אֵ֚ת קַלְעֵ֣י הֶחָצֵ֔ר אֶת עַמֻּדָ֖יו וְאֶת אֲדָנֶ֑יהָ וְאֵ֕ת מָסַ֖ךְ שַׁ֥עַר הֶחָצֵֽר
the hangings of the court, its pillars, their sockets, and the screen for the gate of the court;
World English Bible · Public Domain
Exodus 35:17
Hebrew (Westminster Leningrad Codex) Exodus 35:17 appears in the Hebrew Old Testament. The text above is from the Westminster Leningrad Codex. Each word links to its Strong’s number, a concise gloss, and parsing drawn from the Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible morphology. Click any word for its full Brown-Driver-Briggs (BDB) entry.
English Translation
the hangings of the court, its pillars, their sockets, and the screen for the gate of the court;
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The same verse in 3 English versions, stacked beneath the original-language interlinear above. Click any original word for its lexicon entry.
Each is an independent rendering of the whole verse — the interlinear is not word-aligned to these translations.
Highlighted words mark where these versions differ — a whole-verse word diff, not a word-by-word alignment.
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World English Bible Public Domain
the hangings of the court, its pillars, their sockets, and the screen for the gate of the court;
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King James Version Public Domain
The hangings of the court, his pillars, and their sockets, and the hanging for the door of the court,
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unfoldingWord Literal Text CC BY-SA 4.0
the curtains of the courtyard, its pillars and bases and the curtain of the gate of the courtyard,
unfoldingWord Literal Text — © unfoldingWord, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Word-aligned USFM3 via Door43 (git.door43.org/unfoldingWord/en_ult).
Show all 18 translations
Every available English version of this verse, each an independent rendering of the whole verse.
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World English Bible Public Domain
the hangings of the court, its pillars, their sockets, and the screen for the gate of the court;
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Berean Standard Bible Public Domain
the curtains of the courtyard with its posts and bases, and the curtain for the gate of the courtyard;
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Majority Standard Bible Public Domain
the curtains of the courtyard with its posts and bases, and the curtain for the gate of the courtyard;
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King James Version Public Domain
The hangings of the court, his pillars, and their sockets, and the hanging for the door of the court,
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American Standard Version (1901) Public Domain
the hangings of the court, the pillars thereof, and their sockets, and the screen for the gate of the court;
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Revised Version (1885) Public Domain
the hangings of the court, the pillars thereof, and their sockets, and the screen for the gate of the court;
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Geneva Bible (1599) Public Domain
The hangings of the court, his pillars and his sockets, and the vaile of the gate of the court,
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Douay-Rheims (1899) Public Domain
The curtains of the court with the pillars and the sockets, the hanging in the doors of the entry,
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Young's Literal Translation Public Domain
`The hangings of the court, its pillars, and their sockets, and the covering of the gate of the court,
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Literal Standard Version CC BY-SA 4.0
the hangings of the court, its pillars, and their sockets, and the covering of the gate of the court,
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Unlocked Literal Bible CC BY-SA 4.0
They brought the hangings for the courtyard with its posts and bases, and the curtain for the courtyard entrance;
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unfoldingWord Literal Text CC BY-SA 4.0
the curtains of the courtyard, its pillars and bases and the curtain of the gate of the courtyard,
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Darby Bible Public Domain
the hangings of the court, its pillars, and its bases, and the curtains of the gate of the court;
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World Messianic Bible Public Domain
the hangings of the court, its pillars, their sockets, and the screen for the gate of the court;
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Webster's Bible Public Domain
The hangings of the court, its pillars, and their sockets, and the hanging for the door of the court,
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Free Bible Version CC BY-SA 4.0
the curtains of the courtyard with its posts and bases, and the curtain for the courtyard entrance;
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Bible in Basic English Public Domain
The hangings for the open space, its pillars and their bases, and the curtain for the doorway;
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JPS Tanakh (1917) Public Domain
the hangings of the court, the pillars thereof, and their sockets, and the screen for the gate of the court;
Literal Standard Version (2020), Covenant Press — licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Text via the HelloAO Bible API (eBible.org). Unlocked Literal Bible (unfoldingWord) — licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Text via the HelloAO Bible API (eBible.org). unfoldingWord Literal Text — © unfoldingWord, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Word-aligned USFM3 via Door43 (git.door43.org/unfoldingWord/en_ult). Free Bible Version, Dr. Jonathan Gallagher — licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Text via the HelloAO Bible API (eBible.org).
