Exodus 38:20

Hebrew (Westminster Leningrad Codex)

English Translation

All the pins of the tent, and around the court, were of brass.

World English Bible · Public Domain

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הַיְתֵדֹ֞ת

yâthêd

H3489

“the · pegs”

Particle, Definite Article + Noun, Common, Feminine, Plural, Absolute

Appears 24× in the Hebrew Bible
First appears at Exodus 27:19

Full BDB Definition

Origin: from an unused root meaning to pin through or fast

TWOT: 932a

pin, stake, peg, nail - pin, peg, tent pin, tent stake - nail, pin (figuratively) - pin (used in weaving)

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 →

6: words
6: distinct lemmas
Pentateuch: section

Notable vocabulary

The rarest word here is הַיְתֵדֹ֞ת peg H3489 — appearing just 24 times in the whole Hebrew Bible.

Shared distinctive vocabulary

הַיְתֵדֹ֞ת peg H3489 occurs in 19 verses of the Hebrew Bible. Also found in:

Grammatical profile

6 nouns

Hebrew & Septuagint length

In English translation the verse runs 13 words from the Hebrew and 40 from the Septuagint (LXX English) — the Septuagint runs noticeably longer 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

Topical passages linked to Exodus 38:20 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.
2 Chronicles 3:9 The weight of the nails was fifty shekels of gold. He overlaid the upper chambers with gold.
Ezra 9:8 Now for a little moment grace has been shown from Yahweh our God, to leave us a remnant to escape, and to give us a nail in his holy place, that our God may lighten our eyes, and give us a little reviving in our bondage.
Ecclesiastes 12:11 The words of the wise are like goads; and like nails well fastened are words from the masters of assemblies, which are given from one shepherd.
Isaiah 22:23 I will fasten him as a nail in a sure place; and he shall be for a throne of glory to his father's house.
Isaiah 33:20 Look on Zion, the city of our solemnities: your eyes shall see Jerusalem a quiet habitation, a tent that shall not be removed, the stakes of it shall never be plucked up, neither shall any of the cords of it be broken.
Ephesians 2:21–22 in whom the whole building, fitted together, grows into a holy temple in the Lord;
Colossians 2:19 and not holding firmly to the Head, from whom all the body, being supplied and knit together through the joints and ligaments, grows with God's growth.

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 longer than the Hebrew — LXX2012 (modern English Septuagint) 40 words vs World English Bible 13. 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.

Hebrew Exodus 38:20 Masoretic · Westminster Leningrad Codex

וְֽכָל הַיְתֵדֹ֞ת לַמִּשְׁכָּ֧ן וְלֶחָצֵ֛ר סָבִ֖יב נְחֹֽשֶׁת

All the pins of the tent, and around the court, were of brass.

World English Bible · Public Domain

Greek LXX Exodus 38:20 Septuagint · lemma form

οὗτος χωνεύω ὁ κεφαλίς ὁ ἀργυροῦς ὁ σκηνή καί ὁ κεφαλίς ὁ χαλκοῦς ὁ θύρα ὁ σκηνή καί ὁ πύλη ὁ αὐλή καί ἀγκύλη ποιέω ὁ στῦλος ἀργυροῦς ἐπί ὁ στῦλος οὗτος περιἀργυρόω αὐτός

He cast the silver capitals of the tabernacle, and the brazen capitals of the door of the tabernacle, and the gate of the court; and he made silver hooks for the posts, he overlaid them with silver on the posts.

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.

Targum Onkelos Torah (Genesis–Deuteronomy)

וְכָל סִכַּיָא לְמַשְׁכְּנָא וּלְדַרְתָּא סְחוֹר סְחוֹר דִנְחָשָׁא: ססס:

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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)

וְכָל מַתַּחְיָא לְמַשְׁכְּנָא וּלְדָרְתָא חֲזוֹר חֲזוֹר דִּנְחָשָׁא

But all the pins of the tabernacle, and of the court round about, were of brass.

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 38:20 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 →

The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

gen. ed. J. J. S. Perowne

20. As Exo_27:19 b.

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.

Lesson kit

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Exodus, in the Pentateuch, opens this verse with 6 words (6 distinct Hebrew lemmas). Its most distinctive word is yâthêd (“peg”). The Greek Septuagint runs longer here. Read the whole chapter for the surrounding context.

Discussion questions

The word yâthêd carries the sense “peg.” How does it shape the verse?
How does Exodus 27:19, which shares the word «peg», read alongside this verse?
The Septuagint runs longer here than the Hebrew. What might account for the difference?
These translations render this verse differently; the difference is in the English rendering, not the original. What questions does that raise?

Things to notice

These translations choose different wording for 12 words in this verse.
6 distinct Hebrew lemmas span 6 words in this verse.