שָׁלַב shâlab — to space off
Translated in the KJV as equally distant, set in order.
a primitive root; to space off; intensive (evenly) to make equi-distant.
shâlab in each stem
Pu'al
Participle (passive) 2
Two tenons shall there be in one board, set in order one against another: thus shalt thou make for all the boards of the tabernacle.
One board had two tenons, equally distant one from another: thus did he make for all the boards of the tabernacle.
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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