My Kingdom for a Knop

Reading:   Exodus 37-38

What, pray tell, is a knop?

EXODOUS 37:21

21 And a knop under two branches of the same, and a knop under two branches of the same, and a knop under two branches of the same, according to the six branches going out of it. 

It is apparent that The Lord wanted knops "...under two branches of the same." I do hope Moses, and Bezaleel (the master craftsman), understood what a knop was because there is no clear understanding of what it is today, other then conjecture and speculation.  All scholars seem to agree that it was some type of knob or egg-like ornament but again, there is no perfect definition.  The most concise answer comes from Biblestudytools.com:

The word no doubt signifies some globular thing resembling a small gourd or an egg, though as to the character of the ornament we are quite in the dark.

I like this answer because the scholars honestly state that, in regard to the character of a knop, "...we are quite in the dark."  Other sites don't relent on their knowledge (another strike against the Wiki folks) and I find that uncomfortably presumptive of them.

Ultimately, the various required knops are an insignificant item in regards to the overall purpose of the tabernacle but I was curious, so I looked.  The Lord wanted knops and I am sure that Bezaleel understood what type of ornamentation a knop was and adequately constructed the knops as dictated. Enough of the knop talk...

~Kipling