What Does Exodus 37:13 Mean in the King James?
And he cast for it four rings of gold, and put the rings upon the four corners that were in the four feet thereof.
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 table’s “feet,” פַּעֲמֹתָיו (paʿămōṯāw, its feet), share a root with “steps”, its supports already carry the language of movement.
THE MEANING
The gold rings sit at the table’s four feet, fitting a stable furnishing to be carried. Its Hebrew word for “feet” also carries the sense of steps, joining support with movement. Sacred provision has a place to rest and fittings for the journey.
WHAT THIS UNDOES
The sacred must remain fixed in one place; this table is built to be carried.
THE ROOT
פַּעֲמֹתָיו
paʿămōṯāw
GROWS FROM
פעם
To strike or beat; in related forms, a step or an occurrence.
English makes these simply the table’s “feet.” The Hebrew פַּעֲמֹתָיו (paʿămōṯāw, its feet) shares its root with פַּעַם (paʿam, a step or beat), so the word for the table’s supports also evokes movement.
ALSO GROWS
paʿam: A step or beat; also a time or occasion.
פַּעַם
The shared root links the table’s feet to a step, the movement its supports make possible.
paʿamim: Steps; times or occasions.
פְּעָמִים
Isaiah 26:6 uses this form for the needy person’s steps, showing the same root in motion.
paʿamon: A bell.
פַּעֲמוֹן
The bell’s ringing or striking preserves the root’s sense of a beat.
THE PATTERN
What is set apart for sacred use is fitted to bear its presence onward.
And thou shalt make for it four rings of gold, and put the rings in the four corners that are on the four feet thereof.And when Aaron and his sons have made an end of covering the sanctuary, and all the vessels of the sanctuary, as the camp is to set forward; after that, the sons of Kohath shall come to bear it: but they shall not touch any holy thing, lest they die. These things are the burden of the sons of Kohath in the tabernacle of the congregation.But the Lord said unto him, Go thy way: for he is a chosen vessel unto me, to bear my name before the Gentiles, and kings, and the children of Israel:THE THREAD
The foot shall tread it down, even the feet of the poor, and the steps of the needy.Isaiah’s “steps,” פַּעֲמֵי (paʿămê), share the פעם root with the table’s “feet,” פַּעֲמֹתָיו (paʿămōṯāw). In the table the root names supports fitted for carrying; in Isaiah it names the steps of the needy.
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