What Does Exodus 35:17 Mean in the King James?
The hangings of the court, his pillars, and their sockets, and the hanging for the door of the court,
The analysis reads the King James wording.
King James Version The King James Version, first published in 1611. Selah Verse shows the standard text.
THE KEY
The word for the doorway hanging belongs to the same root as shelter: the holy place’s boundary is also its covering.
THE MEANING
The space before you is neither bare nor sealed: its boundary hangs between pillars, and even the gate has its own screen. The Hebrew word for that screen grows from a root for covering, which also forms a word for a booth or shelter. Entry and protection meet at the threshold.
THE ROOT
מָסַךְ
māsāḵ
GROWS FROM
סכך
s-k-k
To cover, screen, or hedge around.
“hanging for the door” in this verse is māsāḵ. English “hanging” sounds like fabric; מָסַךְ (māsāḵ, a screen or covering) carries the work of screening and covering. The same root forms סֻכָּה (sukkāh, a booth or shelter), so the gate’s boundary and a shelter belong to the same covering vocabulary.
ALSO GROWS
sāḵaḵ: To cover, screen, or hedge around.
סָכַךְ
This is the root action beneath the doorway screen: it covers while marking a boundary.
sukkāh: A booth or shelter.
סֻכָּה
A shelter and a screen at the entrance share the image of a covering that defines a space.
עַמּוּדָיו
ʿammūdāw
GROWS FROM
עמד
ʿ-m-d
To stand or remain upright.
“pillars” in this verse is ʿammūdāw. The word for a pillar grows from the word for standing. The screen is not free-floating: the passage’s boundary depends on what stands to support it.
ALSO GROWS
ʿāmad: To stand or remain upright.
עָמַד
The pillar’s name carries the action it performs: it stands.
maʿămād: A standing, station, or position.
מַעֲמָד
This branch extends standing into a held position, echoing the pillars’ role in sustaining the boundary.
THE PATTERN
A threshold can mark passage while preserving a covering boundary.
And thou shalt make an hanging for the door of the tent, of blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen, wrought with needlework.By a new and living way, which he hath consecrated for us, through the veil, that is to say, his flesh;THE THREAD
He shall cover thee with his feathers, and under his wings shalt thou trust: his truth shall be thy shield and buckler.The Hebrew verb translated “cover” here comes from סכך (s-k-k), the same root behind the doorway screen מָסַךְ (māsāḵ). The same covering that marks an entrance can also describe shelter under wings.
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