Exodus 26:33

Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

You shall hang the veil under the clasps and bring the Ark of the Testimony inside the veil, and the veil shall separate the Holy Place from the Most Holy Place for you.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וְנָתַתָּ֣ה אֶת־הַפָּרֹכֶת֮ תַּ֣חַת הַקְּרָסִים֒ וְהֵבֵאתָ֥ שָׁ֙מָּה֙ מִבֵּ֣ית לַפָּרֹ֔כֶת אֵ֖ת אֲר֣וֹן הָעֵד֑וּת וְהִבְדִּילָ֤ה הַפָּרֹ֙כֶת֙ לָכֶ֔ם בֵּ֣ין הַקֹּ֔דֶשׁ וּבֵ֖ין קֹ֥דֶשׁ הַקֳּדָשִֽׁים׃

Transliteration

wə-nātattâ ʾet-the-pārōket taḥat the-qərāsîm, and-hēbêtā there from-inside to-the-pārōket ʾēt ʾărôn the-ʿēdût; and-hibdîlâ the-pārōket for-you between the-qōdeš and-between qōdeš the-qŏdāšîm.

Grammar Details

• *wə-nātattâ*: Qal perfect, 2nd person masculine singular with conjunctive prefix - and you shall put/place
• *ʾet*: direct object marker
• *pārōket*: feminine singular noun with definite article - curtain/veil/partition
• *taḥat*: preposition - under/beneath
• *qərāsîm*: masculine plural noun with definite article - clasps/hooks
• *hēbêtā*: Hiphil perfect, 2nd person masculine singular with conjunctive prefix - and you shall bring
• *ʾărôn*: masculine singular construct - ark/chest of
• *ʿēdût*: feminine singular noun with definite article - testimony/witness
• *hibdîlâ*: Hiphil perfect, 3rd person feminine singular with conjunctive prefix - and it shall separate/divide
• *qōdeš*: masculine singular construct - holy of
• *qŏdāšîm*: masculine plural noun with definite article - holy things/most holy place

Word Meanings

• *qərāsîm*: clasps/hooks/fasteners
• *ʿēdût*: testimony/witness/covenant stipulations
• *hibdîlâ*: separate/divide/make a distinction
• *qōdeš* the-*qŏdāšîm*: most holy place/holy of holies (lit. 'holy of the holy things')

Other Translations

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  And thou shalt hang up the vail under the taches, that thou mayest bring in thither within the vail the ark of the testimony: and the vail shall divide unto you between the holy place and the most holy.

• KJV1611 – Modern English

  And you shall hang up the veil under the clasps, that you may bring in there within the veil the ark of the testimony; and the veil shall divide for you between the holy place and the most holy.

• King James Version 1611 (Original)

  And thou shalt hang up the vail under the taches, that thou mayest bring in thither within the vail the ark of the testimony: and the vail shall divide unto you between the holy place and the most holy.

• American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

  And thou shalt hang up{H5414} the veil{H6532} under the clasps,{H7165} and shalt bring{H935} in thither within{H1004} the veil{H6532} the ark{H727} of the testimony:{H5715} and the veil{H6532} shall separate{H914} unto you between the holy{H6944} place and the most{H6944} holy.{H6944}

• King James Version with Strong's Numbers

  And thou shalt hang up{H5414}{(H8804)} the vail{H6532} under the taches{H7165}, that thou mayest bring{H935}{(H8689)} in thither within{H1004} the vail{H6532} the ark{H727} of the testimony{H5715}: and the vail{H6532} shall divide{H914}{(H8689)} unto you between the holy{H6944} place and the most{H6944} holy{H6944}.

• Tyndale Bible (1526/1534)

  And thou shalt hage vp the vayle with rynges, and shall brynge in within the vayle, the arke of wittnesse. And the vayle shall deuyde the holye from the most holye.

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  And the vayle shalt thou festen with buttons, and set the Arke of wytnesse within the vayle, that it maye be vnto you a difference betwixte the holy and the Most holy.

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  Afterward thou shalt hang the vaile on the hookes, that thou mayest bring in thither, that is (within the vaile) the arke of the Testimonie: and the vaile shall make you a separation betweene the Holy place and the most holy place.

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  And thou shalt hang vp the vayle on the taches, that thou mayest bryng in within the vayle the arke of witnesse, and the vayle shall deuide vnto you the holy place from the most holy place.

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  And thou shalt hang up the vail under the taches, that thou mayest bring in thither within the vail the ark of the testimony: and the vail shall divide unto you between the holy [place] and the most holy.

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  You shall hang up the veil under the clasps, and shall bring the ark of the testimony in there within the veil: and the veil shall separate the holy place from the most holy for you.

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  `And thou hast put the vail under the hooks, and hast brought in thither within the vail the ark of the testimony; and the vail hath made a separation for you between the holy and the holy of holies.

• American Standard Version (1901)

  And 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.

• American Standard Version (1901)

  And 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.

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  And you are to put up the veil under the hooks, and put inside it the ark of the law: the veil is to be a division between the holy place and the most holy.

• World English Bible (2000)

  You shall hang up the veil under the clasps, and shall bring the ark of the testimony in there within the veil: and the veil shall separate the holy place from the most holy for you.

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  You are to hang this curtain under the clasps and bring the ark of the testimony in there behind the curtain. The curtain will make a division for you between the Holy Place and the Most Holy Place.

Referenced Verses

• Exod 40:21 : 21 Then he brought the ark into the Tabernacle, hung the veil as a partition, and shielded the ark of the testimony, as the Lord had commanded Moses.
• Lev 16:2 : 2 The LORD said to Moses, "Tell your brother Aaron that he must not come at any time into the Most Holy Place behind the curtain, in front of the atonement cover on the ark, or he will die, because I appear in the cloud above the atonement cover.
• Exod 25:16 : 16 Place inside the ark the testimony that I will give you.
• Heb 9:2-3 : 2 For a tabernacle was prepared, the first room containing the lampstand, the table, and the presentation of the bread, which is called the Holy Place. 3 Behind the second curtain was a room called the Most Holy Place.
• Gen 9:4-5 : 4 But you must not eat meat that still has its lifeblood in it. 5 I will require an accounting for your lifeblood. I will demand it from any animal and from every person. From each person, I will demand an accounting for the life of another person.
• Exod 27:10 : 10 Its twenty pillars and their twenty bronze bases shall have hooks and fillets of silver.
• Exod 36:36 : 36 They made four posts of acacia wood for it and overlaid them with gold. They cast four silver bases for the posts, and the hooks of the posts were made of gold.
• 1 Kgs 8:6 : 6 The priests placed the Ark of the Covenant of the LORD in its place inside the inner sanctuary of the temple, the Most Holy Place, under the wings of the cherubim.
• 1 Kgs 8:10 : 10 When the priests withdrew from the holy place, the cloud filled the house of the LORD.
• 2 Chr 5:7-9 : 7 The priests brought the Ark of the Covenant of the LORD to its place, into the inner sanctuary of the temple, the Most Holy Place, and placed it beneath the wings of the cherubim. 8 The cherubim spread their wings over the place of the ark and covered the ark and its poles from above. 9 The poles were so long that their ends could be seen from the Holy Place in front of the inner sanctuary, but they could not be seen from the outside. They remain there to this day. 10 There was nothing in the Ark except the two tablets Moses had placed in it at Horeb, where the LORD made a covenant with the Israelites after they came out of Egypt.