King James Version
Exodus 38:9 in the King James Version says “And he made the court: on the south side southward the hangings of the court were of fine twined linen, an hundred cubit...” — study this verse from Exodus chapter 38 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“And he made the court: on the south side southward the hangings of the court were of fine twined linen, an hundred cubits:”
Exodus 38:9 · KJV
And he put the staves into the rings on the sides of the altar, to bear it withal; he made the altar hollow with boards.
And he made the laver of brass, and the foot of it of brass, of the lookingglasses of the women assembling, which assembled at the door of the tabernacle of the congregation. lookingglasses: or, brasen glasses assembling: Heb. assembling by troops
And he made the court: on the south side southward the hangings of the court were of fine twined linen, an hundred cubits:
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.
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properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)
“of the court”
H2691a yard (as inclosed by a fence); also a hamlet (as similarly surrounded with walls)
“side”
H6285properly, mouth in a figurative sense, i.e., direction, region, extremity
“on the south”
H5045the south (from its drought); specifically, the negeb or southern district of judah, occasionally, egypt (as south to palestine)
“the hangings”
H7050a (door) screen (as if slung across), or the valve (of the door) itself
“of the court”
H2691a yard (as inclosed by a fence); also a hamlet (as similarly surrounded with walls)
“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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