יָתֵדyâthêd

peg, pin, pin, peg

Pronunciation: yaw-thade' · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H3489

Meanings

a. tent-pin (Judges 5:26; Judges 4:21; Judges 4:22)

b. a peg for hanging (Ezekiel 15:3; Isaiah 22:23; Isaiah 22:24)

c. for digging, (= spade) (Deuteronomy 23:14)

d. the pin or stick used in beating up the woof in the loom (Judges 16:14)

Where it appears

Appears 24 times in the Bible.

  • Exodus 27:19 “All the articles used in the rituals of the Tabernacle, including all the tent pegs used to support the Tabernacle and the courtyard curtains, must be made of bronze.
  • Exodus 35:18 the tent pegs of the Tabernacle and courtyard and their ropes;
  • Exodus 38:20 All the tent pegs used in the Tabernacle and courtyard were made of bronze.
  • Exodus 38:31 Bronze was also used to make the bases for the posts that supported the curtains around the courtyard, the bases for the curtain at the entrance of the courtyard, and all the tent pegs for the Tabernacle and the courtyard.
  • Exodus 39:40 the curtains for the walls of the courtyard; the posts and their bases; the curtain for the entrance to the courtyard; the ropes and tent pegs; all the furnishings to be used in worship at the Tabernacle;
  • Numbers 3:37 They were also responsible for the posts of the courtyard and all their bases, pegs, and ropes.
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Source: Brown, Driver and Briggs, Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain; markup by unfoldingWord, CC BY (github.com/unfoldingWord/Brown-Driver-Briggs-Enhanced).