Exodus 39:40

Hebrew (Westminster Leningrad Codex) Exodus 39:40 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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the hangings of the court, its pillars, its sockets, the screen for the gate of the court, its cords, its pins, all the instruments of the service of the tent, for the tent of meeting,
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  • World English Bible Public Domain
    the hangings of the court, its pillars, its sockets, the screen for the gate of the court, its cords, its pins, all the instruments of the service of the tent, for the tent of meeting,
  • King James Version Public Domain
    The hangings of the court, his pillars, and his sockets, and the hanging for the court gate, his cords, and his pins, and all the vessels of the service of the tabernacle, for the tent of the congregation,
  • 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, its ropes and its tent pegs and all the items of the service of the Dwelling for the tent of meeting;

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 hangings of the court, its pillars, its sockets, the screen for the gate of the court, its cords, its pins, all the instruments of the service of the tent, for the tent of meeting,
  • Berean Standard Bible Public Domain
    the curtains of the courtyard with its posts and bases; the curtain for the gate of the courtyard, its ropes and tent pegs, and all the equipment for the service of the tabernacle, the Tent of Meeting;
  • Majority Standard Bible Public Domain
    the curtains of the courtyard with its posts and bases; the curtain for the gate of the courtyard, its ropes and tent pegs, and all the equipment for the service of the tabernacle, the Tent of Meeting;
  • King James Version Public Domain
    The hangings of the court, his pillars, and his sockets, and the hanging for the court gate, his cords, and his pins, and all the vessels of the service of the tabernacle, for the tent of the congregation,
  • American Standard Version (1901) Public Domain
    the hangings of the court, its pillars, and its sockets, and the screen for the gate of the court, the cords thereof, and the pins thereof, and all the instruments of the service of the tabernacle, for the tent of meeting;
  • Revised Version (1885) Public Domain
    the hangings of the court, its pillars, and its sockets, and the screen for the gate of the court, the cords thereof, and the pins thereof, and all the instruments of the service of the tabernacle, for the tent of meeting;
  • Geneva Bible (1599) Public Domain
    The curtaines of the court with his pillars, and his sockets, and the hanging to the court gate, and his cordes, and his pinnes, and all the instruments of the seruice of the Tabernacle, called the Tabernacle of the Congregation.
  • Douay-Rheims (1899) Public Domain
    The hanging in the entry of the court, and the little cords, and the pins thereof. Nothing was wanting of the vessels, that were commanded to be made for the ministry of the tabernacle, and for the roof of the covenant.
  • Young's Literal Translation Public Domain
    The hangings of the court, its pillars, and its sockets; and the covering for the gate of the court, its cords, and its pins; and all the vessels of the service of the tabernacle, for the tent of meeting;
  • Literal Standard Version CC BY-SA 4.0
    the hangings of the court, its pillars, and its sockets; and the covering for the gate of the court, its cords, and its pins; and all the vessels of the service of the Dwelling Place, for the Tent of Meeting;
  • 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; its ropes and tent pegs; and all the equipment for the service of the tabernacle, the tent of meeting.
  • 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, its ropes and its tent pegs and all the items of the service of the Dwelling for the tent of meeting;
  • Darby Bible Public Domain
    the hangings of the court, its pillars, and its bases; and the curtain for the gate of the court, its cords, and its pegs; and all the vessel's of service of the tabernacle, for the tent of meeting;
  • World Messianic Bible Public Domain
    the hangings of the court, its pillars, its sockets, the screen for the gate of the court, its cords, its pins, and all the instruments of the service of the tabernacle, for the Tent of Meeting,
  • Webster's Bible Public Domain
    The hangings of the court, its pillars, and its sockets, and the hanging for the court-gate, its cords, and its pins, and all the vessels of the service of the tabernacle, for the tent of the congregation,
  • Free Bible Version CC BY-SA 4.0
    the curtains of the courtyard and its posts and stands; the curtain for the courtyard entrance, its ropes and tent pegs, and all the equipment for the services of the Tabernacle, the Tent of Meeting;
  • Bible in Basic English Public Domain
    The hangings for the open space, with the pillars and their bases, and the curtain for the doorway, and the cords and nails, and all the instruments necessary for the work of the House of the Tent of meeting;
  • JPS Tanakh (1917) Public Domain
    the hangings of the court, its pillars, and its sockets, and the screen for the gate of the court, the cords thereof, and the pins thereof, and all the instruments of the service of the tabernacle of the tent of meeting;

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מֵיתָרָ֖יו
mêythâr
H4340
“cords · his”
Noun, Common, Masculine, Plural, Construct + Suffix, Personal, 3rd Person, Masculine, Singular
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Plural
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Full BDB Definition

