King James Version

Exodus 26:20

And for the second side of the tabernacle on the north side there shall be twenty boards:

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וּלְצֶ֧לַעuletselaand to plankצֵלָעconjunction, preposition, noun, common, both genders, singular, construct — “and to plank”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH6763a rib (as curved), literally (of the body) or figuratively (of a door, i.e. leaf); hence, a side, literally (of a person) or figuratively (of an object or the sky, i.e. quarter); architecturally, a (especially floor or ceiling) timber or plank (single or collective, i.e. a flooring)beam, board, chamber, corner, leaf, plank, rib, side (chamber).הַמִּשְׁכָּ֛ןhamishkanthe tabernacleמִשְׁכָּןdefinite article, noun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “the tabernacle”, the ordinary formH4908a residence (including a shepherd's hut, the lair of animals, figuratively, the grave; also the Temple); specifically, the Tabernacle (properly, its wooden walls)dwelleth, dwelling (place), habitation, tabernacle, tent.הַשֵּׁנִ֖יתhashenitthe againשֵׁנִיdefinite article, adjective, ordinal, feminine, singular, absolute — “the again”, the ordinary formH8145properly, double, i.e. second; also adverbially, againagain, either (of them), (an-) other, second (time).לִפְאַ֣תlifatto cornerפֵּאָהpreposition, noun, common, feminine, singular, construct — “to corner”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH6285properly, mouth in a figurative sense, i.e. direction, region, extremitycorner, end, quarter, side.צָפ֑וֹןtsafonnorthצָפוֹןnoun, common, feminine, singular, absolute — “north”, the ordinary formH6828properly, hidden, i.e. dark; used only of the north as aquarter (gloomy and unknown)north(-ern, side, -ward, wind).עֶשְׂרִ֖יםesrimtwentyעֶשְׂרִיםadjective, cardinal, both genders, plural, absolute — “twenty”, the ordinary formH6242twenty; also (ordinal) twentieth(six-) score, twenty(-ieth).קָֽרֶשׁqareshbenchקֶרֶשׁnoun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “bench”, the ordinary formH7175a slab or plank; by implication, a deck of ashipbench, board.

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

and for the second side of the tabernacle, on the north side, twenty boards.

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American Standard Version (1901)

and for the second side of the tabernacle, on the north side, twenty boards,

Young’s Literal Translation

'And for the second side of the tabernacle, for the north side, [are] twenty boards,

World English Bible

For the second side of the tabernacle, on the north side, twenty boards,

Darby Translation

And for the other side of the tabernacle on the north side there shall be twenty boards.

Douay-Rheims

In the second side also the tabernacle that looketh to the north, there shall be twenty boards,

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

and for the second side of the tabernacle, on the north side, twenty boards.

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

And for the next side, toward the south, twenty posts,

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Καὶ τὸ κλίτος τὸ δεύτερον τὸ πρὸς Νότον, εἴκοσι στύλους,