Exodus 28:12 — King James Version← Study notes

“And thou shalt put the two stones upon the shoulders of the ephod for stones of memorial unto the children of Israel: and Aaron shall bear their names before the Lord upon his two shoulders for a memorial.”

Exodus 28:12 — Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Exodus 28:1221 words

וְשַׂמְתָּwəśamətāAnd put

אֶתʾet—

שְׁתֵּיšətêTwo

הָאֲבָנִיםhāʾăvānîmThe stone

עַלʿalAbove

כִּתְפֹתkitəp̄ōtShoulder

הָאֵפֹדhāʾēp̄ōdThe girdle

אַבְנֵיʾavənêStone

זִכָּרֹןzikārōnMemento

לִבְנֵיlivənêTo son

יִשְׂרָאֵלyiśərāʾēlHe will rule as God

וְנָשָׂאwənāśāʾAnd lift

אַהֲרֹןʾahărōnAaron

אֶתʾet—

שְׁמוֹתָםšəmwōtāmAppellation

לִפְנֵיlip̄ənêTo face

יְהוָהyəhwāhLORD

עַלʿalAbove

שְׁתֵּיšətêTwo

כְתֵפָיוḵətēp̄āywShoulder

לְזִכָּרֹןləzikārōnTo memento

ℹWords read right to left. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.

Word-by-word meanings

וְשַׂמְתָּwəśamətāAnd put

אֶתʾetdirect object marker (no translation)

שְׁתֵּיšətêTwo

הָאֲבָנִיםhāʾăvānîmThe stone

עַלʿalAbove

כִּתְפֹתkitəp̄ōtShoulder

הָאֵפֹדhāʾēp̄ōdThe girdle

אַבְנֵיʾavənêStone

זִכָּרֹןzikārōnMemento

לִבְנֵיlivənêTo son

יִשְׂרָאֵלyiśərāʾēlHe will rule as God

וְנָשָׂאwənāśāʾAnd lift

אַהֲרֹןʾahărōnAaron

אֶתʾetdirect object marker (no translation)

שְׁמוֹתָםšəmwōtāmAppellation

לִפְנֵיlip̄ənêTo face

יְהוָהyəhwāhLORD

עַלʿalAbove

שְׁתֵּיšətêTwo

כְתֵפָיוḵətēp̄āywShoulder

לְזִכָּרֹןləzikārōnTo memento

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