מְקֻצְעָה mᵉqutsʻâh — an angle

pronounced mek-oots-aw' · Strong's H4742 · 2 occurrences in the Hebrew Bible · 1 stem: Pu'al

Translated in the KJV as corner.

from H7106 in the denominative sense of bending; an angle.

mᵉqutsʻâh in each stem

Pu'al 2×

Intensive · passive — the action intensified, repeated or brought about; the subject has it done to them

Participle (passive) 2

לִמְקֻצְעֹ֖ת Exod 26:23 Participle (passive), feminine plural

And two boards shalt thou make for the corners of the tabernacle in the two sides. (KJV)

לִמְקֻצְעֹ֖ת Exod 36:28 Participle (passive), feminine plural

And two boards made he for the corners of the tabernacle in the two sides. (KJV)

What the stems mean

A Hebrew verb is its root letters set into a pattern. The pattern — the binyan — is the grammar's way of saying three things at once: whether the action is simple, intensive or causative, and whether its subject is active, passive or reflexive. That is why one Hebrew word can need six English ones. All seven binyanim, explained ›

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Morphology from OpenScriptures MorphHB (CC BY 4.0); definitions from Strong's Hebrew Lexicon (public domain); text from the Westminster Leningrad Codex.

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