EXO 38

Exodus 38:9

WEB

He made the court: for the south side southward the hangings of the court were of fine twined linen, one hundred cubits;

BSB

Then he constructed the courtyard. The south side of the courtyard was a hundred cubits long and had curtains of finely spun linen,

KJV

¶ And he made the court: on the south side southward the hangings of the court were of fine twined linen, an hundred cubits:

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

H6213

עָשָׂהʻâsâh/aw-saw'/

v — do, make

Derivation: a primitive root;

to do or make, in the broadest sense and widest application

KJV: accomplish, advance, appoint, apt, be at, become, bear, bestow, bring forth, bruise, be busy, × certainly, have the charge of, commit, deal (with), deck, displease, do, (ready) dress(-ed), (put in) execute(-ion), exercise, fashion, feast, (fight-) ing man, finish, fit, fly, follow, fulfill, furnish, gather, get, go about, govern, grant, great, hinder, hold (a feast), × indeed, be industrious, journey, keep, labour, maintain, make, be meet, observe, be occupied, offer, officer, pare, bring (come) to pass, perform, pracise, prepare, procure, provide, put, requite, × sacrifice, serve, set, shew, × sin, spend, × surely, take, × thoroughly, trim, × very, vex, be (warr-) ior, work(-man), yield, use.

עָשָׂה

vb — do

עָשָׂה 2622 vb. do, make

Qal 2524

I.

1. do (1560 t.)

2. deal with

3. oft. in phr. do kindness with

4. abs. act, act with effect

II.

1. make (670 t.)

2. produce, yield

3. prepare, esp. of dressing and cooking food

4. make offering

5. attend to, put in order

6. observe, celebrate, religious festival

7. acquire property of various kinds

8. appoint priests

9. bring about of י׳’s effecting a deliverance

10. use

11. spend, pass, days of life

Niph. 97

1. be done

2.

a. be made, of concr. things

b. be produced from vine

c. be prepared, of food

d. be offered

e. be observed, passover

f. be used

Pu. I was made

עָשָׂה

vb — press

[עָשָׂה] vb. Pi. press, squeeze

H853

אֵתʼêth/ayth/

prt — self, even, namely

Derivation: apparent contracted from 226 in the demonstrative sense of entity;

properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)

KJV: [as such unrepresented in English].

אֵת

mark of the accusative

אֵת the mark of the accusative, prefixed as a rule only to nouns that are definite

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

H6285

פֵּאָהpêʼâh/pay-aw'/

n-f — mouth, direction, region, extremity

Derivation: feminine of 6311;

properly, mouth in a figurative sense, i.e. direction, region, extremity

KJV: corner, end, quarter, side.

פֵּאָה

n.f — corner

פֵּאָה 81 n.f. corner, side (part cut off)

H5045

נֶגֶבnegeb/neh'-gheb/

n-m — south, Negeb, Egypt

Derivation: from an unused root meaning to be parched;

the south (from its drought); specifically, the Negeb or southern district of Judah, occasionally, Egypt (as south to Palestine)

KJV: south (country, side, -ward).

נֶ֫גֶב

n.[m.] — south-country

נֶ֫גֶב n.[m.] south-country, Negeb, south

H8486

תֵּימָןtêymân/tay-mawn'/

n-f — south, right

Derivation: or תֵּמָן; denominative from 3225;

the south (as being on the right hand of a person facing the east)

KJV: south (side, -ward, wind).

תֵּימָן

n.f — south

תֵּימָן n.f. south, south wind, chiefly poet.

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

H8336

שֵׁשׁshêsh/shaysh/

n-m — bleached, white

Derivation: or (for alliteration with 4897) שְׁשִׁי; for 7893;

bleached stuff, i.e. white linen or (by analogy) marble

KJV: × blue, fine (twined) linen, marble, silk.

שֵׁשׁ

n.m — alabaster

שֵׁשׁ n.m. id. [שַׁ֫יִשׁ]; material of pavement

שֵׁשׁ

n.m — byssus

שֵׁשׁ n.m. byssus, fine Egyptian linen

H7806

שָׁזַרshâzar/shaw-zar'/

v — twist

Derivation: a primitive root;

to twist (a thread of straw)

KJV: twine.

שָׁזַר

vb — be twisted

[שָׁזַר] 21 vb. Hoph. be twisted

H3967

מֵאָהmêʼâh/may-aw'/

n-f — hundred

Derivation: or מֵאיָה; properly, a primitive numeral

a hundred; also as a multiplicative and a fraction

KJV: hundred((-fold), -th), sixscore.

מֵאָה

n.f — hundred

מֵאָה 583 n.f. hundred

1. as simple number

2. as part of larger number

3. a hundredth part

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

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