King James Version

Exodus 38:10

Their pillars were twenty, and their brasen sockets twenty; the hooks of the pillars and their fillets were of silver.

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עַמּוּדֵיהֶ֣םamudeyhempillarעַמּוּדnoun, common, masculine, plural, construct, suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, masculine, plural — “pillar”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH5982a column (as standing); also a stand, i.e. platform[idiom] apiece, pillar.עֶשְׂרִ֔יםesrimtwentyעֶשְׂרִיםadjective, cardinal, both genders, plural, absolute — “twenty”, the ordinary formH6242twenty; also (ordinal) twentieth(six-) score, twenty(-ieth).וְאַדְנֵיהֶ֥םveadneyhemand foundationאֶדֶןconjunction, noun, common, masculine, plural, construct, suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, masculine, plural — “and foundation”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH134a basis (of a building, a column, etc.)foundation, socket.עֶשְׂרִ֖יםesrimtwentyעֶשְׂרִיםadjective, cardinal, both genders, plural, absolute — “twenty”, the ordinary formH6242twenty; also (ordinal) twentieth(six-) score, twenty(-ieth).נְחֹ֑שֶׁתnechoshetcopperנְחֹשֶׁתnoun, common, feminine, singular, absolute — “copper”, the ordinary formH5178copper, hence, something made of that metal, i.e. coin, a fetter; figuratively, base (as compared with gold or silver)brasen, brass, chain, copper, fetter (of brass), filthiness, steel.וָוֵ֧יvavehookוָוnoun, common, masculine, plural, construct — “hook”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH2053a hook (the name of the sixth Hebrew letter)hook.הָעַמֻּדִ֛יםhaamudimthe pillarעַמּוּדdefinite article, noun, common, masculine, plural, absolute — “the pillar”, the ordinary formH5982a column (as standing); also a stand, i.e. platform[idiom] apiece, pillar.וַחֲשֻׁקֵיהֶ֖םvachashuqeyhemand filletחָשֻׁקconjunction, noun, common, masculine, plural, construct, suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, masculine, plural — “and fillet”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH2838attached, i.e. a fence-rail or rod connecting the posts or pillarsfillet.כָּֽסֶףkasefmoneyכֶּסֶףnoun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “money”, the ordinary formH3701silver (from its pale color); by implication, moneymoney, price, silver(-ling).

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

Their pillars were twenty, and their sockets twenty, of brass; the hooks of the pillars and their fillets were of silver.

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American Standard Version (1901)

their pillars were twenty, and their sockets twenty, of brass; the hooks of the pillars and their fillets were of silver.

Young’s Literal Translation

their pillars [are] twenty, and their brazen sockets twenty, the pegs of the pillars and their fillets [are] silver;

World English Bible

their pillars were twenty, and their sockets twenty, of bronze; the hooks of the pillars and their fillets were of silver.

Darby Translation

their pillars twenty, and their bases twenty, of copper; the hooks of the pillars and their connecting-rods of silver.

Douay-Rheims

Twenty pillars of brass with their sockets, the heads of the pillars, and the whole graving of the work, of silver.

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

Their pillars were twenty, and their sockets twenty, of brass; the hooks of the pillars and their fillets were of silver.

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

and cast for it four rings: two on the one side and two on the other side, broad, so that men should lift it with the staves in them.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

καὶ ἐχώνευσεν αὐτῇ τέσσαρας δακτυλίους, δύο ἐπὶ τοῦ κλίτους τοῦ ἑνὸς, καὶ δύο ἐπὶ τοῦ κλίτους τοῦ δευτέρου, εὐρεῖς, ὥστε αἴρειν τοῖς διωστῆρσιν ἐν αὐτοῖς.