Exodus 38:31

Hebrew (Westminster Leningrad Codex) Exodus 38:31 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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Exodus 38:31 (World English Bible). Public Domain. Lemma interlinear Bible study tool, https://lemma.gebible.app/v/exodus/38/31.

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the sockets around the court, the sockets of the gate of the court, all the pins of the tent, and all the pins around the court.
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  • World English Bible Public Domain
    the sockets around the court, the sockets of the gate of the court, all the pins of the tent, and all the pins around the court.
  • King James Version Public Domain
    And the sockets of the court round about, and the sockets of the court gate, and all the pins of the tabernacle, and all the pins of the court round about.
  • unfoldingWord Literal Text CC BY-SA 4.0
    and the bases of the surrounding courtyard and the bases of the entrance of the courtyard and all of the tent pegs of the Dwelling and all of the tent pegs of the surrounding courtyard.

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
    the sockets around the court, the sockets of the gate of the court, all the pins of the tent, and all the pins around the court.
  • Berean Standard Bible Public Domain
    the bases for the surrounding courtyard and its gate, and all the tent pegs for the tabernacle and its surrounding courtyard.
  • Majority Standard Bible Public Domain
    the bases for the surrounding courtyard and its gate, and all the tent pegs for the tabernacle and its surrounding courtyard.
  • King James Version Public Domain
    And the sockets of the court round about, and the sockets of the court gate, and all the pins of the tabernacle, and all the pins of the court round about.
  • American Standard Version (1901) Public Domain
    and the sockets of the court round about, and the sockets of the gate of the court, and all the pins of the tabernacle, and all the pins of the court round about.
  • Revised Version (1885) Public Domain
    and the sockets of the court round about, and the sockets of the gate of the court, and all the pins of the tabernacle, and all the pins of the court round about.
  • Geneva Bible (1599) Public Domain
    And the sockets of the court round about, and the sockets for the court gate, and al the pins of the Tabernacle, and all the pins of the court round about.
  • Douay-Rheims (1899) Public Domain
    And the sockets of the court as well round about as in the entry thereof, and the pins of the tabernacle and of the court round about.
  • Young's Literal Translation Public Domain
    and the sockets of the court round about, and the sockets of the gate of the court, and all the pins of the tabernacle, and all the pins of the court round about.
  • Literal Standard Version CC BY-SA 4.0
    and the sockets of the court all around, and the sockets of the gate of the court, and all the pins of the Dwelling Place, and all the pins of the court all around.
  • Unlocked Literal Bible CC BY-SA 4.0
    the bases for the courtyard, the bases for the courtyard entrance, all the tent pegs for the tabernacle, and all the tent pegs for the courtyard.
  • unfoldingWord Literal Text CC BY-SA 4.0
    and the bases of the surrounding courtyard and the bases of the entrance of the courtyard and all of the tent pegs of the Dwelling and all of the tent pegs of the surrounding courtyard.
  • Darby Bible Public Domain
    And the bases of the court round about, and the bases of the gate of the court, and all the pegs of the tabernacle, and all the pegs of the court round about.
  • World Messianic Bible Public Domain
    the sockets around the court, the sockets of the gate of the court, all the pins of the tabernacle, and all the pins around the court.
  • Webster's Bible Public Domain
    And the sockets of the court round about, and the sockets of the court gate, and all the pins of the tabernacle, and all the pins of the court round about.
  • Free Bible Version CC BY-SA 4.0
    the stands for the courtyard and its entrance, and all the tent pegs for the Tabernacle and the courtyard.
  • Bible in Basic English Public Domain
    And the bases for the open space all round and for its doorway, and all the nails for the House and for the open space.
  • JPS Tanakh (1917) Public Domain
    and the sockets of the court round about, and the sockets of the gate of the court, and all the pins of the tabernacle, and all the pins of the court round about.

