King James Version
Exodus 27:12 in the King James Version says “And for the breadth of the court on the west side shall be hangings of fifty cubits: their pillars ten, and their socket...” — study this verse from Exodus chapter 27 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“And for the breadth of the court on the west side shall be hangings of fifty cubits: their pillars ten, and their sockets ten.”
Exodus 27:12 · KJV
And the twenty pillars thereof and their twenty sockets shall be of brass; the hooks of the pillars and their fillets shall be of silver.
And likewise for the north side in length there shall be hangings of an hundred cubits long, and his twenty pillars and their twenty sockets of brass; the hooks of the pillars and their fillets of silver.
And for the breadth of the court on the west side shall be hangings of fifty cubits: their pillars ten, and their sockets ten.
And the breadth of the court on the east side eastward shall be fifty cubits.
The hangings of one side of the gate shall be fifteen cubits: their pillars three, and their sockets three.
KJV Study — Public Domain
“of the court”
H2691a yard (as inclosed by a fence); also a hamlet (as similarly surrounded with walls)
“on the west”
H3220a sea (as breaking in noisy surf) or large body of water; specifically (with the article), the mediterranean sea; sometimes a large river, or an artif
“shall be hangings”
H7050a (door) screen (as if slung across), or the valve (of the door) itself
“cubits”
H520properly, a mother (i.e., unit of measure, or the fore-arm (below the elbow), i.e., a cubit; also a door-base (as a bond of the entrance)
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