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
Intensive · passive — the action intensified, repeated or brought about; the subject has it done to them
Participle (passive) 2
מְשֻׁלָּבֹ֔ת Exod 26:17 Participle (passive), feminine plural
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.
מְשֻׁלָּבֹ֔ת Exod 36:22 Participle (passive), feminine plural
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 ›