וַיָּ֛שֶׂם אֶת מָסַ֥ךְ הַפֶּ֖תַח לַמִּשְׁכָּֽן
He put up the screen of the door to the tent.
World English Bible · Public Domain
Exodus 40:28
Hebrew (Westminster Leningrad Codex) Exodus 40:28 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.
English Translation
He put up the screen of the door to the tent.
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The same verse in 3 English versions, stacked beneath the original-language interlinear above. Click any original word for its lexicon entry.
Each is an independent rendering of the whole verse — the interlinear is not word-aligned to these translations.
Highlighted words mark where these versions differ — a whole-verse word diff, not a word-by-word alignment.
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World English Bible Public Domain
He put up the screen of the door to the tent.
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King James Version Public Domain
And he set up the hanging at the door of the tabernacle.
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unfoldingWord Literal Text CC BY-SA 4.0
And he set up the curtain of the gate of the Dwelling.
unfoldingWord Literal Text — © unfoldingWord, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Word-aligned USFM3 via Door43 (git.door43.org/unfoldingWord/en_ult).
Show all 18 translations
Every available English version of this verse, each an independent rendering of the whole verse.
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World English Bible Public Domain
He put up the screen of the door to the tent.
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Berean Standard Bible Public Domain
Then he put up the curtain at the entrance to the tabernacle.
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Majority Standard Bible Public Domain
Then he put up the curtain at the entrance to the tabernacle.
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King James Version Public Domain
And he set up the hanging at the door of the tabernacle.
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American Standard Version (1901) Public Domain
And he put the screen of the door to the tabernacle.
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Revised Version (1885) Public Domain
And he put the screen of the door to the tabernacle.
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Geneva Bible (1599) Public Domain
Also he hanged vp the vayle at the doore of the Tabernacle.
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Douay-Rheims (1899) Public Domain
And he set the laver between the tabernacle of the testimony and the altar, filling it with water.
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Young's Literal Translation Public Domain
And he setteth the covering of the opening to the tabernacle,
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Literal Standard Version CC BY-SA 4.0
And he sets the covering [at] the opening of the Dwelling Place,
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Unlocked Literal Bible CC BY-SA 4.0
He hung the curtain at the tabernacle entrance.
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unfoldingWord Literal Text CC BY-SA 4.0
And he set up the curtain of the gate of the Dwelling.
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Darby Bible Public Domain
And he hung up the curtain of the entrance to the tabernacle.
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World Messianic Bible Public Domain
He put up the screen of the door to the tabernacle.
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Webster's Bible Public Domain
And he set up the hanging at the door of the tabernacle.
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Free Bible Version CC BY-SA 4.0
Then he put up the screen at the entrance to the Tabernacle.
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Bible in Basic English Public Domain
And he put up the curtain at the doorway of the House.
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JPS Tanakh (1917) Public Domain
And he put the screen of the door to the tabernacle.
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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מָסַ֥ךְ
mâçâk
H4539
“covering of”
Noun, Common, Masculine, Singular, Construct
- Appears 25× in the Hebrew Bible
- First appears at Exodus 26:36
- Part of Speech
- Noun
- Type
- Common
- Gender
- Masculine
- Number
- Singular
- State
- Construct
Full BDB Definition
covering, rag, screen
- covering
- screen (of the tabernacle)
- וַיָּ֛שֶׂם sûwm H7760 “and · to put” Conjunction + Verb, Qal, Sequential Imperfect, 3rd Person, Masculine, Singular
- אֶת ʼêth H853 “-” Particle, Direct Object
- מָסַ֥ךְ mâçâk H4539 “covering of” Noun, Common, Masculine, Singular, Construct
- הַפֶּ֖תַח pethach H6607 “the · doorway” Particle, Definite Article + Noun, Common, Masculine, Singular, Absolute
- לַמִּשְׁכָּֽן mishkân H4908 “to/for the · dwelling place” Preposition, Determined + Noun, Common, Masculine, Singular, Absolute
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 →
- 5
- words
- 5
- distinct lemmas
- Pentateuch
- section
Notable vocabulary
The rarest word here is מָסַ֥ךְ covering H4539 — appearing just 25 times in the whole Hebrew Bible.
