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title: וָו — hook · The Tanakh dictionary
description: וָו (2053), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 13 times: hook. BDB 1906: hook, pin peg. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# וָו

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«וָו» in the Tanakh dictionary: **hook** — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 2 verses in layers.

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**Used:** 13 times · **Key:** 2053 · **BDB:** וָו

### Glosses

hooks (7); the.hooks (6)

### Meaning (OSHB)

hook [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1493/2053/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

hook, pin peg [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1493/2053/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.\[m.\] hook, pin or peg (etym. unknown)—pl. abs. וָוִים Ex 38:28; cstr. וָוֵי Ex 27:10 + 5 times; וָוֵיהֶם Ex 26:32 + 5 times;—only P, in description of tabernacle Ex 26:32, 37; 27:10, 11, 17; 36:36, 38; 38:10, 11, 12, 17, 19, 28, the hooks or pegs of gold and silver, fastened on, or in, the posts of the tabernacle, to support the various hangings (curtains, screens, etc.)

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 13 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (1 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (1 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «וָו» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1493/2053/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Exodus 27:17](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/EXO.27.17/)

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כָּל־עַמּוּדֵ֨י הֶֽחָצֵ֤ר סָבִיב֙ מְחֻשָּׁקִ֣ים כֶּ֔סֶף וָוֵיהֶ֖ם כָּ֑סֶף וְאַדְנֵיהֶ֖ם נְחֹֽשֶׁת׃

*Word for word:* all the.pillars of the.courtyard all.around \[will.be\].furnished.with.bands silver hooks their \[will.be\].silver and bases their \[will.be\].bronze

*JPS 1917:* All the pillars of the court round about shall be filleted with silver; their hooks of silver, and their sockets of brass.

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[Exodus 38:10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/EXO.38.10/)

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עַמּוּדֵיהֶ֣ם עֶשְׂרִ֔ים וְאַדְנֵיהֶ֥ם עֶשְׂרִ֖ים נְחֹ֑שֶׁת וָוֵ֧י הָעַמֻּדִ֛ים וַחֲשֻׁקֵיהֶ֖ם כָּֽסֶף׃

*Word for word:* pillars their \[were\].twenty and bases their twenty \[were\].bronze the.hooks of the.pillars and bands their \[were\].silver

*JPS 1917:* Their pillars were twenty, and their sockets twenty, of brass; the hooks of the pillars and their fillets were of silver.

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