Exodus 38:18

Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

The curtain for the entrance to the courtyard was made of blue, purple, and scarlet yarn and finely twisted linen, with an embroidered design. It was twenty cubits long and five cubits high, like the hangings of the courtyard.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וּמָסַ֞ךְ שַׁ֤עַר הֶחָצֵר֙ מַעֲשֵׂ֣ה רֹקֵ֔ם תְּכֵ֧לֶת וְאַרְגָּמָ֛ן וְתוֹלַ֥עַת שָׁנִ֖י וְשֵׁ֣שׁ מָשְׁזָ֑ר וְעֶשְׂרִ֤ים אַמָּה֙ אֹ֔רֶךְ וְקוֹמָ֤ה בְרֹ֙חַב֙ חָמֵ֣שׁ אַמּ֔וֹת לְעֻמַּ֖ת קַלְעֵ֥י הֶחָצֵֽר׃

Transliteration

And ûmāsak [screen of] šaʿar [gate of] heḥāṣēr [the court] maʿăśēh [work of] rōqēm [embroiderer], təkēlet [blue] wəʾargāmān [and purple] wətôlaʿat [and worm of] šānî [scarlet] wəšēš [and fine linen] māšzār [twisted]; and wəʿeśrîm [twenty] ʾammāh [cubit(s)] ʾōrek [length], and wəqômāh [height] bərōḥab [in width] ḥāmēš [five] ʾammôt [cubits], ləʿummat [corresponding to] qalʿê [hangings of] heḥāṣēr [the court].

Grammar Details

• *ûmāsak*: waw conjunction + construct state, masculine singular - and screen of
• *šaʿar*: construct state, masculine singular - gate of
• *heḥāṣēr*: definite article + masculine singular noun - the court
• *maʿăśēh*: construct state, masculine singular - work of
• *rōqēm*: Qal participle masculine singular - embroiderer, needleworker
• *təkēlet*: feminine singular noun - blue, blue-violet
• *wəʾargāmān*: waw conjunction + masculine singular noun - and purple
• *wətôlaʿat*: waw conjunction + construct state, feminine singular - and worm of
• *šānî*: masculine singular noun - scarlet, crimson
• *wəšēš*: waw conjunction + masculine singular noun - and fine linen
• *māšzār*: Hophal participle masculine singular - twisted, twined
• *wəʿeśrîm*: waw conjunction + common plural numeral - and twenty
• *ʾammāh*: feminine singular noun - cubit
• *ʾōrek*: masculine singular noun - length
• *wəqômāh*: waw conjunction + feminine singular noun - and height
• *bərōḥab*: preposition + masculine singular noun - in width
• *ḥāmēš*: feminine numeral - five
• *ʾammôt*: feminine plural noun - cubits
• *ləʿummat*: preposition + feminine singular noun - corresponding to, alongside
• *qalʿê*: construct state, masculine plural - hangings of

Word Meanings

• *māsak*: screen, covering, hanging
• *rōqēm*: embroiderer, needleworker, variegator
• *təkēlet*: blue, blue-purple, blue wool
• *ʾargāmān*: purple, purple-red
• *tôlaʿat šānî*: worm of scarlet, crimson, scarlet material
• *ləʿummat*: corresponding to, alongside, matching

Other Translations

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  And the hanging for the gate of the court was needlework, of blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen: and twenty cubits was the length, and the height in the breadth was five cubits, answerable to the hangings of the court.

• KJV1611 – Modern English

  The hanging for the gate of the court was needlework, of blue, purple, and scarlet yarn, and fine twisted linen; it was twenty cubits long, and the height along its width was five cubits, corresponding to the hangings of the court.

• King James Version 1611 (Original)

  And the hanging for the gate of the court was needlework, of blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen: and twenty cubits was the length, and the height in the breadth was five cubits, answerable to the hangings of the court.

• American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

  And the screen for the gate of the court was the work of the embroiderer, of blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen: and twenty cubits was the length, and the height in the breadth was five cubits, answerable to the hangings of the court.

• King James Version with Strong's Numbers

  And the hanging for the gate of the court was needlework, of blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen: and twenty cubits was the length, and the height in the breadth was five cubits, answerable to the hangings of the court.

• Tyndale Bible (1526/1534)

  And the hanginge of the gate of the courte was nedleworke: of Iacincte, scarlet, purple, and twyned bysse.xx. cubettes longe and fiue in the bredth, acordynge to the hangynges of the courte.

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  And the hangynge in ye courte gate made he wt nedle worke, of yalowe sylke, scarlet, purple, & whyte twyned sylke, twentye cubytes longe, & fyue cubytes hye, after the measure of the hanginges of the courte:

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  He made also the hanging of the gate of the court of needle worke, blewe silke, and purple, & skarlet, and fine twined linen euen twentie cubites long, and fiue cubites in height & bredth, like the hangings of the court.

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  And the hangyng of the gate of the court was needle worke, of blewe silke, purple, scarlet, and whyte twyned silke: twentie cubites long, & fiue in breadth, ouer against the hanginges of the court.

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  And the hanging for the gate of the court [was] needlework, [of] blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen: and twenty cubits [was] the length, and the height in the breadth [was] five cubits, answerable to the hangings of the court.

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  The screen for the gate of the court was the work of the embroiderer, of blue, purple, scarlet, and fine twined linen. Twenty cubits was the length, and the height in the breadth was five cubits, like to the hangings of the court.

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  And the covering of the gate of the court `is' the work of an embroiderer, of blue, and purple, and scarlet, and twined linen; and twenty cubits `is' the length, and the height with the breadth five cubits, over-against the hangings of the court;

• American Standard Version (1901)

  And the screen for the gate of the court was the work of the embroiderer, of blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen: and twenty cubits was the length, and the height in the breadth was five cubits, answerable to the hangings of the court.

• American Standard Version (1901)

  And the screen for the gate of the court was the work of the embroiderer, of blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen: and twenty cubits was the length, and the height in the breadth was five cubits, answerable to the hangings of the court.

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  And the curtain for the doorway of the open space was of the best linen, with designs of blue and purple and red in needlework; it was twenty cubits long and five cubits high, to go with the hangings round the sides.

• World English Bible (2000)

  The screen for the gate of the court was the work of the embroiderer, of blue, purple, scarlet, and fine twined linen. Twenty cubits was the length, and the height in the breadth was five cubits, like to the hangings of the court.

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  The curtain for the gate of the courtyard was of blue, purple, and scarlet yarn and fine twisted linen, the work of an embroiderer. It was thirty feet long, and like the hangings in the courtyard, it was seven and a half feet high,

Referenced Verses

• 2 Chr 3:14 : 14 He made the curtain of blue, purple, crimson, and fine linen, and he embroidered cherubim on it.