Exodus

Exodus 38:18

¹⁸The curtain for the entrance to the courtyard was embroidered with blue, purple, and scarlet yarn, and finely spun linen. It was twenty cubits long^f and, like the curtains of the courtyard, five cubits high,^g

Footnotes

f 38:18 20 cubits is approximately 30 feet or 9.1 meters.
g 38:18 5 cubits is approximately 7.5 feet or 2.3 meters.

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English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
The curtain	וּמָסַ֞ךְ	ū·mā·saḵ	Conjunctive waw; Noun - masculine singular construct	H4539 covering, screen
for the entrance	שַׁ֤עַר	ša·‘ar	Noun - masculine singular construct	H8179 gate
to the courtyard	הֶחָצֵר֙	he·ḥā·ṣêr	Article; Noun - common singular	H2691 enclosure, court
was embroidered	רֹקֵ֔ם	rō·qêm	Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular	H7551 variegate
with blue	תְּכֵ֧לֶת	tə·ḵê·leṯ	Noun - feminine singular	H8504 violet
purple	וְאַרְגָּמָ֛ן	wə·’ar·gā·mān	Conjunctive waw; Noun - masculine singular	H713 purple, red-purple, i.e. purple thread & cloth
and scarlet yarn	וְתוֹלַ֥עַת	wə·ṯō·w·la·‘aṯ	Conjunctive waw; Noun - feminine singular construct	H8438 worm, scarlet stuff
and finely spun	מָשְׁזָ֑ר	mā·šə·zār	Verb - Hofal - Participle - masculine singular	H7806 be twisted
linen	וְשֵׁ֣שׁ	wə·šêš	Conjunctive waw; Noun - masculine singular	H8336 id.
twenty	וְעֶשְׂרִ֤ים	wə·‘eś·rîm	Conjunctive waw; Number - common plural	H6242 (a) twenty
cubits	אַמָּה֙	’am·māh	Noun - feminine singular	H520 ell, cubit
long	אֹ֔רֶךְ	’ō·reḵ	Noun - masculine singular	H753 length
and	לְעֻמַּ֖ת	lə·‘um·maṯ	Preposition-l	H5980 juxtaposition
like	לְעֻמַּ֖ת	lə·‘um·maṯ	Preposition-l	H5980 juxtaposition
the curtains	קַלְעֵ֥י	qal·‘ê	Noun - masculine plural construct	H7050 sling
of the courtyard	הֶחָצֵֽר׃	he·ḥā·ṣêr	Article; Noun - common singular	H2691 enclosure, court
five	חָמֵ֣שׁ	ḥā·mêš	Number - feminine singular	H2568 five
cubits	אַמּ֔וֹת	’am·mō·wṯ	Noun - feminine plural	H520 ell, cubit
high	וְקוֹמָ֤ה	wə·qō·w·māh	Conjunctive waw; Noun - feminine singular	H6967 height

Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.