Exodus 36:12

Hebrew (Westminster Leningrad Codex) Exodus 36:12 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.
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He made fifty loops in the one curtain, and he made fifty loops in the edge of the curtain that was in the second coupling. The loops were opposite one to another.
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  • World English Bible Public Domain
    He made fifty loops in the one curtain, and he made fifty loops in the edge of the curtain that was in the second coupling. The loops were opposite one to another.
  • King James Version Public Domain
    Fifty loops made he in one curtain, and fifty loops made he in the edge of the curtain which was in the coupling of the second: the loops held one curtain to another.
  • unfoldingWord Literal Text CC BY-SA 4.0
    He made 50 loops on the first curtain, and he made 50 loops on the end of the curtain which is in the second set. The loops were opposite one to one.

unfoldingWord Literal Text — © unfoldingWord, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Word-aligned USFM3 via Door43 (git.door43.org/unfoldingWord/en_ult).

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  • World English Bible Public Domain
    He made fifty loops in the one curtain, and he made fifty loops in the edge of the curtain that was in the second coupling. The loops were opposite one to another.
  • Berean Standard Bible Public Domain
    He made fifty loops on one curtain and fifty loops on the end curtain of the second set, so that the loops lined up opposite one another.
  • Majority Standard Bible Public Domain
    He made fifty loops on one curtain and fifty loops on the end curtain of the second set, so that the loops lined up opposite one another.
  • King James Version Public Domain
    Fifty loops made he in one curtain, and fifty loops made he in the edge of the curtain which was in the coupling of the second: the loops held one curtain to another.
  • American Standard Version (1901) Public Domain
    Fifty loops made he in the one curtain, and fifty loops made he in the edge of the curtain that was in the second coupling: the loops were opposite one to another.
  • Revised Version (1885) Public Domain
    Fifty loops made he in the one curtain, and fifty loops made he in the edge of the curtain that was in the second coupling: the loops were opposite one to another.
  • Geneva Bible (1599) Public Domain
    Fiftie strings made he in the one curtaine, and fiftie strings made he in the edge of the other curtaine, which was in the second coupling: the strings were set one against another.
  • Douay-Rheims (1899) Public Domain
    That the loops might meet on against another, and might be joined each with the other.
  • Young's Literal Translation Public Domain
    fifty loops he hath made in the one curtain, and fifty loops hath he made in the end of the curtain which `is' in the joining of the second; the loops are taking hold one on another.
  • Literal Standard Version CC BY-SA 4.0
    he has made fifty loops in the first curtain, and he has made fifty loops in the end of the curtain which [is] in the joining of the second; the loops are taking hold on one another.
  • Unlocked Literal Bible CC BY-SA 4.0
    He made fifty loops on the first curtain and fifty loops on the edge of the end curtain in the second set. So the loops were opposite to each another.
  • unfoldingWord Literal Text CC BY-SA 4.0
    He made 50 loops on the first curtain, and he made 50 loops on the end of the curtain which is in the second set. The loops were opposite one to one.
  • Darby Bible Public Domain
    He made fifty loops in one curtain, and he made fifty loops at the end of the curtain that was in the other coupling: the loops were opposite to one another.
  • World Messianic Bible Public Domain
    He made fifty loops in the one curtain, and he made fifty loops in the edge of the curtain that was in the second coupling. The loops were opposite to one another.
  • Webster's Bible Public Domain
    Fifty loops he made in one curtain, and fifty loops he made in the edge of the curtain which was in the coupling of the second: the loops held one curtain to another.
  • Free Bible Version CC BY-SA 4.0
    They made fifty loops on one curtain and fifty loops on the last curtain of the second set, lining up the loops with each another.
  • Bible in Basic English Public Domain
    Fifty twists on the one curtain and fifty on the edge of the curtain of the other group; the twists being opposite to one another.
  • JPS Tanakh (1917) Public Domain
    Fifty loops made he in the one curtain, and fifty loops made he in the edge of the curtain that was in the second set; the loops were opposite one to another.

