1. hooks, pegs (of the tabernacle) — Plural noun וָוִים referring to the hooks or pegs used in the construction of the tabernacle, specifically the metal hooks on the pillars of the court and the holy place from which curtains were hung. All 13 occurrences appear in Exodus 26-38 describing tabernacle construction. The construct form ('hooks of') and suffixed form ('their hooks') represent the same architectural element in different possessive constructions. Translated as English 'hooks,' Spanish 'ganchos,' Hindi 'huk' (हुक), Arabic 'khatatif' (خَطَاطِيفُ), Korean 'geolgori' (걸고리), Swahili 'kulabu.' No semantic distinction exists between construct and pronominal-suffix forms. 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)
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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.)