Exodus 39:33
וַיָּבִיאוּ אֶת־הַמִּשְׁכָּן אֶל־מֹשֶׁה אֶת־הָאֹהֶל וְאֶת־כָּל־כֵּלָיו קְרָסָיו קְרָשָׁיו בְּרִיחָיו וְעַמֻּדָיו וַאֲדָנָֽיו׃
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✦ The same verse in five languages
וַיָּבִ֤יאוּ אֶת־הַמִּשְׁכָּן֙ אֶל־מֹשֶׁ֔ה אֶת־הָאֹ֖הֶל וְאֶת־כָּל־כֵּלָ֑יו קְרָסָ֣יו קְרָשָׁ֔יו בְּרִיחָ֖יו וְעַמֻּדָ֥יו וַאֲדָנָֽיו׃
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Latin (Vulgate)
opertorium de pellibus arietum rubricatis, et aliud operimentum de janthinis pellibus,
Y le presentaron a Moisés el santuario, la carpa con todos sus utensilios, sus ganchos, sus tablas, sus travesaños, sus postes y sus bases;
Classic Spanish (Reina-Valera 1909)
Y trajeron el tabernáculo á Moisés, el tabernáculo y todos sus vasos; sus corchetes, sus tablas, sus barras, y sus columnas, y sus basas;
Then they brought the tabernacle to Moses: the tent with all its furnishings, its clasps, its frames, its crossbars, and its posts and bases;
✦ What the text says
Summary
The verse narrates that the Israelites brought the completed tabernacle to Moses, listing its main components: the tent itself and all its furnishings — hooks, frames, bars, pillars, and bases. This marks the presentation of the finished construction work described in the preceding chapters.
Key words
- va-yaVi'u ("and they brought", H0935P) — hiphil narrative verb, causative form indicating the subject caused the object (the tabernacle) to be brought; third person masculine plural continues the ongoing narrative chain.
- ha-Mishkan ("the tabernacle", H4908) — definite singular noun, marked with the direct object marker 'et (H0853), identifying it as the primary object being brought.
- keLai ("its articles/vessels", H3627) — masculine plural construct noun with pronominal suffix -o ("its/his", H9023), meaning literally "articles of it," introducing the list of components that follows.
- keraSai ("its hooks", H7165), keraShai ("its frames", H7175), berichai ("its bars", H1280) — each a masculine plural construct noun with the same suffix H9023, forming a chain of items all governed by "all its articles."
- 'amuDai ("its pillars", H5982G) and 'adaNai ("its bases", H0134) — final two items in the list, same construct-plus-suffix pattern, joined by the conjunction ve ("and", H9002).
What the text says
The sentence opens with a narrative verb, va-yaVi'u ("and they brought"), in the hiphil stem, marking a causative action: the unnamed subjects (understood from context as the workers or the people) caused the tabernacle to arrive before Moses. The object is introduced twice with the marker 'et (H0853, untranslated): first 'et-haMishkan ("the tabernacle") and then, after specifying the recipient 'el-Mosheh ("to Moses"), a second object phrase begins with 'et-ha'Ohel ("the tent").
What follows is a construct chain: kol-keLai ("all the articles of") governs a list of five plural nouns — keraSai, keraShai, berichai, 'amuDai, 'adaNai — each carrying the same third-person masculine singular suffix (H9023, "its/his"), referring back to the tabernacle structure. This grammatical pattern (construct plus repeated suffix) produces a cumulative inventory effect: "its hooks, its frames, its bars, its pillars, and its bases," each item explicitly tied back to the tabernacle as a whole rather than listed as free-standing nouns.
Differences between versions
The Vulgate text supplied (VULCLEM) describes ram-skin and dyed-skin coverings, content that does not correspond to the Hebrew of this verse, which lists the bringing of the tabernacle with its hooks, frames, bars, pillars, and bases. The Hebrew, the BSB, the RV1909, and the SBLIBRE align closely in content and structure, all rendering the construct chain as a list of tabernacle components.
This explanation describes the text using linguistic data; it adds no doctrine or confessional interpretation.