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קֶלַע

Biblical Hebrew

curtain — used 16 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

curtain tree →

Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906

קֶ֫לַע²: curtain, hanging tree →

The whole BDB entry

n.[m.] curtain, hanging (P);—pl. abs. קְלָעִים Ex 27:9 + 7 times Ex; cstr. קַלְעֵי 35:17 + 4 times Ex, Nu 3:26; 4:26.—1 K 6:34 b read צְלָעִים.

Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 5 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses (5 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (5 candidates)

Glosses

MACULA's English glosses of the word in the text, with how often each is used: curtains (9); the curtains (7).

In the verses

Exodus 38:16 · tree →

כָּל־קַלְעֵ֧י הֶחָצֵ֛ר סָבִ֖יב שֵׁ֥שׁ מָשְׁזָֽר׃

Word for word: all the.curtains of the.courtyard all.around [were].fine.linen twisted

JPS 1917: All the hangings of the court round about were of fine twined linen.

Exodus 38:14 · tree →

קְלָעִ֛ים חֲמֵשׁ־עֶשְׂרֵ֥ה אַמָּ֖ה אֶל־הַכָּתֵ֑ף עַמּוּדֵיהֶ֣ם שְׁלֹשָׁ֔ה וְאַדְנֵיהֶ֖ם שְׁלֹשָֽׁה׃

Word for word: curtains [were].fif- teen cubit[s] to the side pillars their [were].three and bases their [were].three

JPS 1917: The hangings for the one side of the gate were fifteen cubits; their pillars three, and their sockets three.

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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