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Exodus 36:25
“And for the other side of the tabernacle, which is toward the north corner, he made twenty boards,” (KJV)
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Lexical meaning
צֵלָעtsêlâʻ · tsay-law'
H6763 · Hebrew
H6763 · Hebrew
- Definition
- a 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)
- Derivation
- or (feminine) צַלְעָה; from H6760 (צָלַע);
- KJV renderings
- beam, board, chamber, corner, leaf, plank, rib, side (chamber).
- Grammar
- וּ — conjunction
- לְ — preposition
- צֶ֧לַע — common noun, both genders, singular, construct
- Usage
- Occurs 41 times in the Hebrew Bible.Genesis 2:21Genesis 2:22Exodus 25:12Exodus 25:12Exodus 25:14
Theological interpretation (AI)
The card on the left shows lexical data from published sources. Interpretation is separate: ask the Companion to explain how traditions read צֵלָע here.
Hebrew text: Westminster Leningrad Codex (public domain). Morphology & lemmas: Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible, CC BY 4.0 (hb.openscriptures.org). Lexicon: Strong's Hebrew Dictionary (1894, public domain; JSON edition © Open Scriptures, CC BY-SA). Verse numbers follow the Hebrew text, which occasionally differs from English Bibles.