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קַלְעֵ֣י
qelaʻ
H7050
“slings of”
Noun, Common, Masculine, Plural, Construct
- Appears 22× in the Hebrew Bible
- First appears at Exodus 27:9
- Part of Speech
- Noun
- Type
- Common
- Gender
- Masculine
- Number
- Plural
- State
- Construct
Full BDB Definition
sling, slingstones
- curtain, drape, hanging
- אֵ֚ת ʼêth H853 “-” Particle, Direct Object
- קַלְעֵ֣י qelaʻ H7050 “slings of” Noun, Common, Masculine, Plural, Construct
- הֶחָצֵ֔ר châtsêr H2691 “the · court” Particle, Definite Article + Noun, Common, Both, Singular, Absolute
- אֶת ʼêth H853 “-” Particle, Direct Object
- עַמֻּדָ֖יו ʻammûwd H5982 “pillars · his” Noun, Common, Masculine, Plural, Construct + Suffix, Personal, 3rd Person, Masculine, Singular
- וְאֶת ʼêth H853 “and · -” Conjunction + Particle, Direct Object
- אֲדָנֶ֑יהָ ʼeden H134 “bases · her” Noun, Common, Masculine, Plural, Construct + Suffix, Personal, 3rd Person, Feminine, Singular
- וְאֵ֕ת ʼêth H853 “and · -” Conjunction + Particle, Direct Object
- מָסַ֖ךְ mâçâk H4539 “covering of” Noun, Common, Masculine, Singular, Construct
- שַׁ֥עַר shaʻar H8179 “gate of” Noun, Common, Masculine, Singular, Construct
- הֶחָצֵֽר châtsêr H2691 “the · court” Particle, Definite Article + Noun, Common, Both, Singular, Absolute
About this verse
These counts appear in no published source. They are computed here, from the morphology-tagged text and Lemma’s own curated glosses. What Lemma adds →
- 11
- words
- 7
- distinct lemmas
- Pentateuch
- section
Notable vocabulary
The rarest word here is קַלְעֵ֣י sling H7050 — appearing just 22 times in the whole Hebrew Bible.
Shared distinctive vocabulary
קַלְעֵ֣י sling H7050 occurs in 22 verses of the Hebrew Bible. Also found in:
Grammatical profile
- 7 nouns
- 4 particles
Repetition
A word recurs within this verse — often emphatic in Hebrew:
- הֶחָצֵ֔ר court H2691 ×2
Hebrew & Septuagint length
In English translation the verse runs 18 words from the Hebrew and 7 from the Septuagint (LXX English) — the Septuagint runs noticeably shorter here. See the side-by-side →
A rough comparison of the two English renderings, which tokenize alike — not a word-level alignment.
Word counts can differ between the Hebrew and the Greek without any difference in meaning — e.g. the Hebrew direct-object marker אֵת has no separate Greek word, and Greek often adds the article ὁ.
Cross-references
3Topical passages linked to Exodus 35:17 in the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge — connected by theme and wording, ordered by reader-vote popularity; previews shown in the World English Bible.
- Exodus 27:9–19 "You shall make the court of the tent: for the south side southward there shall be hangings for the court of fine twined linen one hundred cubits long for one side:
- Exodus 38:9–20 He made the court: for the south side southward the hangings of the court were of fine twined linen, one hundred cubits;
- 2 Samuel 7:2 that the king said to Nathan the prophet, See now, I dwell in a house of cedar, but the ark of God dwells within curtains.
Cross-references courtesy of OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0).
Hebrew and Greek witnesses Masoretic Hebrew ↔ Greek Septuagint
The same verse in the two great witnesses to the Old Testament, shown verse-for-verse.
Here the Septuagint runs noticeably shorter than the Hebrew — LXX2012 (modern English Septuagint) 7 words vs World English Bible 18. A rough length comparison of the two English translations, not a word-level alignment — read both below.
These are two independent witnesses, not word-aligned to each other, and the Septuagint is shown in lemma (dictionary) form.
and the altar and all its furniture;
LXX2012 (modern English Septuagint) · Public Domain
Hebrew: Westminster Leningrad Codex (CC BY 4.0). Greek: Septuagint (public domain); English from LXX2012 (modern English Septuagint) (Public Domain). How the Septuagint differs from the Hebrew →
Targum (Aramaic paraphrase)
The Targum is the ancient Jewish Aramaic paraphrase of the Hebrew Scriptures — an interpretive translation, not the Hebrew text itself. Onkelos (literal) and Pseudo-Jonathan (expansive) render the Torah, and Jonathan the Prophets. Coverage is partial: where no permissively-licensed English translation exists for a verse, only the Aramaic is shown. This is verse-level text, not a word-by-word alignment to the Hebrew.
