Exodus 39:40

אֵת קַלְעֵי הֶחָצֵר אֶת־עַמֻּדֶיהָ וְאֶת־אֲדָנֶיהָ וְאֶת־הַמָּסָךְ לְשַׁעַר הֶֽחָצֵר אֶת־מֵיתָרָיו וִיתֵדֹתֶיהָ וְאֵת כָּל־כְּלֵי עֲבֹדַת הַמִּשְׁכָּן לְאֹהֶל מוֹעֵֽד׃

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Hebrew

אֵת֩ קַלְעֵ֨י הֶחָצֵ֜ר אֶת־עַמֻּדֶ֣יהָ וְאֶת־אֲדָנֶ֗יהָ וְאֶת־הַמָּסָךְ֙ לְשַׁ֣עַר הֶֽחָצֵ֔ר אֶת־מֵיתָרָ֖יו וִיתֵדֹתֶ֑יהָ וְאֵ֗ת כָּל־כְּלֵ֛י עֲבֹדַ֥ת הַמִּשְׁכָּ֖ן לְאֹ֥הֶל מוֹעֵֽד׃

Greek (Septuagint)

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Latin (Vulgate)

tentorium in introitu atrii, funiculosque illius et paxillos. Nihil ex vasis defuit, quæ in ministerium tabernaculi, et in tectum fœderis jussa sunt fieri.

Spanish

las cortinas del patio, sus postes y sus bases, la cortina para la entrada del patio, sus cuerdas, sus estacas y todos los utensilios para el servicio del santuario de la Carpa de Reunión;

Classic Spanish (Reina-Valera 1909)

Las cortinas del atrio, y sus columnas, y sus basas, y el pabellón para la puerta del atrio, y sus cuerdas, y sus estacas, y todos los vasos del servicio del tabernáculo, del tabernáculo del testimonio;

English

the curtains of the courtyard with its posts and bases; the curtain for the gate of the courtyard, its ropes and tent pegs, and all the equipment for the service of the tabernacle, the Tent of Meeting;

✦ What the text says

Summary

Exodus 39:40 lists items brought to Moses as part of the completed tabernacle inventory: the courtyard curtains with their pillars and bases, the courtyard gate screen with its ropes and pegs, and all the equipment for the service of the tabernacle, the Tent of Meeting.

Key words

kal'ei ("curtains of", H7050B) — masculine plural construct, opening the list by linking the courtyard hangings to what follows.
chatzer ("courtyard", H2691A) — singular common noun, appearing twice (lines 4 and 19), anchoring both the pillars/bases and the gate screen to the same courtyard structure.
'amudei ("pillars of", H5982G) — masculine plural construct with pronominal suffix ha ("its", H9024), showing the pillars belong specifically to the courtyard curtains just named.
masakh ("screen", H4539) — masculine singular absolute noun, the distinct term for the gate covering, separate from the general courtyard curtains.
'avodat ("service of", H5656H) — feminine singular construct, linking "all the articles" (kelei, H3627) to their functional purpose within the mishkan ("tabernacle", H4908).

What the text says

The verse is built as a chain of items joined by the direct object marker 'et (H0853, untranslated) and the conjunction ve ("and", H9002), each introducing a component of the tabernacle courtyard assembly. The construct chains — kal'ei hachatzer ("curtains of the courtyard"), 'amudei-ha ("its pillars"), 'adanei-ha ("its bases") — show a grammatical dependency where each noun is defined by what follows it, a typical feature of Biblical Hebrew that groups related objects without needing separate possessive words.

The repetition of chatzer ("courtyard", H2691A) in both the curtain description and the gate description (sha'ar hachatzer, "gate of the courtyard") ties the two structural elements — the surrounding curtains and the entrance screen — to the same architectural space. The final clause uses kol-kelei 'avodat hamishkan ("all the articles of the service of the tabernacle") as a summary construct chain, gathering the preceding list under a general category before specifying its location: le'ohel mo'ed ("for the Tent of Meeting", H0168G/H4150I).

Differences between versions

The Vulgate (VULCLEM) condenses the list, using "tentorium" for the entrance covering and "funiculosque" and "paxillos" for the ropes and pegs, but does not explicitly render the courtyard curtains, pillars, and bases as separate items in the way the Hebrew construct chain does — it moves more directly to "nihil ex vasis defuit" ("nothing was lacking from the vessels"), a summarizing statement not present as such in the Hebrew, which instead lists kol-kelei 'avodat hamishkan ("all the articles of the service of the tabernacle") as a direct object continuing the list.

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