King James Version
“And they shall be coupled together beneath, and they shall be coupled together above the head of it unto one ring: thus shall it be for them both; they shall be for the two corners. coupled: Heb. twinned”
Exodus 26:24 · KJV
And for the sides of the tabernacle westward thou shalt make six boards.
And two boards shalt thou make for the corners of the tabernacle in the two sides.
And they shall be coupled together beneath, and they shall be coupled together above the head of it unto one ring: thus shall it be for them both; they shall be for the two corners. coupled: Heb. twinned
And they shall be eight boards, and their sockets of silver, sixteen sockets; two sockets under one board, and two sockets under another board.
And thou shalt make bars of shittim wood; five for the boards of the one side of the tabernacle,
KJV Study — Public Domain
to exist, i.e., be or become, come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or auxiliary)
“And they shall be coupled”
H8382to be (causatively, make) twinned, i.e., (figuratively) duplicate or (architectural) jointed
“together beneath”
H4295downward, below or beneath; often adverbially with or without prefixes
to exist, i.e., be or become, come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or auxiliary)
“And they shall be coupled”
H8382to be (causatively, make) twinned, i.e., (figuratively) duplicate or (architectural) jointed
above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications
“above the head”
H7218the head (as most easily shaken), whether literal or figurative (in many applications, of place, time, rank, itc.)
“ring”
H2885properly, a seal (as sunk into the wax), i.e., signet (for sealing); hence (generally) a ring of any kind
properly, set upright; hence (figuratively as adjective) just; but usually (as adverb or conjunction) rightly or so (in various applications to manner
to exist, i.e., be or become, come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or auxiliary)
to exist, i.e., be or become, come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or auxiliary)
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