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tenon

noun

«tenon» in the English dictionary: in Jewish tradition — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

In Jewish tradition

In Exodus these are the pegs on the boards of the tabernacle that fit into silver sockets.

Interpretation. The careful details of the tabernacle's construction show that building God's dwelling was done with exact skill.

Meaning

A piece of wood cut to stick out so that it fits into a slot, used to join two pieces of wood. tree →

Examples

  • Each board had two tenons, joined one to another. (Torah EXO.36.22, JPS 1917) tree →
  • Two tenons shall there be in each board, joined one to another; thus shalt thou make for all the boards of the tabernacle. (Torah EXO.26.17, JPS 1917) tree →
  • And he made forty sockets of silver under the twenty boards: two sockets under one board for its two tenons, and two sockets under another board for its two tenons. (Torah EXO.36.24, JPS 1917) tree →

Note

A record of the Judaism dictionary, written from the corpus.

On Mova

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