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בַּמַּחְבֶּ֣רֶת
machbereth
H4225
“in/at the · joint”
Preposition, Determined + Noun, Common, Feminine, Singular, Absolute
Part of Speech
Preposition + Noun
Type
Common
Gender
Feminine
Number
Singular
State
Absolute
Full BDB Definition

Origin: from H2266

TWOT: 598j

thing joined, joint, seam, place of joining - thing joined - place of joining
  1. חֲמִשִּׁ֣ים chămishshîym H2572 “fifty” Adjective, Cardinal number, Both, Plural, Absolute
  2. לֻלָאֹ֗ת lulâʼâh H3924 “loops” Noun, Common, Feminine, Plural, Absolute
  3. עָשָׂה֮ ʻâsâh H6213 “to do” Verb, Qal, Perfect, 3rd Person, Masculine, Singular
  4. בַּיְרִיעָ֣ה yᵉrîyʻâh H3407 “in/at the · curtain” Preposition, Determined + Noun, Common, Feminine, Singular, Absolute
  5. הָאֶחָת֒ ʼechâd H259 “the · one” Particle, Definite Article + Adjective, Cardinal number, Feminine, Singular, Absolute
  6. וַחֲמִשִּׁ֣ים chămishshîym H2572 “and · fifty” Conjunction + Adjective, Cardinal number, Both, Plural, Absolute
  7. לֻלָאֹ֗ת lulâʼâh H3924 “loops” Noun, Common, Feminine, Plural, Absolute
  8. עָשָׂה֙ ʻâsâh H6213 “to do” Verb, Qal, Perfect, 3rd Person, Masculine, Singular
  9. בִּקְצֵ֣ה qâtseh H7097 “in/at · end of” Preposition + Noun, Common, Both, Singular, Construct
  10. הַיְרִיעָ֔ה yᵉrîyʻâh H3407 “the · curtain” Particle, Definite Article + Noun, Common, Feminine, Singular, Absolute
  11. אֲשֶׁ֖ר ʼăsher H834 “which” Particle, Relative
  12. הַשֵּׁנִ֑ית shênîy H8145 “the · second” Particle, Definite Article + Adjective, Ordinal number, Feminine, Singular, Absolute
  13. מַקְבִּילֹת֙ qâbal H6901 “receiving” Verb, Hiphil, Participle Active, Feminine, Plural, Absolute
  14. הַלֻּ֣לָאֹ֔ת lulâʼâh H3924 “the · loops” Particle, Definite Article + Noun, Common, Feminine, Plural, Absolute
  15. אַחַ֖ת ʼechâd H259 “one” Adjective, Cardinal number, Feminine, Singular, Absolute
  16. אֶל ʼêl H413 “to” Preposition
  17. אֶחָֽת ʼechâd H259 “one” Adjective, Cardinal number, Feminine, Singular, Absolute

About this verse

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18
words
11
distinct lemmas
Pentateuch
section

Notable vocabulary

The rarest word here is בַּמַּחְבֶּ֣רֶת joint H4225 — appearing just 8 times in the whole Hebrew Bible.

Shared distinctive vocabulary

בַּמַּחְבֶּ֣רֶת joint H4225 occurs in 7 verses of the Hebrew Bible. Also found in:

Grammatical profile

  • 3 verbs
  • 7 nouns
  • 6 adjectives
  • 1 preposition
  • 1 particle

Verb forms

  • עָשָׂה֮ Qal · Perfect
  • עָשָׂה֙ Qal · Perfect
  • מַקְבִּילֹת֙ Hiphil · Participle Active

Repetition

Words recur within this verse — often emphatic in Hebrew:

  • לֻלָאֹ֗ת loop H3924 ×3
  • הָאֶחָת֒ one H259 ×3
  • חֲמִשִּׁ֣ים fifty H2572 ×2
  • עָשָׂה֮ to do H6213 ×2
  • בַּיְרִיעָ֣ה curtain H3407 ×2

Hebrew & Septuagint length

In English translation the verse runs 32 words from the Hebrew and 31 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.

