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Exodus 26:16

In Exodus 26 of Exodus.

Ten cubits shall be the length of a board, and a cubit and a half shall be the breadth of one board.

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עֶ֥שֶׂרesertenעֶשֶׂרadjective, cardinal, feminine, singular, absolute — “ten”, the ordinary formH6235ten (as an accumulation to the extent of the digits)ten, (fif-, seven-) teen.אַמּ֖וֹתamotcubitאַמָּהnoun, common, feminine, plural, absolute — “cubit”, the ordinary formH520properly, a mother (i.e. unit of measure, or the fore-arm (below the elbow), i.e. a cubit; also a door-base (as a bond of the entrance)cubit, [phrase] hundred (by exchange for H3967 (מֵאָה)), measure, post.אֹ֣רֶךְorekhlengthאֹרֶךְnoun, common, masculine, singular, construct — “length”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH753length[phrase] forever, length, long.הַקָּ֑רֶשׁhaqareshthe benchקֶרֶשׁdefinite article, noun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “the bench”, the ordinary formH7175a slab or plank; by implication, a deck of ashipbench, board.וְאַמָּה֙veamahand cubitאַמָּהconjunction, noun, common, feminine, singular, absolute — “and cubit”, the ordinary formH520properly, a mother (i.e. unit of measure, or the fore-arm (below the elbow), i.e. a cubit; also a door-base (as a bond of the entrance)cubit, [phrase] hundred (by exchange for H3967 (מֵאָה)), measure, post.וַחֲצִ֣יvachatsiand halfחֵצִיconjunction, noun, common, masculine, singular, construct — “and half”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH2677the half or middlehalf, middle, mid(-night), midst, part, two parts.הָֽאַמָּ֔הhaamahthe cubitאַמָּהdefinite article, noun, common, feminine, singular, absolute — “the cubit”, the ordinary formH520properly, a mother (i.e. unit of measure, or the fore-arm (below the elbow), i.e. a cubit; also a door-base (as a bond of the entrance)cubit, [phrase] hundred (by exchange for H3967 (מֵאָה)), measure, post.רֹ֖חַבrochavbreadthרֹחַבnoun, common, masculine, singular, construct — “breadth”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH7341width (literally or figuratively)breadth, broad, largeness, thickness, wideness.הַקֶּ֥רֶשׁhaqereshthe benchקֶרֶשׁdefinite article, noun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “the bench”, the ordinary formH7175a slab or plank; by implication, a deck of ashipbench, board.הָאֶחָֽדhaechadthe firstאֶחָדdefinite article, adjective, cardinal, masculine, singular, absolute — “the first”, the ordinary formH259properly, united, i.e. one; or (as an ordinal) firsta, alike, alone, altogether, and, any(-thing), apiece, a certain, (dai-) ly, each (one), [phrase] eleven, every, few, first, [phrase] highway, a man, once, one, only, other, some, together,

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

Ten cubits shall be the length of a board, and a cubit and a half the breadth of each board.

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American Standard Version (1901)

Ten cubits shall be the length of a board, and a cubit and a half the breadth of each board.

Young’s Literal Translation

ten cubits [is] the length of the board, and a cubit and a half the breadth of the one board;

World English Bible

Ten cubits shall be the length of a board, and one and a half cubits the width of each board.

Darby Translation

ten cubits the length of the board, and a cubit and a half the breadth of one board.

Douay-Rheims

Let every one of them be ten cubits in length, and in breadth on cubit and a half.

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

Ten cubits shall be the length of a board, and a cubit and a half the breadth of each board.

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

Of ten cubits shalt thou make one post, and the breadth of one post of a cubit and a half.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Δέκα πήχεων ποιήσεις τὸν στύλον τὸν ἕνα, καὶ πήχεως ἑνὸς καὶ ἡμίσους τὸ πλάτος τοῦ στύλου τοῦ ἑνός.

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