Shared distinctive vocabulary
מָסַ֥ךְ covering H4539 occurs in 25 verses of the Hebrew Bible. Also found in:
Grammatical profile
- 1 verb
- 3 nouns
- 1 particle
Verb forms
- וַיָּ֛שֶׂם Qal · Sequential Imperfect
Cross-references
7Topical passages linked to Exodus 40:28 in the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge — connected by theme and wording, ordered by reader-vote popularity; previews shown in the World English Bible.
- Exodus 40:5 You shall set the golden altar for incense before the ark of the testimony, and put the screen of the door to the tent.
- Exodus 26:36–37 "You shall make a screen for the door of the Tent, of blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen, the work of the embroiderer.
- Exodus 38:9–19 He made the court: for the south side southward the hangings of the court were of fine twined linen, one hundred cubits;
- John 10:9 I am the door. If anyone enters in by me, he will be saved, and will go in and go out, and will find pasture.
- John 14:6 Jesus said to him, "I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father, except through me.
- Ephesians 2:18 For through him we both have our access in one Spirit to the Father.
- Hebrews 10:19–20 Having therefore, brothers, boldness to enter into the holy place by the blood of Jesus,
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.
These are two independent witnesses, not word-aligned to each other, and the Septuagint is shown in lemma (dictionary) form.
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)
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.
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Targum Onkelos Torah (Genesis–Deuteronomy)
וְשַׁוִי יָת פְּרָסָא דְתַרְעָא לְמַשְׁכְּנָא:
(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.
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Targum Pseudo-Jonathan Torah (Genesis–Deuteronomy)
וְשַׁוֵּי יַת פְּרָסָא דְתַרְעָא לְמַשְׁכְּנָא
And he set the hanging at the gate of the tabernacle.
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
Teaching starters — assembled from the data on this page, not authored interpretation. Every prompt links to the verse data it draws on. Edit before teaching.
Exodus, in the Pentateuch, opens this verse with 5 words (5 distinct Hebrew lemmas). Its most distinctive word is mâçâk (“covering”). A historical commentator’s framing appears above. Read the whole chapter for the surrounding context.
Discussion questions
- The word mâçâk carries the sense “covering.” How does it shape the verse?
- Exodus 26:36 shares the word «covering» with this verse. How do the two illuminate each other?
- The translations on this page render this verse differently — a whole-verse word diff, not a word-by-word alignment. What might account for the different wordings?
- The verb «וַיָּ֛שֶׂם» is Qal Sequential Imperfect. How does its form color the action?
- Reading how Geneva Bible (1599) and Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers read this verse, where do the two commentators agree and where do they part?
Things to notice
- These translations choose different wording for 10 words in this verse.
- 5 distinct Hebrew lemmas span 5 words in this verse.
Commentary
Notes on Exodus 40:28 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 →
Geneva Bible (1599)
Geneva Bible translators
Geneva Bible (1599) marginal notes — public domain. Text via Bolls.life.
Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers
A Bible Commentary for English Readers, edited by Charles John Ellicott (1878–1897) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.
The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges
gen. ed. J. J. S. Perowne
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
John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible (1746–1763) — public domain (CC PDM 1.0). Text via the HelloAO Bible API.
Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary
George Leo Haydock (1774–1849), Haydock's Catholic Family Bible and Commentary, 1859 edition — public domain. Excludes Psalms (Douay-Rheims chapter numbering differs from Protestant) and Deuterocanonical books (Catholic canon only).
The Pulpit Commentary
The Pulpit Commentary (1880–1919), ed. H.D.M. Spence-Jones & Joseph S. Exell — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.
unfoldingWord translationNotes
Door43 World Missions Community
unfoldingWord translationNotes — © Distant Shores Media and the Door43 World Missions Community, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Source: git.door43.org/Door43/en_tn.