kup´ling : Is the FV rendering of מחבּרת , maḥbereth ̌ . This Hebrew word means joining, or the place where one thing is joined to another, as of the curtains of the tabernacle (Exodus 26:4 , Exodus 26:5 ), and of the different parts of the ephod (Exodus 28:27; Exodus 39:20 ).
It is also the English Versions of the Bible rendering of מחבּרות , meḥabberōth , and this refers more to the thing that joins the two objects, as beams of wood (2 Chronicles 34:11 ), or hooks of iron (1 Chronicles 22:3 ).
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