H2053 H2053
Hooks or pegs of gold and silver fastened to the posts of the tabernacle for hanging curtains and screens
Found exclusively in the Priestly source's detailed blueprint of the tabernacle, this noun refers to the small metal hooks or pegs affixed to the wooden pillars from which the sacred hangings were suspended. Every occurrence clusters in Exodus 26-27 and 36-38, always in the plural. The consistent rendering across languages — Spanish 'ganchos,' French 'crochets,' German 'Haken' — confirms a single, concrete referent: the functional hardware that held the sanctuary curtains in place, linking architectural precision to liturgical holiness.
Senses
1. hooks, pegs (of the tabernacle) — Metal hooks or pegs attached to the pillars of the tabernacle structure, used to suspend the curtains, screens, and hangings of the court and holy place. All 13 occurrences appear in the Priestly tabernacle instructions (Exod 26-27) and their execution account (Exod 36-38), made of gold for the interior veil and silver for the courtyard pillars. 13×
AR["خَطَاطِيفَ","خَطَاطِيفُ","خَطَاطِيفُهَا","خُطّافاتُ","خُطّافاتُها","كَلاليبَها","كَلاليبُها"]·ben["আঁকড়া","আঁকড়াগুলি-তাদের","আংটা","এবং-আঁকড়াগুলি-তাদের","এবং-তাদের-আঁকড়াগুলি","তাদের-আংটা"]·DE["Haken","Haken-von","ihr-Haken"]·EN["hooks","hooks-of","their-hooks"]·FR["crochets","crochets-de","leur-crochets"]·heb["ו-ויהם","ווי","וויהם","ווים"]·HI["उनके-हुक","हुक"]·ID["kait-kait","kait-kait mereka","kait-kaitnya"]·IT["ganci","ganci-di","loro-ganci"]·jav["canthelan","canthelan-canthelan","canthelan-canthelan-ipun","canthelanipun","cantholan-cantholanipun","cantholan-cantholanipun;"]·KO["걸쫠들이","겈고리들","겈고리들을","그것들의-겈고리들","그것들의-고리들과","그것들의-고리들은","그들의-걸쫠들이"]·PT["ganchos","ganchos-de","ganchos-delas","seus-ganchos"]·RU["крючки","крючки-их"]·ES["ganchos","ganchos-de","sus-ganchos"]·SW["kulabu","kulabu-za","kulabu-zake"]·TR["kancalar","kancaları","kancalarını"]·urd["اُن-کی-کنڈیاں","اُن-کے-کانٹوں","اُن-کے-کانٹے","کانٹے","کنڈیاں"]
Exod 26:32, Exod 26:37, Exod 27:10, Exod 27:11, Exod 27:17, Exod 36:36, Exod 36:38, Exod 38:10, Exod 38:11, Exod 38:12, Exod 38:17, Exod 38:19 (+1 more)
Related Senses
H3808 1. simple negation (not) (4839×)G1722 1. locative: in, within (2442×)H1004b 1. house, dwelling, building (2015×)G3756 1. not (negation particle) (1635×)H4480a 1. source or separation (1198×)H5892b 1. city, town (1093×)G1519 1. direction: into, to, toward (1061×)H3427 1. Qal: to dwell, inhabit (937×)G1537 1. from, out of (source/origin) (886×)H8034 1. Name (designation / identifier) (856×)G3361 1. subjective negation (not) (834×)G1909 1. on, upon (spatial surface) (757×)H0369 1. existential negation: there is not (738×)H5869a 1. in the eyes/sight of (evaluative) (734×)H5650 1. Servant, attendant, subject (723×)H0408 1. prohibitive negation do-not (712×)G2443 1. so that, in order that (purpose/result) (665×)G0575 1. from (649×)G1223 1. through, by means of (582×)H3541 1. thus, so, in this manner (569×)
BDB / Lexicon Reference
† [וָו] n.[m.] hook, pin or peg (etym. unknown)—pl. abs. וָוִים Ex 38:28; cstr. וָוֵי Ex 27:10 + 5 times; וָוֵיהֶם Ex 26:32 + 5 times;—only P, in description of tabernacle Ex 26:32, 37; 27:10, 11, 17; 36:36, 38; 38:10, 11, 12, 17, 19, 28, the hooks or pegs of gold and silver, fastened on, or in, the posts of the tabernacle, to support the various hangings (curtains, screens, etc.)