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Targum Onkelos Torah (Genesis–Deuteronomy)
יָת סְרָדֵי דַרְתָּא יָת עַמוּדוֹהִי וְיָת סַמְכָהָא וְיָת פְּרָסָא דִתְרַע דַרְתָּא:
(no public-domain English translation for this verse)
Targum Onkelos — Aramaic: “Onkelos Genesis” (public domain); “Onkelos Exodus” (public domain); “Onkelos Leviticus” (public domain); “Onkelos Numbers” (public domain); “Onkelos Deuteronomy” (public domain). English: “Sefaria Community Translation” (CC0 1.0 (public-domain dedication)); “J.W. Etheridge. The Targums of Onkelos and Jonathan Ben Uzziel on the Pentateuch. London: Longmans, Green, 1862” (public domain). Text via Sefaria.
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Targum Pseudo-Jonathan Torah (Genesis–Deuteronomy)
יַת וָוִילְוַת דַּרְתָּא יַת עַמּוּדוֹי וְיַת חוֹמַרְנָהָא וְיַת פְּרָסָא דִתְרַע דַּרְתָּא
and the curtains of the court, with its pillars, and bases, and the hanging for the gate of the court,
Targum Pseudo-Jonathan — Aramaic: “Targum Jonathan on Genesis” (public domain); “Targum Jonathan on Exodus” (public domain); “Targum Jonathan on Leviticus” (public domain); “Targum Jonathan on Numbers” (public domain); “Targum Jonathan on Deuteronomy” (public domain). English: “The Targum of Jonathan ben Uzziel, trans. J. W. Etheridge, London, 1862” (public domain). Text via Sefaria.
Lesson kit
Teaching starters — assembled from the data on this page, not authored interpretation. Every prompt links to the verse data it draws on. Edit before teaching.
Exodus, in the Pentateuch, opens this verse with 11 words (7 distinct Hebrew lemmas). Its most distinctive word is qelaʻ (“sling”). The Greek Septuagint runs shorter here. A historical commentator’s framing appears above. Read the whole chapter for the surrounding context.
Discussion questions
- What does “sling” (qelaʻ) contribute to the verse as a whole?
- Exodus 27:9 shares the word «sling» with this verse. How do the two illuminate each other?
- “court” occurs 2× in this one verse. What is the effect of the repetition?
- Compared with the Hebrew, the Septuagint runs shorter here. What questions does that raise?
- These translations render this verse differently; the difference is in the English rendering, not the original. What questions does that raise?
- Reading how Adam Clarke's Commentary and John Gill's Exposition read this verse, where do the two commentators agree and where do they part?
Things to notice
- These translations choose different wording for 11 words in this verse.
- “court” occurs 2× in this single verse.
- 7 distinct Hebrew lemmas span 11 words in this verse.
Commentary
Notes on Exodus 35:17 from classic Christian and Jewish commentators (each source and its license shown beneath its notes). The classic Christian expositions comment on the surrounding passage and are grouped to its opening verse, so a note may address several verses; the Jewish commentaries on the Tanakh (Rashi and others) are per-verse, so they appear only where the commentator wrote on this verse.
Lemma curates 59 commentaries, every one of them public domain or Creative Commons licensed, each selected and text-cleaned for this edition rather than reprinted as found. About our sources →
Adam Clarke's Commentary
Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible (1810–1826) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword/MySword module.
John Gill's Exposition
John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible (1746–1763) — public domain (CC PDM 1.0). Text via the HelloAO Bible API.
The Pulpit Commentary
The Pulpit Commentary (1880–1919), ed. H.D.M. Spence-Jones & Joseph S. Exell — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.
unfoldingWord translationNotes
Door43 World Missions Community
unfoldingWord translationNotes — © Distant Shores Media and the Door43 World Missions Community, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Source: git.door43.org/Door43/en_tn.
Rashi
Rabbi Shlomo Yitzchaki (Rashi)
Rashi on the Tanakh — English translations: “The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg” (CC BY 4.0); “Pentateuch with Rashi's commentary by M. Rosenbaum and A.M. Silbermann, 1929-1934” (public domain); “The Metsudah Tanach series, Lakewood, N.J” (CC BY 4.0); and “The Book of Joshua, Metsudah Publications, 1997” (CC BY 4.0). Text via Sefaria.