HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H3924
לוּלַי
lu.lay — loop
1) loop 1a) used in attaching curtains to hooks
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Loop
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GREEK · G6117
ἀγκύλη
agkulē — a loop
1. a loop or noose in a cord,Eur., (Xenophon Historicus) 2. the thong of a javelin , by which it was hurled: the javelin itself, (Euripides) 3. a bow-string , (Sophocles Tragicus) (ML)
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A knotted “eye” of cord, corresponding to the “taches” or knobs in the edges of the curtains of the tabernacle, for joining them into a continuous circuit, fifty to a curtain (Ex. 26:4, 5, 10, 11).
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Source: Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897). Historical dictionary wording reflects the scholarship and language of its era.