams' skins dyed red, and sealskins, brought them.
Exod 39:34 : 34 and the covering of rams' skins dyed red, and the covering of sealskins, and the veil of the screen;
Num 4:5 : 5 when the camp setteth forward, Aaron shall go in, and his sons, and they shall take down the veil of the screen, and cover the ark of the testimony with it,
Num 4:10 : 10 and they shall put it and all the vessels thereof within a covering of sealskin, and shall put it upon the frame.
Ps 27:5 : 5 For in the day of trouble he will keep me secretly in his pavilion: In the covert of his tabernacle will he hide me; He will lift me up upon a rock.
Ps 121:4-5 : 4 Behold, he that keepeth Israel Will neither slumber nor sleep. 5 Jehovah is thy keeper: Jehovah is thy shade upon thy right hand.
Isa 4:6 : 6 And there shall be a pavilion for a shade in the day-time from the heat, and for a refuge and for a covert from storm and from rain.
Isa 25:4 : 4 For thou hast been a stronghold to the poor, a stronghold to the needy in his distress, a refuge from the storm, a shade from the heat, when the blast of the terrible ones is as a storm against the wall.
Ezek 16:10 : 10 I clothed thee also with broidered work, and shod thee with sealskin, and I girded thee about with fine linen, and covered thee with silk.

Similar Verses (AI)

These verses are found using AI-powered semantic similarity based on meaning and context. Results may occasionally include unexpected connections.

