EXO 38

Exodus 38:15

WEB

and so for the other side: on this hand and that hand by the gate of the court were hangings of fifteen cubits; their pillars three, and their sockets three.

BSB

And the curtains on the other side were also fifteen cubits long, with three posts and three bases as well.

KJV

And for the other side of the court gate, on this hand and that hand, were hangings of fifteen cubits; their pillars three, and their sockets three.

Matthew Henry

Verses 9–20

Exodus 38:9–20

The walls of the court, or church-yard, were like the rest curtains or hangings, made according to the appointment, Exo 27:9, etc. This represented the state of the Old Testament church: it was a garden enclosed; the worshippers were then confined to a little compass. But the enclosure being of curtains only intimated that the confinement of the church in one particular nation was not to be perpetual. The dispensation itself was a tabernacle-dispensation, movable and mutable, and in due time to be taken down and folded up, when the place of the tent should be enlarged and its cords lengthened, to make room for the Gentile world, as is foretold, Isa 54:2, Isa 54:3. The church here on earth is but the court of God's house, and happy they that tread these courts and flourish in them; but through these courts we are passing to the holy place above. Blessed are those that dwell in that house of God: they well be still praising him. The enclosing of a court before the tabernacle teaches us a gradual approach to God. The priests that ministered must pass through the holy court, before they entered the holy house. Thus before solemn ordinances there ought to be the separated and enclosed court of a solemn preparation, in which we must wash our hands, and so draw near with a true heart.

Cross-references: Exod 27:9 · Isa 54:2 · Isa 54:3

Hebrew interlinear

H3802

כָּתֵףkâthêph/kaw-thafe'/

n-f — shoulder, side-piece

Derivation: from an unused root meaning to clothe;

the shoulder (proper, i.e. upper end of the arm; as being the spot where the garments hang); figuratively, side-piece or lateral projection of anything

KJV: arm, corner, shoulder(-piece), side, undersetter.

כָּתֵף

n.f — shoulder

כָּתֵף n.f. shoulder, shoulder-blade, side

H8145

שֵׁנִיshênîy/shay-nee'/

n — double, second, again

Derivation: from 8138;

properly, double, i.e. second; also adverbially, again

KJV: again, either (of them), (an-) other, second (time).

שֵׁנִי

m — second

שֵׁנִי m. שֵׁנִית f. 157 adj.num.ord. second

H2088

זֶהzeh/zeh/

d — this, that

Derivation: a primitive word;

the masculine demonstrative pronoun, this or that

KJV: he, × hence, × here, it(-self), × now, × of him, the one...the other, × than the other, (× out of) the (self) same, such (a one) that, these, this (hath, man), on this side...on that side, × thus, very, which. Compare 2063, 2090, 2097, 2098.

זֶה

demonstr.pron — this

זֶה demonstr.pron. and adv.; fem. זֹאת, once זֹאתָה; this, here

1. standing alone

2. In appos. to subst.

3. More oft. as pred.

4. It is attached enclitically, almost as an adv., to certain words, esp. interrog. pronouns, to impart, in a manner often not reproducible in Engl. idiom, directness and force, bringing the question or statement made into close relation with the speaker.

5. In poetry, as a relative pron. (rare)

6. With prefixes (in special senses)

H8179

שַׁעַרshaʻar/shah'-ar/

n-m — opening, door, gate

Derivation: from 8176 in its original sense;

an opening, i.e. door or gate

KJV: city, door, gate, port (× -er).

שַׁ֫עַר

n.m — gate

שַׁ֫עַר 373 n.m. gate

H2691

חָצֵרchâtsêr/khaw-tsare'/

n-m — yard, hamlet

Derivation: (masculine and feminine); from 2690 in its original sense;

a yard (as inclosed by a fence); also a hamlet (as similarly surrounded with walls)

KJV: court, tower, village.

חָצֵר

n.m — settled abode

[חָצֵר] 46 n.m. settled abode, settlement, village—always pl. abs. חֲצֵרִים

חָצֵר

n.m — enclosure

חָצֵר 145 n.m. and (oftener) f. enclosure, court

H7050

קֶלַעqelaʻ/keh'-lah/

n-m — sling, screen, valve

Derivation: from 7049;

a sling; also a (door) screen (as if slung across), or the valve (of the door) itself

KJV: hanging, leaf, sling.

קֶ֫לַע

n.[m.] — curtain

[קֶ֫לַע] 15 n.[m.] curtain, hanging (P)

קֶ֫לַע

n.[m.] — sling

קֶ֫לַע n.[m.] sling

H2568

חָמֵשׁchâmêsh/khaw-maysh'/

n — five

Derivation: masculine חֲמִשָּׁה; a primitive numeral;

five

KJV: fif(-teen), fifth, five (× apiece).

חָמֵשׁ

n.m — five

חָמֵשׁ, חֲמִשָּׁה 342 n.m. and f. five

H6240

עָשָׂרʻâsâr/aw-sawr'/

n — ten, -teen, -teenth

Derivation: for 6235;

ten (only in combination), i.e. -teen; also (ordinal) -teenth

KJV: (eigh-, fif-, four-, nine-, seven-, six-, thir-) teen(-th), + eleven(-th), + sixscore thousand, + twelve(-th).

עָשָׂר

ten

עָשָׂר, עֶשְׂרֵה ten, only after units to make num. 11-19, both cardinal and ordinal

H520

אַמָּהʼammâh/am-maw'/

n-f — a mother, a cubit, a door-base

Derivation: prolonged from 517;

properly, a mother (i.e. unit of measure, or the fore-arm (below the elbow), i.e. a cubit; also a door-base (as a bond of the entrance)

KJV: cubit, + hundred (by exchange for 3967), measure, post.

אַמָּה

n.f — foundation

[אַמָּה] n.f. (etym. & mng. dub.; Thes foundation) only Is 6:4.

אַמָּה

n.f — ell

אַמָּה 246 n.f. ell, cubit

1. cubit

2.measure, full measure, limit

H5982

עַמּוּדʻammûwd/am-mood'/

n-m — column, standing, stand

Derivation: or עַמֻּד; from 5975;

a column (as standing); also a stand, i.e. platform

KJV: × apiece, pillar.

עַמּוּד

n.m — pillar

עַמּוּד, עַמֻּד 110 n.m. pillar, column

H7969

שָׁלוֹשׁshâlôwsh/shaw-loshe'/

n — three, third, thrice

Derivation: or שָׁלֹשׁ; masculine שְׁלוֹשָׁה; or שְׁלֹשָׁה; a primitive number;

three; occasionally (ordinal) third, or (multiple) thrice

KJV: fork, often(-times), third, thir(-teen, -teenth), three, thrice. Compare 7991.

שָׁלֹשׁ

n.m — a three

שָׁלֹשׁ, שָׁלוֹשׁ, שְׁלֹשָׁה 430 n.m. et f. a three, triad

H134

אֶדֶןʼeden/eh'-den/

n-m — basis

Derivation: from the same as 113 (in the sense of strength);

a basis (of a building, a column, etc.)

KJV: foundation, socket.

אֶ֫דֶן

n.m — base

[אֶ֫דֶן] 57 n.m. Ex 26:19 base, pedestal

1. pedestals of fine gold

2. pedestals of the earth on wh. its pillars were placed

3. (metal) pedestals, bases, or sockets in wh. tenons of planks & pillars of tabernacle were set up; two for each plank & one for each pillar

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