Shemot 26:17

17 Two yadot (tenons, projections) shall there be in each keresh (plank), set in order one against another: thus shalt thou make for all the kerashim (planks) of the Mishkan.

Shemot 26:17 Meaning and Commentary

Exodus 26:17

Two tenons shall there be on one board
Every board was to be so cut and shaped at the lower end of it, as to have, as it were, "two hands" ^F18, as in the original, to enter into, lay hold on, and fasten in mortises:

set in order one against another;
at a proper distance from each other, as the rounds of a ladder:

thus shalt thou make for all the boards of the tabernacle;
everyone was to have two tenons.

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FOOTNOTES:

F18 (twdy ytv) "duae manus", Montanus.

Shemot 26:17 In-Context

15 And thou shalt make the kerashim (planks) of the Mishkan of acacia wood, standing erect.

16 Ten cubits shall be the length of each keresh (plank), and a cubit and a half shall be the width of each keresh (plank).

17 Two yadot (tenons, projections) shall there be in each keresh (plank), set in order one against another: thus shalt thou make for all the kerashim (planks) of the Mishkan.

18 And thou shalt make the kerashim (planks) for the Mishkan, twenty kerashim (planks) on the south side southward.

19 And thou shalt make arba’im sockets of kesef under the twenty kerashim (planks); two sockets under one keresh (plank) for its two yadot (tenons, projections), and two sockets under the next keresh (plank) for its two yadot.