Exodus 36:24
וְאַרְבָּעִים אַדְנֵי־כֶסֶף עָשָׂה תַּחַת עֶשְׂרִים הַקְּרָשִׁים שְׁנֵי אֲדָנִים תַּֽחַת־הַקֶּרֶשׁ הָאֶחָד לִשְׁתֵּי יְדֹתָיו וּשְׁנֵי אֲדָנִים תַּֽחַת־הַקֶּרֶשׁ הָאֶחָד לִשְׁתֵּי יְדֹתָֽיו׃
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✦ The same verse in five languages
וְאַרְבָּעִים֙ אַדְנֵי־כֶ֔סֶף עָשָׂ֕ה תַּ֖חַת עֶשְׂרִ֣ים הַקְּרָשִׁ֑ים שְׁנֵ֨י אֲדָנִ֜ים תַּֽחַת־הַקֶּ֤רֶשׁ הָאֶחָד֙ לִשְׁתֵּ֣י יְדֹתָ֔יו וּשְׁנֵ֧י אֲדָנִ֛ים תַּֽחַת־הַקֶּ֥רֶשׁ הָאֶחָ֖ד לִשְׁתֵּ֥י יְדֹתָֽיו׃
καὶ θῆκαν τοὺς δύο δακτυλίους τοὺς χρυσοῦς ἐπ’ ἀμφοτέρας τὰς τοῦ λογίου·
Greek text from Swete's edition, CC BY-SA 4.0
Latin (Vulgate)
cum quadraginta basibus argenteis. Duæ bases sub una tabula ponebantur ex utraque parte angulorum, ubi incastraturæ laterum in angulis terminantur.
y fabricó cuarenta bases de plata para ponerlas debajo de las veinte tablas: dos bases debajo de cada tabla para encajar sus dos espigas.
Classic Spanish (Reina-Valera 1909)
Hizo también las cuarenta basas de plata debajo de las veinte tablas: dos basas debajo de la una tabla para sus dos quicios, y dos basas debajo de la otra tabla para sus dos quicios.
with forty silver bases to put under the twenty frames — two bases for each frame, one under each tenon.
✦ What the text says
Summary
The verse specifies that forty adnei ("bases of", H0134) silver were made to support twenty wooden frames of the tabernacle structure. Each frame rested on two bases, one under each of its two tenons (yadot, "hands", H3027G), securing the frame in place.
Key words
- 'ar.ba.'Im ("forty", H0705) — cardinal number specifying the total count of silver bases made for the twenty frames.
- 'ad.nei- ("bases of", H0134) — construct plural noun, grammatically linked to Khe.sef ("silver", H3701G), forming the phrase "bases of silver."
- 'a.Sah ("he made", H6213H) — qal perfect verb, third person masculine singular, indicating a completed action attributed to an unnamed subject (the craftsman).
- Ke.resh ("frame", H7175) — masculine singular noun, appears twice with the definite article ha (H9009) as ha.Ke.resh ha.'e.Chad ("the frame, the one"), referring individually to each of the two frames being described.
- ye.do.Ta ("hands of", H3027G) with pronominal suffix v ("its", H9023) — construct feminine plural noun meaning "tenons" or literally "hands," each frame having two such projections.
What the text says
The Hebrew sentence structure lists the total ('ar.ba.'Im 'ad.nei-Khe.sef, "forty bases of silver") and then specifies their placement using Ta.chat ("under", H8478G) twice: once generally under the twenty frames ('es.Rim ha.qe.ra.Shim), and then in a distributive breakdown. The distributive structure repeats the phrase "two bases under the frame, the one, for its two tenons" (she.Nei 'a.da.Nim Ta.chat-ha.Ke.resh ha.'e.Chad li.sh.Tei ye.do.Ta.v) twice, using ha.'e.Chad ("the one", H0259) as a distributive marker meaning "each one" in this context, rather than a simple ordinal "first."
The repetition of the same clause for two separate frames functions as a distributive construction in Hebrew, conveying "for each frame" without needing a distinct grammatical marker — the syntax itself, through duplication, expresses the pattern applied to every frame in the set of twenty.
Differences between versions
The Septuagint (Swete) text provided for this reference does not correspond to the Hebrew content of Exodus 36:24; it describes two golden rings placed on the breastpiece (logion), a subject found elsewhere in the tabernacle construction narrative. This indicates a structural divergence in how the LXX orders or numbers this section of Exodus relative to the Masoretic Hebrew text, rather than a translation variant of the same verse. The Vulgate (Clementine) and the Hebrew align closely in content, both describing the forty silver bases and their placement of two per frame under the tenons.
This explanation describes the text using linguistic data; it adds no doctrine or confessional interpretation.