Exodus 28:21 — King James Version← Study notes

“And the stones shall be with the names of the children of Israel, twelve, according to their names, like the engravings of a signet; every one with his name shall they be according to the twelve tribes.”

Exodus 28:21 — Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Exodus 28:2119 words

וְהָאֲבָנִיםwəhāʾăvānîmAnd the stone

תִּהְיֶיןָtihəyeynāExist

עַלʿalAbove

שְׁמֹתšəmōtAppellation

בְּנֵיbənêSon

יִשְׂרָאֵלyiśərāʾēlHe will rule as God

שְׁתֵּיםšətêmTwo

עֶשְׂרֵהʿeśərēhTen

עַלʿalAbove

שְׁמֹתָםšəmōtāmAppellation

פִּתּוּחֵיpitûḥêSculpture

חוֹתָםḥwōtāmSignature-ring

אִישׁʾîšMan

עַלʿalAbove

שְׁמוֹšəmwōAppellation

תִּהְיֶיןָtihəyeynāExist

לִשְׁנֵיlišənêTo two

עָשָׂרʿāśārTen

שָׁבֶטšāveṭScion

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

Word-by-word meanings

וְהָאֲבָנִיםwəhāʾăvānîmAnd the stone

תִּהְיֶיןָtihəyeynāExist

עַלʿalAbove

שְׁמֹתšəmōtAppellation

בְּנֵיbənêSon

יִשְׂרָאֵלyiśərāʾēlHe will rule as God

שְׁתֵּיםšətêmTwo

עֶשְׂרֵהʿeśərēhTen

עַלʿalAbove

שְׁמֹתָםšəmōtāmAppellation

פִּתּוּחֵיpitûḥêSculpture

חוֹתָםḥwōtāmSignature-ring

אִישׁʾîšMan

עַלʿalAbove

שְׁמוֹšəmwōAppellation

תִּהְיֶיןָtihəyeynāExist

לִשְׁנֵיlišənêTo two

עָשָׂרʿāśārTen

שָׁבֶטšāveṭScion

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