Exodus 26:25

וְהָיוּ שְׁמֹנָה קְרָשִׁים וְאַדְנֵיהֶם כֶּסֶף שִׁשָּׁה עָשָׂר אֲדָנִים שְׁנֵי אֲדָנִים תַּחַת הַקֶּרֶשׁ הָאֶחָד וּשְׁנֵי אֲדָנִים תַּחַת הַקֶּרֶשׁ הָאֶחָֽד׃

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✦ The same verse in five languages

Hebrew

וְהָיוּ֙ שְׁמֹנָ֣ה קְרָשִׁ֔ים וְאַדְנֵיהֶ֣ם כֶּ֔סֶף שִׁשָּׁ֥ה עָשָׂ֖ר אֲדָנִ֑ים שְׁנֵ֣י אֲדָנִ֗ים תַּ֚חַת הַקֶּ֣רֶשׁ הָאֶחָ֔ד וּשְׁנֵ֣י אֲדָנִ֔ים תַּ֖חַת הַקֶּ֥רֶשׁ הָאֶחָֽד׃

Greek (Septuagint)

καὶ ἔσονται ὀκτὼ στῦλοι, καὶ αἱ βάσεις αὐτῶν ἀργυραῖ δέκα ἕξ· δύο βάσεις τῷ ἑνὶ στύλῳ εἰς ἀμφότερα τὰ μέρη αὐτοῦ, καὶ δύο βάσεις τῶ στύλῳ τῶ ἑνί.

Greek text from Swete's edition, CC BY-SA 4.0

Latin (Vulgate)

Et erunt simul tabulæ octo, bases earum argenteæ sedecim, duabus basibus per unam tabulam supputatis.

Spanish

En total serán ocho tablas con sus dieciséis bases de plata: dos bases debajo de cada tabla.

Classic Spanish (Reina-Valera 1909)

De suerte que serán ocho tablas, con sus basas de plata, diez y seis basas; dos basas debajo de la una tabla, y dos basas debajo de la otra tabla.

English

So there are to be eight frames and sixteen silver bases— two under each frame.

✦ What the text says

Summary

The verse specifies the total count for one side structure of the tabernacle: eight kerashim ("frames", H7175) with sixteen silver adanim ("bases", H0134), assigning two bases under each individual frame.

Key words

ha.Yu ("they will be", H1961) — qal sequential perfect, continuing the construction sequence from the preceding verses; establishes the resulting total as a consequence of the prior instructions.
ke.ra.Shim ("frames", H7175) — masculine plural noun, the standing wooden structural units of the tabernacle wall.
'ad.nei.Hem ("their bases", H0134 + suffix) — construct plural noun with third-person masculine plural suffix, linking the bases directly to the frames just named.
she.Nei ... 'a.da.Nim ("two ... bases", H8147 + H0134) — dual-form cardinal in construct governing the plural noun, used twice to specify the two-base allotment per frame.
Ta.chat ("under", H8478G) — construct noun functioning as a preposition, indicating spatial placement of the bases relative to each frame.

What the text says

The verse opens with the narrative ve. ("and", H9001) attached to ha.Yu, marking this as the summary consequence of the frame-and-base instructions given earlier in the chapter. The first clause states the totals: she.mo.Nah ke.ra.Shim ("eight frames", H8083 + H7175) and ve.'ad.nei.Hem Ke.sef ("and their bases, silver", H0134 + H3701G), followed by the total count shi.Shah 'a.Sar 'a.da.Nim ("sixteen bases", H8337 + H6240 + H0134).

After giving the aggregate numbers, the Hebrew shifts to a distributive structure, repeating the phrase she.Nei 'a.da.Nim Ta.chat ha.Ke.resh ha.'e.Chad ("two bases under the frame, the one", H8147+H0134+H8478G+H7175+H0259) twice — once for each frame referenced. The repetition of ha.'e.Chad ("the one", H0259) with the definite article functions distributively, meaning "each one" rather than a single specific frame; this is how Biblical Hebrew expresses "each" without a dedicated distributive word, relying instead on this construct-plus-repetition pattern.

Differences between versions

The LXX renders ke.ra.Shim ("frames", H7175) as στῦλοι ("pillars/columns"), a different structural image than the Hebrew's "frames." The LXX also adds εἰς ἀμφότερα τὰ μέρη αὐτοῦ ("into both his parts"), a clarifying phrase not present in the Hebrew text. The Vulgate's tabulae ("boards/planks") aligns more closely with the Hebrew kerashim ("frames") than the LXX's "pillars" does.

This explanation describes the text using linguistic data; it adds no doctrine or confessional interpretation.