What Does Exodus 38:31 Mean in the King James?
And the sockets of the court round about, and the sockets of the court gate, and all the pins of the tabernacle, and all the pins of the court round about.
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 dwelling holds together through the supports beneath it and the pegs securing its edges, details the eye could easily miss.
THE MEANING
The dwelling is secured from its base to its perimeter: sockets support the court, and pegs fasten both the tabernacle and the court around it. The verse gives these quiet supports a place in the completed structure.
WHAT THIS UNDOES
The sacred dwelling depends only on its visible center; its small fittings are incidental.
THE ROOT
סָבִיב
saviv
GROWS FROM
סבב
sabab
To turn, go around, or surround.
“round about” in this verse is saviv. The phrase comes from a root of circling and surrounding. Its repetition makes the court’s perimeter and the pegs around it part of one continuous boundary.
ALSO GROWS
sabab: To turn, go around, or surround.
סָבַב
This verb gives the repeated phrase its sense of a boundary encircling the space.
svivah: Surroundings or environs.
סְבִיבָה
This related noun keeps attention on the area around a place, where the court’s supports are set.
מִשְׁכָּן
mishkan
GROWS FROM
שכן
sh-k-n
To dwell or settle.
The tabernacle’s name grows from the verb “to dwell”: it is a dwelling-place. The pegs and sockets are counted as part of securing that place for dwelling.
ALSO GROWS
shakhan: To dwell, settle, or abide.
שָׁכַן
The verb names the dwelling action contained in the word for tabernacle.
shakhen: A neighbor or one who dwells nearby.
שָׁכֵן
This word for a neighbor shares the root of dwelling, linking place with those who inhabit its surroundings.
mishkan: A dwelling-place or tabernacle.
מִשְׁכָּן
The verse names the secured structure through the same root as dwelling.
יְתֵדוֹת
yetedot
GROWS FROM
יתד
y-t-d
A peg, pin, or stake used to fasten something in place.
“pins” in this verse is yetedot. The same word names the pegs of the tabernacle and the pegs of the court. One fastening word serves both the dwelling and its boundary, joining their stability in the verse.
ALSO GROWS
yated: A peg, pin, or tent stake in the singular.
יָתֵד
The singular form shows the concrete object behind the repeated plural in this verse.
yetedot: Pegs, pins, or stakes in the plural.
יְתֵדוֹת
This plural applies to both the tabernacle and the court, fastening the structure and its perimeter.
THE PATTERN
A dwelling’s visible span depends on supports and fastenings that secure its foundations and edges.
All the vessels of the tabernacle in all the service thereof, and all the pins thereof, and all the pins of the court, shall be of brass.Enlarge the place of thy tent, and let them stretch forth the curtains of thine habitations: spare not, lengthen thy cords, and strengthen thy stakes;Whereupon are the foundations thereof fastened? or who laid the corner stone thereof;THE THREAD
Enlarge the place of thy tent, and let them stretch forth the curtains of thine habitations: spare not, lengthen thy cords, and strengthen thy stakes;The Hebrew word translated “stakes” is יְתֵדוֹת (yetedot), the same word used for the pins of the tabernacle and court. Isaiah’s tent can expand because its stakes are strengthened; Exodus names those same fastenings as part of the dwelling’s perimeter.
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