( יתד , yāthēdh , from yāthadh , "to drive in a peg"(?)): A cylindrical piece of wood or metal (e.g. brass, Exodus 27:19 ) such as that used by weavers in beating up the woof in the loom (Judges 16:14 , where Delilah fastened Samson's hair with the "pin"); or as a peg for hanging (Ezekiel 15:3; compare Isaiah 22:23 f; Ezra 9:8 ); or as a tent-pin, such as those used in the tabernacle (Exodus 27:19; Exodus 35:18; Exodus 38:20 , Exodus 38:31; Exodus 39:40; Numbers 3:37; Numbers 4:32; Judges 4:21 , where the King James Version translates "nail," the Revised Version (British and American) "tent-pin"; compare Judges 5:26 , where Hebrew has the same word, English Versions of the Bible "nail"). The tent-pin, like that of today, was probably sharpened at one end (Judges 4:21 ) and so shaped at the other as to permit the attaching of the cords so frequently mentioned in the same connection (Exodus 35:18; Exodus 39:40; Numbers 3:37; Numbers 4:32; compare Isaiah 33:20 ). From the acts of driving in the tent-pin (ṭāḳa‛ ) and pulling it out (nāsā' ) are derived the technical Hebrew terms for pitching a tent and for breaking camp. See also CRISPING PIN (Isaiah 3:22 , the Revised Version (British and American) "satchels"); STAKE .
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