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וָו

Biblical Hebrew · Strong's H2053

hook — used 13 times in the Hebrew Bible. Below: its meanings with their sources, MACULA's glosses, and 2 verses word for word and in JPS 1917.

Meaning

OpenScriptures lexical index

hook tree →

Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906

וָו: hook, pin peg tree →

The whole BDB entry

n.[m.] hook, pin or peg (etym. unknown)—pl. abs. וָוִים Ex 38:28; cstr. וָוֵי Ex 27:10 + 5 times; וָוֵיהֶם Ex 26:32 + 5 times;—only P, in description of tabernacle Ex 26:32, 37; 27:10, 11, 17; 36:36, 38; 38:10, 11, 12, 17, 19, 28, the hooks or pegs of gold and silver, fastened on, or in, the posts of the tabernacle, to support the various hangings (curtains, screens, etc.)

Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 13 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (1 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (1 candidates)

Glosses

MACULA's English glosses of the word in the text, with how often each is used: hooks (7); the hooks (6).

In the verses

Exodus 27:17 · tree →

כָּל־עַמּוּדֵ֨י הֶֽחָצֵ֤ר סָבִיב֙ מְחֻשָּׁקִ֣ים כֶּ֔סֶף וָוֵיהֶ֖ם כָּ֑סֶף וְאַדְנֵיהֶ֖ם נְחֹֽשֶׁת׃

Word for word: all the.pillars of the.courtyard all.around [will.be].furnished.with.bands silver hooks their [will.be].silver and bases their [will.be].bronze

JPS 1917: All the pillars of the court round about shall be filleted with silver; their hooks of silver, and their sockets of brass.

Exodus 38:10 · tree →

עַמּוּדֵיהֶ֣ם עֶשְׂרִ֔ים וְאַדְנֵיהֶ֥ם עֶשְׂרִ֖ים נְחֹ֑שֶׁת וָוֵ֧י הָעַמֻּדִ֛ים וַחֲשֻׁקֵיהֶ֖ם כָּֽסֶף׃

Word for word: pillars their [were].twenty and bases their twenty [were].bronze the.hooks of the.pillars and bands their [were].silver

JPS 1917: Their pillars were twenty, and their sockets twenty, of brass; the hooks of the pillars and their fillets were of silver.

On Mova

Sources. The words, their counts, glosses and the word-for-word renderings: MACULA Hebrew (the Westminster Leningrad Codex; Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0). Meanings: the OpenScriptures lexical index (CC BY 4.0), Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906 and Jastrow 1903 (public domain, via Sefaria); Targum Onkelos from Sefaria (public domain). Translation: JPS 1917 (public domain, from eBible.org).

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