In the original languages it is 18 Hebrew tokens and 31 Greek tokens — but the two are counted differently (Hebrew bundles its prefixes and suffixes into one token; the Greek is in lemma form), so that isn’t a like-for-like length.

Cross-references

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Topical passages linked to Exodus 36:12 in the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge — connected by theme and wording, ordered by reader-vote popularity; previews shown in the World English Bible.

  • Exodus 26:5 You shall make fifty loops in the one curtain, and you shall make fifty loops in the edge of the curtain that is in the second coupling. The loops shall be opposite one to another.
  • Exodus 26:10 You shall make fifty loops on the edge of the one curtain that is outmost in the coupling, and fifty loops on the edge of the curtain which is outmost in the second coupling.

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Hebrew and Greek witnesses Masoretic Hebrew ↔ Greek Septuagint

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Hebrew Exodus 36:12 Masoretic · Westminster Leningrad Codex

חֲמִשִּׁ֣ים לֻלָאֹ֗ת עָשָׂה֮ בַּיְרִיעָ֣ה הָאֶחָת֒ וַחֲמִשִּׁ֣ים לֻלָאֹ֗ת עָשָׂה֙ בִּקְצֵ֣ה הַיְרִיעָ֔ה אֲשֶׁ֖ר בַּמַּחְבֶּ֣רֶת הַשֵּׁנִ֑ית מַקְבִּילֹת֙ הַלֻּ֣לָאֹ֔ת אַחַ֖ת אֶל אֶחָֽת

He made fifty loops in the one curtain, and he made fifty loops in the edge of the curtain that was in the second coupling. The loops were opposite one to another.

World English Bible · Public Domain

Greek LXX Exodus 36:12 Septuagint · lemma form

ἔργον ὑφαντός εἰς ἀλλήλω συνπλέκω κατά ἑαυτοῦ ἐκ αὐτός ποιέω κατά ὁ αὐτός ποίησις ἐκ χρυσίον καί ὑάκινθος καί πορφύρα καί κόκκινος διανήθω καί βύσσος κλώθω καθά συντάσσω κύριος ὁ μωυσῆς

They made it of the same material according to the making of it, of gold, and blue, and purple, and spun scarlet, and fine linen twined, as the Lord commanded Moses;

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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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.

  1. Targum Onkelos Torah (Genesis–Deuteronomy)
    חַמְשִׁין עֲנוּבִין עֲבַד בִּירִיעֲתָא חֲדָא וְחַמְשִׁין עֲנוּבִין עֲבַד בְּסִטְרָא דִירִיעֲתָא דְבֵית לוֹפֵי תִּנְיֵתָא מְכַוְנָן עֲנוּבַיָא חֲדָא לָקֳבֵל חֲדָא:

    (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.

  2. Targum Pseudo-Jonathan Torah (Genesis–Deuteronomy)
    חַמְשִׁין עֲנוּבִין עָבַד בִּירִיעֲתָא חֲדָא וְחַמְשִׁין עֲנוּבִין עָבַד בְּסִטְרָא דִירִיעֲתָא דְבֵית לוֹפֵי תִנְיָינָא מְכַוְונַן עֲנוּבַיָא חֲדָא לְקָבֵל חֲדָא

    Fifty loops he made in one curtain, and fifty loops made he at the place of juncture of the edge of the second curtain; the loops were arranged one over against the other.

    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

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Exodus, in the Pentateuch, opens this verse with 18 words (11 distinct Hebrew lemmas). Its most distinctive word is machbereth (“joint”). Read the whole chapter for the surrounding context.

Discussion questions

  1. What does “joint” (machbereth) contribute to the verse as a whole?
  2. Exodus 26:4 shares the word «joint» with this verse. How do the two illuminate each other?
  3. “loop” occurs 3× in this one verse. What is the effect of the repetition?
  4. These translations render this verse differently. What is at stake in choosing one wording over another?
  5. The verb «עָשָׂה֮» is Qal Perfect. How does its form color the action?

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