Exodus 38:11

KJV1611 – Modern English

For the north side the hangings were one hundred cubits long, their pillars were twenty, and their sockets of bronze twenty; the hooks of the pillars and their bands were of silver.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וְלִפְאַ֤ת צָפוֹן֙ מֵאָ֣ה בָֽאַמָּ֔ה עַמּוּדֵיהֶ֣ם עֶשְׂרִ֔ים וְאַדְנֵיהֶ֥ם עֶשְׂרִ֖ים נְחֹ֑שֶׁת וָוֵ֧י הָֽעַמּוּדִ֛ים וַחֲשֻׁקֵיהֶ֖ם כָּֽסֶף׃

Transliteration

And wəlipʾat [for side of] ṣāpôn [north] mēʾāh [hundred] bāʾammāh [in cubit(s)], ʿammûdêhem [their pillars] ʿeśrîm [twenty], and wəʾadnêhem [their sockets] ʿeśrîm [twenty] nəḥōšet [bronze]; wāwê [hooks of] hāʿammûdîm [the pillars] waḥăšuqêhem [and their connecting rods] kāsep [silver].

Grammar Details

• *wəlipʾat*: waw conjunction + preposition + construct state, feminine singular - and for side of
• *ṣāpôn*: masculine singular noun - north, northern region
• *mēʾāh*: feminine singular numeral - hundred
• *bāʾammāh*: preposition + definite article + feminine singular noun - in the cubit
• *ʿammûdêhem*: masculine plural noun + 3rd masculine plural suffix - their pillars
• *ʿeśrîm*: common plural numeral - twenty
• *wəʾadnêhem*: waw conjunction + masculine plural noun + 3rd masculine plural suffix - and their sockets
• *nəḥōšet*: feminine singular noun - bronze, copper
• *wāwê*: construct state, masculine plural - hooks of
• *hāʿammûdîm*: definite article + masculine plural noun - the pillars
• *waḥăšuqêhem*: waw conjunction + masculine plural noun + 3rd masculine plural suffix - and their connecting rods/bands
• *kāsep*: masculine singular noun - silver

Word Meanings

• *lipʾat*: for the side, for the quarter, for the edge
• *ṣāpôn*: north, northern region

Other Translations

• Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

  For the north side, the hangings were also one hundred cubits long, with twenty posts and twenty bronze bases. The hooks and bands of the posts were silver.

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  And for the north side the hangings were an hundred cubits, their pillars were twenty, and their sockets of brass twenty; the hooks of the pillars and their fillets of silver.

• American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

  And for the north side a hundred cubits, their pillars twenty, and their sockets twenty, of brass; the hooks of the pillars, and their fillets, of silver.

• King James Version with Strong's Numbers

  And for the north side the hangings were an hundred cubits, their pillars were twenty, and their sockets of brass twenty; the hooks of the pillars and their fillets of silver.

• Tyndale Bible (1526/1534)

  And on the north syde the hanginges were an hundred cubettes longe with.xx. pilers and.xx. sokettes of brasse, but the knoppes and the whopes of the pilers were of syluer.

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  In like maner vpon the north syde an hundreth cubytes with twentye pilers, and twentye sokettes of brasse, but their knoppes & whoopes of syluer.

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  And on the Northside the hanginges were an hundreth cubites: their pillars twentie, & their sockets of brasse twentie, the hookes of the pillars and their filets of siluer.

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  And on the northsyde the hangynges were an hundred cubites, their pillers were twentie, and their sockettes of brasse twentie: but the knoppes and the hoopes of the pyllers were of siluer.

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  And for the north side [the hangings were] an hundred cubits, their pillars [were] twenty, and their sockets of brass twenty; the hooks of the pillars and their fillets [of] silver.

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  For the north side one hundred cubits, their pillars twenty, and their sockets twenty, of brass; the hooks of the pillars, and their fillets, of silver.

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  and at the north side, a hundred by the cubit, their pillars `are' twenty, and their sockets of brass twenty; the pegs of the pillars and their fillets `are' silver;

• American Standard Version (1901)

  And for the north side a hundred cubits, their pillars twenty, and their sockets twenty, of brass; the hooks of the pillars, and their fillets, of silver.

• American Standard Version (1901)

  And for the north side a hundred cubits, their pillars twenty, and their sockets twenty, of brass; the hooks of the pillars, and their fillets, of silver.

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  And for the north side. hangings a hundred cubits long, on twenty brass pillars in brass bases, with silver hooks and bands.

• World English Bible (2000)

  For the north side one hundred cubits, their pillars twenty, and their sockets twenty, of brass; the hooks of the pillars, and their fillets, of silver.

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  For the north side the hangings were one hundred fifty feet, with their twenty posts and their twenty bronze bases, with the hooks of the posts and their bands of silver.