Exodus 35:18

Hebrew (Westminster Leningrad Codex)

English Translation

the pins of the tent, the pins of the court, and their cords;

World English Bible · Public Domain

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1 first appearance in the Hebrew Bible

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מֵיתְרֵיהֶֽם

mêythâr

H4340

“cords · their”

Noun, Common, Masculine, Plural, Construct + Suffix, Personal, 3rd Person, Masculine, Plural

Appears 9× in the Hebrew Bible
First appears here

Full BDB Definition

Origin: from H3498

TWOT: 936h

cord, string

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 →

8: words
5: distinct lemmas
Pentateuch: section

Notable vocabulary

The rarest word here is מֵיתְרֵיהֶֽם cord H4340 — appearing just 9 times in the whole Hebrew Bible.

First appearance in Scripture

This word makes its first canonical appearance in the Hebrew Bible here:

מֵיתְרֵיהֶֽם cord H4340

Shared distinctive vocabulary

מֵיתְרֵיהֶֽם cord H4340 occurs in 9 verses of the Hebrew Bible. Also found in:

Grammatical profile

5 nouns
3 particles

Repetition

A word recurs within this verse — often emphatic in Hebrew:

יִתְדֹ֧ת peg H3489 ×2

Hebrew & Septuagint length

In English translation the verse runs 13 words from the Hebrew and 17 from the Septuagint (LXX English) — closely comparable.

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

Topical passages linked to Exodus 35:18 in the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge — connected by theme and wording, ordered by reader-vote popularity; previews shown in the World English Bible.

Exodus 27:19 All the instruments of the tent in all its service, and all the pins of it, and all the pins of the court, shall be of brass.

Cross-references courtesy of OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0).

Hebrew and Greek witnesses Masoretic Hebrew ↔ Greek Septuagint

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Hebrew Exodus 35:18 Masoretic · Westminster Leningrad Codex

אֶת יִתְדֹ֧ת הַמִּשְׁכָּ֛ן וְאֶת יִתְדֹ֥ת הֶחָצֵ֖ר וְאֶת מֵיתְרֵיהֶֽם

the pins of the tent, the pins of the court, and their cords;

World English Bible · Public Domain

Greek LXX Exodus 35:18 Septuagint · lemma form

and the holy garments of Aaron the priest, and the garments in which they shall do service;

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)

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Targum Onkelos Torah (Genesis–Deuteronomy)

יָת סִכֵּי מַשְׁכְּנָא וְיָת סִכֵּי דְדַרְתָּא וְיָת אַטוּנֵיהוֹן:

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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.
Targum Pseudo-Jonathan Torah (Genesis–Deuteronomy)

יַת מַחְתֵּי מַשְׁכְּנָא וְיַת מַחְתֵּי דַרְתָּא וְיַת אֲטוּנֵיהוֹן

and the pins of the tabernacle, and the pins of the court, and their cords;

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.

Commentary

Notes on Exodus 35:18 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.

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The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

gen. ed. J. J. S. Perowne

18. cords] i.e. tent-cords, to attach the curtains of the Dwelling, and hangings of the Court, to the tent-pins fastened in the earth (cf. Exo_39:40, Num_3:26; Num_3:37; Num_4:26; Num_4:32). Not mentioned in Exo_27:19, but implied in the mention of ‘pins.’

The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges (gen. ed. J. J. S. Perowne; Cambridge University Press, 1878–1918) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.

John Gill's Exposition

The pins of the tabernacle,.... Which were to fix and fasten the ends of the curtains in the ground, that they might not be moved with the wind, as Jarchi observes:

and the pins of the court, and their cords; which were for the same use; see Exo 27:19.

John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible (1746–1763) — public domain (CC PDM 1.0). Text via the HelloAO Bible API.

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

The word “tabernacle” משׁכן mı̂shkān is here used for the full name, the tabernacle of the tent of meeting. It denotes the entire structure.

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible (1834–1885) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword/MySword module.

The Pulpit Commentary

The pins of the tabernacle and the court had not been previously mentioned. They must be regarded as tent-pegs, whereto were attached the cords which kept taut the covering of the tent over the tabernacle, and which steadied the pillars whereto the hangings of the court were fastened.

The Pulpit Commentary (1880–1919), ed. H.D.M. Spence-Jones & Joseph S. Exell — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.

Rashi

Rabbi Shlomo Yitzchaki (Rashi)

יתדת THE PINS — in order to insert them into the ground and to fasten thereby the edges of the curtains that they should not be moved about by the wind.

מיתריהם THEIR CORDS to bind with.

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.

Lesson kit

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Exodus, in the Pentateuch, opens this verse with 8 words (5 distinct Hebrew lemmas). Its most distinctive word is mêythâr (“cord”). A historical commentator’s framing appears above. Read the whole chapter for the surrounding context.

Discussion questions

The word mêythâr carries the sense “cord.” How does it shape the verse?
This is the first place “cord” appears in Scripture (first appears here). What does its debut here establish?
How does Exodus 39:40, which shares the word «cord», read alongside this verse?
What does the repetition of “peg” (2× in this one verse) do in this verse?
These translations render this verse differently. What is at stake in choosing one wording over another?
Compare how The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges and John Gill's Exposition read this verse. Where do they agree or differ?

Things to notice

1 word makes its first canonical appearance in Scripture here.
These translations choose different wording for 9 words in this verse.
“peg” occurs 2× in this single verse.
5 distinct Hebrew lemmas span 8 words in this verse.