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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 28:12Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Exodus 28:1221 words
HebrewMeaning
וְ/שַׂמְתָּ֞wəśamətā
and you will putconjH7760
any wise · bring · call · care ···
אֶתʾet
(as such unrepresented in English)particleH853
שְׁתֵּ֣יšətēy
the twoadjH8147
couple · double · second · twain ···
הָ/אֲבָנִ֗יםhāʾăbāniym
the stonesparticleH68
carbuncle · mason · plummet · hail- ···
עַ֚לʿal
onpronH5921
according to · after · against · among ···
כִּתְפֹ֣תkitəpōt
the shoulder-pieces ofnounH3802
corner · shoulder · side · undersetter
הָֽ/אֵפֹ֔דhāʾēpōd
the ephodparticleH646
אַבְנֵ֥יʾabənēy
stones ofnounH68
carbuncle · mason · plummet · hail- ···
זִכָּרֹ֖ןzikārōn
remindernounH2146
record
לִ/בְנֵ֣יlibənēy
for the sons ofpronH1121
afflicted · ite · ed one · appointed to ···
יִשְׂרָאֵ֑לyiśərāʾēl
IsraelnounH3478
וְ/נָשָׂא֩wənāśāʾ
and he will bearconjH5375
advance · arise · (able to · suffer to) bear(-er ···
אַהֲרֹ֨ןʾahărōn
AaronnounH175
אֶתʾet
(as such unrepresented in English)particleH853
שְׁמוֹתָ֜/םšəmwōtām
names theirnounH8034
base · named · renown · report
לִ/פְנֵ֧יlipənēy
beforepronH6440
accept · against · anger · as ···
יְהוָ֛הyəhwāh
YahwehnounH3068
the Lord. Compare
עַלʿal
onpronH5921
according to · after · against · among ···
שְׁתֵּ֥יšətēy
the twoadjH8147
couple · double · second · twain ···
כְתֵפָ֖י/וkətēpāyw
shoulder-pieces hisnounH3802
corner · shoulder · side · undersetter
לְ/זִכָּרֹֽןləzikārōn
to a reminderpronH2146
record
Words are listed top to bottom following the original right-to-left reading order. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.
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Names Engraved on the Priest's Shoulders
The high priest wears an ephod with onyx stones on which the names of the twelve tribes are engraved. The priest literally carries the names of all Israel on his shoulders before God. I'm a chaplain ...
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