Exod 36:19-20
2 verses
94%
19And he made a covering for the tent of rams' skins dyed red, and a covering of sealskins above.
20And he made the boards for the tabernacle, of acacia wood, standing up.
Exod 39:34-35
2 verses
91%
34and the covering of rams' skins dyed red, and the covering of sealskins, and the veil of the screen;
35the ark of the testimony, and the staves thereof, and the mercy-seat;
Exod 35:6-7
2 verses
85%
6and blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine linen, and goats' [hair],
7and rams' skins dyed red, and sealskins, and acacia wood,
Exod 25:4-6
3 verses
84%
4and blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine linen, and goats' [hair],
5and rams' skins dyed red, and sealskins, and acacia wood,
6oil for the light, spices for the anointing oil, and for the sweet incense,
Num 4:10-14
5 verses
82%
10and they shall put it and all the vessels thereof within a covering of sealskin, and shall put it upon the frame.
11And upon the golden altar they shall spread a cloth of blue, and cover it with a covering of sealskin, and shall put in the staves thereof:
12and they shall take all the vessels of ministry, wherewith they minister in the sanctuary, and put them in a cloth of blue, and cover them with a covering of sealskin, and shall put them on the frame.
13And they shall take away the ashes from the altar, and spread a purple cloth thereon:
14and they shall put upon it all the vessels thereof, wherewith they minister about it, the firepans, the flesh-hooks, and the shovels, and the basins, all the vessels of the altar; and they shall spread upon it a covering of sealskin, and put in the staves thereof.
Num 4:6
82%
6and shall put thereon a covering of sealskin, and shall spread over it a cloth all of blue, and shall put in the staves thereof.
Num 4:25
81%
25they shall bear the curtains of the tabernacle, and the tent of meeting, its covering, and the covering of sealskin that is above upon it, and the screen for the door of the tent of meeting,
Exod 26:6-9
4 verses
81%
6And thou shalt make fifty clasps of gold, and couple the curtains one to another with the clasps: and the tabernacle shall be one [whole].
7And thou shalt make curtains of goats' [hair] for a tent over the tabernacle: eleven curtains shalt thou make them.
8The length of each curtain shall be thirty cubits, and the breadth of each curtain four cubits: the eleven curtains shall have one measure.
9And thou shalt couple five curtains by themselves, and six curtains by themselves, and shalt double over the sixth curtain in the forefront of the tent.
Num 4:8
80%
8and they shall spread upon them a cloth of scarlet, and cover the same with a covering of sealskin, and shall put in the staves thereof.
Exod 26:1-4
4 verses
78%
1Moreover thou shalt make the tabernacle with ten curtains; of fine twined linen, and blue, and purple, and scarlet, with cherubim the work of the skilful workman shalt thou make them.
2The length of each curtain shall be eight and twenty cubits, and the breadth of each curtain four cubits: all the curtains shall have one measure.
3Five curtains shall be coupled together one to another; and [the other] five curtains shall be coupled one to another.
4And thou shalt make loops of blue upon the edge of the one curtain from the selvedge in the coupling; and likewise shalt thou make in the edge of the curtain that is outmost in the second coupling.
Exod 36:14-15
2 verses
78%
14And he made curtains of goats' [hair] for a tent over the tabernacle: eleven curtains he made them.
15The length of each curtain was thirty cubits, and four cubits the breadth of each curtain: the eleven curtains had one measure.
Exod 26:15
78%
15And thou shalt make the boards for the tabernacle of acacia wood, standing up.
Exod 26:29-33
5 verses
78%
29And 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.
30And thou shalt rear up the tabernacle according to the fashion thereof which hath been showed thee in the mount.
31And thou shalt make a veil of blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen: with cherubim the work of the skilful workman shall it be made:
32and thou shalt hang it upon four pillars of acacia overlaid with gold; their hooks [shall be] of gold, upon four sockets of silver.
33And thou shalt hang up the veil under the clasps, and shalt bring in thither within the veil the ark of the testimony: and the veil shall separate unto you between the holy place and the most holy.
Exod 26:12-13
2 verses
77%
12And the overhanging part that remaineth of the curtains of the tent, the half curtain that remaineth, shall hang over the back of the tabernacle.
13And the cubit on the one side, and the cubit on the other side, of that which remaineth in the length of the curtains of the tent, shall hang over the sides of the tabernacle on this side and on that side, to cover it.
Exod 26:36
76%
36And thou shalt make a screen for the door of the Tent, of blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen, the work of the embroiderer.
Exod 35:23
75%
23And every man, with whom was found blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine linen, and goats' [hair], and rams' skins dyed red, and sealskins, brought them.
Exod 36:35
73%
35And he made the veil of blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen: with cherubim, the work of the skilful workman, made he it.
Num 31:20
73%
20And as to every garment, and all that is made of skin, and all work of goats' [hair], and all things made of wood, ye shall purify yourselves.
Ezek 16:10
73%
10I clothed thee also with broidered work, and shod thee with sealskin, and I girded thee about with fine linen, and covered thee with silk.
Exod 26:26
73%
26And thou shalt make bars of acacia wood; five for the boards of the one side of the tabernacle,
Exod 26:23
72%
23And two boards shalt thou make for the corners of the tabernacle in the hinder part.
2 Chr 3:14
72%
14And he made the veil of blue, and purple, and crimson, and fine linen, and wrought cherubim thereon.
Exod 35:11-12
2 verses
72%
11the tabernacle, its tent, and its covering, its clasps, and its boards, its bars, its pillars, and its sockets;
12the ark, and the staves thereof, the mercy-seat, and the veil of the screen;
Exod 40:19
71%
19And he spread the tent over the tabernacle, and put the covering of the tent above upon it; as Jehovah commanded Moses.
Exod 26:17
71%
17Two tenons shall there be in each board, joined one to another: thus shalt thou make for all the boards of the tabernacle.
Exod 40:3
71%
3And thou shalt put therein the ark of the testimony, and thou shalt screen the ark with the veil.
Exod 36:37
71%
37And he made a screen for the door of the Tent, of blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen, the work of the embroiderer;
Exod 36:8
71%
8And all the wise-hearted men among them that wrought the work made the tabernacle with ten curtains; of fine twined linen, and blue, and purple, and scarlet, with cherubim, the work of the skilful workman, [Bezalel] made them.