King James Version
Exodus 38:12 in the King James Version says “And for the west side were hangings of fifty cubits, their pillars ten, and their sockets ten; the hooks of the pillars ...” — study this verse from Exodus chapter 38 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“And for the west side were hangings of fifty cubits, their pillars ten, and their sockets ten; the hooks of the pillars and their fillets of silver.”
Exodus 38:12 · KJV
Their pillars were twenty, and their brasen sockets twenty; the hooks of the pillars and their fillets were of silver.
And for the north side the hangings were an hundred cubits, their pillars were twenty, and their sockets of brass twenty; the hooks of the pillars and their fillets of silver.
And for the west side were hangings of fifty cubits, their pillars ten, and their sockets ten; the hooks of the pillars and their fillets of silver.
And for the east side eastward fifty cubits.
The hangings of the one side of the gate were fifteen cubits; their pillars three, and their sockets three.
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“side”
H6285properly, mouth in a figurative sense, i.e., direction, region, extremity
“And for 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
“were 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)
“and their fillets”
H2838attached, i.e., a fence-rail or rod connecting the posts or pillars
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