Exodus 27:10

sockets properly bases: see on Exodus 26:19.

brass copper or bronze, as always. See also on Exodus 25:3.

the hooks) for attaching the hangings to.

fillets) i.e. bands, or binding-rings(the root in Aram, signifies to bind), surrounding the pillars, probably at the base of the capitals (Exodus 38:17): so Di., Kenn. The Heb. word has also been understood to mean connecting-rods, joining the tops of the pillars, to which the hangings were attached: Exodus 38:19, however, seems to shew that the ḥǎshuḳimwere integral parts of the pillars, and the Heb. of Exodus 27:17 (Exodus 38:17) can hardly mean -connected by silver rods." -Fillet" (lit. a little thread, from Lat. filum, Fr. fil, dimin. filet) is a word better known formerly than it is now (except in connexion with food), meaning a headband, esp. a ribbon, but also used for any narrow strip of binding material (DB.s.v.), or for strips of metal (Murray, Eng. Dict.s.v.).