What Does Exodus 38:16 Mean in the King James?
All the hangings of the court round about were of fine twined linen.
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 court’s boundary is made by twisting many strands together into one enclosing fabric.
THE MEANING
The court is enclosed by fine linen made from twisted strands, and that fabric surrounds the space. The verse gives the boundary a material form: many joined threads shaping the edge of a set-apart place.
THE ROOT
מָשְׁזָר
mashzar
GROWS FROM
שזר
to twist or twine strands together
“twined” in this verse is mashzar. The root names the making of the linen: separate threads are twisted together to form a strand. The court’s enclosing fabric is thus made from many joined strands, each still present within the whole.
ALSO GROWS
shazar: to twist or twine together
שָׁזַר
This is the verbal action beneath the verse’s description of the linen.
mashzar: twisted or twined
מָשְׁזָר
This form describes the linen used to surround the court.
סָבִיב
saviv
GROWS FROM
סבב
to turn or go around
“round about” in this verse is saviv. The root carries motion around a center, giving the court’s boundary the shape of an encircling perimeter. The hangings mark the space by surrounding it on every side.
ALSO GROWS
sabab: to turn or go around
סָבַב
The verb reveals the movement contained in the court’s encircling boundary.
saviv: around or surrounding
סָבִיב
This form places the linen hangings around the whole court.
THE PATTERN
A set-apart dwelling takes form as distinct materials are joined into a larger whole.
Moreover thou shalt make the tabernacle with ten curtains of fine twined linen, and blue, and purple, and scarlet: with cherubims of cunning work shalt thou make them.In whom all the building fitly framed together groweth unto an holy temple in the Lord:Ye also, as lively stones, are built up a spiritual house, an holy priesthood, to offer up spiritual sacrifices, acceptable to God by Jesus Christ.THE THREAD
Moreover thou shalt make the tabernacle with ten curtains of fine twined linen, and blue, and purple, and scarlet: with cherubims of cunning work shalt thou make them.The same word מָשְׁזָר (mashzar, twined) describes the linen curtains of the tabernacle and the court’s hangings. The same joining of strands forms both the sanctuary’s covering and the boundary around it.
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