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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יִתְדֹ֧ת
yâthêd
H3489
“pegs of”
Noun, Common, Feminine, Plural, Construct
Part of Speech
Noun
Type
Common
Gender
Feminine
Number
Plural
State
Construct
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)
  1. וְאֶת ʼêth H853 “and · -” Conjunction + Particle, Direct Object
  2. אַדְנֵ֤י ʼeden H134 “bases of” Noun, Common, Masculine, Plural, Construct
  3. הֶֽחָצֵר֙ châtsêr H2691 “the · court” Particle, Definite Article + Noun, Common, Both, Singular, Absolute
  4. סָבִ֔יב çâbîyb H5439 “round about” Noun, Common, Both, Singular, Absolute
  5. וְאֶת ʼêth H853 “and · -” Conjunction + Particle, Direct Object
  6. אַדְנֵ֖י ʼeden H134 “bases of” Noun, Common, Masculine, Plural, Construct
  7. שַׁ֣עַר shaʻar H8179 “gate of” Noun, Common, Masculine, Singular, Construct
  8. הֶחָצֵ֑ר châtsêr H2691 “the · court” Particle, Definite Article + Noun, Common, Both, Singular, Absolute
  9. וְאֵ֨ת ʼêth H853 “and · -” Conjunction + Particle, Direct Object
  10. כָּל kôl H3605 “all of” Noun, Common, Masculine, Singular, Construct
  11. הַמִּשְׁכָּ֛ן mishkân H4908 “the · dwelling place” Particle, Definite Article + Noun, Common, Masculine, Singular, Absolute
  12. וְאֶת ʼêth H853 “and · -” Conjunction + Particle, Direct Object
  13. כָּל kôl H3605 “all of” Noun, Common, Masculine, Singular, Construct
  14. יִתְדֹ֥ת yâthêd H3489 “pegs of” Noun, Common, Feminine, Plural, Construct
  15. הֶחָצֵ֖ר châtsêr H2691 “the · court” Particle, Definite Article + Noun, Common, Both, Singular, Absolute
  16. סָבִֽיב çâbîyb H5439 “round about” Noun, Common, Both, Singular, Absolute

About this verse

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17
words
8
distinct lemmas
Pentateuch
section

Notable vocabulary

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

Shared distinctive vocabulary

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

Grammatical profile

  • 13 nouns
  • 4 particles

Repetition

Words recur within this verse — often emphatic in Hebrew:

  • הֶֽחָצֵר֙ court H2691 ×3
  • אַדְנֵ֤י base H134 ×2
  • סָבִ֔יב round about H5439 ×2
  • כָּל all H3605 ×2
  • יִתְדֹ֧ת peg H3489 ×2
Hebrew and Greek witnesses Masoretic Hebrew ↔ Greek Septuagint

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Hebrew Exodus 38:31 Masoretic · Westminster Leningrad Codex

וְאֶת אַדְנֵ֤י הֶֽחָצֵר֙ סָבִ֔יב וְאֶת אַדְנֵ֖י שַׁ֣עַר הֶחָצֵ֑ר וְאֵ֨ת כָּל יִתְדֹ֧ת הַמִּשְׁכָּ֛ן וְאֶת כָּל יִתְדֹ֥ת הֶחָצֵ֖ר סָבִֽיב

the sockets around the court, the sockets of the gate of the court, all the pins of the tent, and all the pins around the court.

World English Bible · Public Domain

Hebrew: Westminster Leningrad Codex (CC BY 4.0). Greek: Septuagint (public domain); English from a public-domain English Septuagint. 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)
    וְיָת סַמְכֵי דְדַרְתָּא סְחוֹר סְחוֹר וְיָת סַמְכֵי תְּרַע דַרְתָּא וְיָת כָּל סִכֵּי מַשְׁכְּנָא וְיָת כָּל סִכֵּי דַרְתָּא סְחוֹר סְחוֹר:

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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.

  2. Targum Pseudo-Jonathan Torah (Genesis–Deuteronomy)
    וְיַת חוֹמְרֵי דָרְתָא חֲזוֹר חֲזוֹר וְיַת חוֹמְרֵי תְרַע דָּרְתָא וְיַת כָּל מַתְחֵי מַשְׁכְּנָא וְיַת כָּל מַתְחֵי דָרְתָא חֲזוֹר חֲזוֹר

    And the bases of the court round about, and the bases of the gate of the court, and all the pins of the tabernacle, and all the pins of the court round about.

    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 38:31 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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Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers

(31) The sockets of the court.—See Exo_27:10-12; Exo_27:15-18.

The pins of the tabernacle.—Comp. Exo_27:19; Exo_38:20; and see Note on the

former passage.

The pins of the court.—See chan. 27:19.

A Bible Commentary for English Readers, edited by Charles John Ellicott (1878–1897) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.

Lesson kit

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Exodus, in the Pentateuch, opens this verse with 17 words (8 distinct Hebrew lemmas). Its most distinctive word is yâthêd (“peg”). A historical commentator’s framing appears above. Read the whole chapter for the surrounding context.

Discussion questions

  1. How does “peg” (yâthêd) shape what this verse is saying?
  2. How does Exodus 27:19, which shares the word «peg», read alongside this verse?
  3. What does the repetition of “court” (3× in this one verse) do in this verse?
  4. These translations render this verse differently. What is at stake in choosing one wording over another?

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