Origin: from H3498

TWOT: 936h

cord, string
  1. אֵת֩ ʼêth H853 “-” Particle, Direct Object
  2. קַלְעֵ֨י qelaʻ H7050 “slings of” Noun, Common, Masculine, Plural, Construct
  3. הֶחָצֵ֜ר châtsêr H2691 “the · court” Particle, Definite Article + Noun, Common, Both, Singular, Absolute
  4. אֶת ʼêth H853 “-” Particle, Direct Object
  5. עַמֻּדֶ֣יהָ ʻammûwd H5982 “pillars · her” Noun, Common, Masculine, Plural, Construct + Suffix, Personal, 3rd Person, Feminine, Singular
  6. וְאֶת ʼêth H853 “and · -” Conjunction + Particle, Direct Object
  7. אֲדָנֶ֗יהָ ʼeden H134 “bases · her” Noun, Common, Masculine, Plural, Construct + Suffix, Personal, 3rd Person, Feminine, Singular
  8. וְאֶת ʼêth H853 “and · -” Conjunction + Particle, Direct Object
  9. הַמָּסָךְ֙ mâçâk H4539 “the · covering” Particle, Definite Article + Noun, Common, Masculine, Singular, Absolute
  10. לְשַׁ֣עַר shaʻar H8179 “to/for · gate of” Preposition + Noun, Common, Masculine, Singular, Construct
  11. הֶֽחָצֵ֔ר châtsêr H2691 “the · court” Particle, Definite Article + Noun, Common, Both, Singular, Absolute
  12. אֶת ʼêth H853 “-” Particle, Direct Object
  13. וִיתֵדֹתֶ֑יהָ yâthêd H3489 “and · pegs · her” Conjunction + Noun, Common, Feminine, Plural, Construct + Suffix, Personal, 3rd Person, Feminine, Singular
  14. וְאֵ֗ת ʼêth H853 “and · -” Conjunction + Particle, Direct Object
  15. כָּל kôl H3605 “all of” Noun, Common, Masculine, Singular, Construct
  16. כְּלֵ֛י kᵉlîy H3627 “vessels of” Noun, Common, Masculine, Plural, Construct
  17. עֲבֹדַ֥ת ʻăbôdâh H5656 “service of” Noun, Common, Feminine, Singular, Construct
  18. הַמִּשְׁכָּ֖ן mishkân H4908 “the · dwelling place” Particle, Definite Article + Noun, Common, Masculine, Singular, Absolute
  19. לְאֹ֥הֶל ʼôhel H168 “to/for · tent of” Preposition + Noun, Common, Masculine, Singular, Construct
  20. מוֹעֵֽד môwʻêd H4150 “appointed time” Noun, Common, Masculine, Singular, Absolute

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21
words
15
distinct lemmas
Pentateuch
section

Notable vocabulary

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

Shared distinctive vocabulary

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

Grammatical profile

  • 15 nouns
  • 6 particles

Repetition

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

  • הֶחָצֵ֜ר court H2691 ×2

Cross-references

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Topical passages linked to Exodus 39:40 in the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge — connected by theme and wording, ordered by reader-vote popularity; previews shown in the World English Bible.

  • Exodus 27:9–16 "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:

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Hebrew and Greek witnesses Masoretic Hebrew ↔ Greek Septuagint

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Hebrew Exodus 39:40 Masoretic · Westminster Leningrad Codex

אֵת֩ קַלְעֵ֨י הֶחָצֵ֜ר אֶת עַמֻּדֶ֣יהָ וְאֶת אֲדָנֶ֗יהָ וְאֶת הַמָּסָךְ֙ לְשַׁ֣עַר הֶֽחָצֵ֔ר אֶת מֵיתָרָ֖יו וִיתֵדֹתֶ֑יהָ וְאֵ֗ת כָּל כְּלֵ֛י עֲבֹדַ֥ת הַמִּשְׁכָּ֖ן לְאֹ֥הֶל מוֹעֵֽד

the hangings of the court, its pillars, its sockets, the screen for the gate of the court, its cords, its pins, all the instruments of the service of the tent, for the tent of meeting,

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)
    יָת סְרָדֵי דְדַרְתָּא יָת עַמוּדָהָא וְיָת סַמְכָהָא וְיָת פְּרָסָא לִתְרַע דַרְתָּא יָת אֲטוּנוֹהִי וְסִכָּהָא וְיָת כָּל מָנֵי פָּלְחַן מַשְׁכְּנָא לְמַשְׁכַּן זִמְנָא:

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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)
    יַת וִילַוֵי דַרְתָּא וְיַת עַמּוּדָהָא יַת חוּמְרָהָא וְיַת פְּרָסָא לִתְרַע דַּרְתָּא וְיַת אֲטוּנוֹי וּמַחְתָּהָא וְיַת כָּל מָנֵי פּוּלְחַן מַשְׁכְּנָא לְמַשְׁכַּן זִמְנָא

    the curtain-work of the court, and its pillars, and the bases and the veil of the gate of the court, its cords, and pins, and all the vessels for the service of the tabernacle, even the tabernacle of ordinance;

    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 39:40 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

40. instruments of the service] cf. Exo_27:19.

of the Dwelling of the tent of meeting] cf. v. 32. The Heb. here, as Num_9:15; see G.-K., § 128a end, § 129d, f.

the cords thereof] see on Exo_35:18.

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.

unfoldingWord translationNotes

Door43 World Missions Community

General Information:

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They brought

"The people of Israel brought"

the tabernacle, the tent of meeting

These refer to the same place.

translationWords

court

tent

tabernacle

tent of meeting

holy place

Aaron

priest

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Exodus, in the Pentateuch, opens this verse with 21 words (15 distinct Hebrew lemmas). Its most distinctive word is mêythâr (“cord”). Read the whole chapter for the surrounding context.

Discussion questions

  1. The word mêythâr carries the sense “cord.” How does it shape the verse?
  2. Exodus 35:18 shares the word «cord» with this verse. How do the two illuminate each other?
  3. “court” occurs 2× 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. Reading how The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges and unfoldingWord translationNotes read this verse, where do the two commentators agree and where do they part?

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