KING JAMES VERSION (KJV)
TRANSLATION, MEANING, CONTEXT
To get what Exodus 27:11 means based on its source text, scroll down or follow these links for the original scriptural meaning , biblical context and relative popularity.
“And likewise for the north side in length there shall be hangings of an hundred cubits long, and his twenty pillars and their twenty sockets of brass; the hooks of the pillars and their fillets of silver.”
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| KJV Verse | Original Hebrew | Meaning/ Definition This is a simplified translation of the original Hebrew word. Follow the buttons on the right to get more detail. | More Use the buttons below to get details on the Hebrew word and view related Bible verses that use the same root word. |
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| “And likewise” | וְכֵ֨ן | Properly, set upright; hence (figuratively as adjective) just; but usually (as adverb or conjunction) rightly or so (in various applications to manner, time and relation; often with other particles) | likewise |
| “for the north” | צָפוֹן֙ | Properly, hidden, i.e., dark; used only of the north as a quarter (gloomy and unknown) | north |
| “side” | לִפְאַ֤ת | Properly, mouth in a figurative sense, i.e., direction, region, extremity | side |
| “in length” | בָּאֹ֔רֶךְ | Length | length |
| “there shall be” | (No Hebrew definition. English implied.) | ||
| “hangings” | קְלָעִ֖ים | A sling | hangings |
| “of an hundred” | מֵ֣אָה | A hundred; also as a multiplicative and a fraction | hundred |
| “cubits” | (No Hebrew definition. English implied.) | ||
| “long,” | אֹ֑רֶךְ | Length | long |
| “and his twenty” | עֶשְׂרִ֗ים | Twenty; also (ordinal) twentieth | twenty |
| “pillars” | וְעַמֻּדָ֣ו | A column (as standing); also a stand, i.e., platform | pillars |
| “and their twenty” | עֶשְׂרִים֙ | Twenty; also (ordinal) twentieth | twenty |
| “sockets” | וְאַדְנֵיהֶ֤ם | A basis (of a building, a column, etc.) | sockets |
| “of” | (No Hebrew definition. English implied.) | ||
| “brass;” | נְחֹ֔שֶׁת | Copper, hence, something made of that metal, i.e., coin, a fetter; figuratively, base (as compared with gold or silver) | brass |
| “the hooks” | וָוֵ֧י | A hook (the name of the sixth Hebrew letter) | hooks |
| “of the pillars” | הָֽעַמֻּדִ֛ים | A column (as standing); also a stand, i.e., platform | pillars |
| “and their fillets” | וַחֲשֻֽׁקֵיהֶ֖ם | Attached, i.e., a fence-rail or rod connecting the posts or pillars | fillets |
| “of” | (No Hebrew definition. English implied.) | ||
| “silver.” | כָּֽסֶף׃ | Silver (from its pale color); by implication, money | silver |
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9 And thou shalt make the court of the tabernacle: for the south side southward there shall be hangings for the court of fine twined linen of an hundred cubits long for one side:
10 And the twenty pillars thereof and their twenty sockets shall be of brass; the hooks of the pillars and their fillets shall be of silver.
11 And likewise for the north side in length there shall be hangings of an hundred cubits long, and his twenty pillars and their twenty sockets of brass; the hooks of the pillars and their fillets of silver.
12 And for the breadth of the court on the west side shall be hangings of fifty cubits: their pillars ten, and their sockets ten.
13 And the breadth of the court on the east side eastward shall be fifty cubits.
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