Exodus 39:40:6Exod.39.40.W6TAB
וְאֶת־הַמָּסָךְ֙
veethamasakh
“and the screen”
- Transliteration
- ve-et-ha-ma-SAKH
- Extended
- veh-eht-hah-mah-SAAKH
- IPA
- /wə.ʔɛt.ham.ma.ˈsaːħ/
Meaning by language
- English
- and the screen
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Samekh | s as in sit | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Kaf Sofit | final form of Kaf — at word end | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ve-et-ha-ma-SAKH
- clause
ET kal-EI he-kha-TSER et-am-mu-DE-ha ve-et-a-da-NE-ha ve-et-ha-ma-SAKH le-SHA-ar he-kha-TSER et-mei-ta-RAV vi-te-do-TE-ha
- sentence
ET kal-EI he-kha-TSER et-am-mu-DE-ha ve-et-a-da-NE-ha ve-et-ha-ma-SAKH le-SHA-ar he-kha-TSER et-mei-ta-RAV vi-te-do-TE-ha ve-ET kol-ke-LEI a-vo-DAT ha-mish-KAN le-O-hel mo-ED
Exegesis
The verse presents a catalog of sacred items through a repeated use of the direct object marker et {אֵת֩ | ʾêṯ} and the conjunction ve {וְ | wə} to coordinate each element.
Root and etymology
RootSamekh–Kaph–Kaph
“cover; screen”
In context — Exodus 39:40
The curtains of the courtyard with its posts and its bases, the screen for the gate of the courtyard with its cords and its pegs, and all the furnishings for the service of the tabernacle for the Tent of Meeting.
About this coordinate
Exodus 39:40:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of Exodus 39:40, so the Hebrew word וְאֶת־הַמָּסָךְ֙ (veethamasakh) can be cited, linked and studied at exactly this position rather than somewhere in the verse. In the Biblical Knowledge Coordinate System the same position is written Exod.39.40.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (Exod.39.40.W6.S1) and character.