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Exodus 39:14 — King James Version← Study notes

And the stones were according to the names of the children of Israel, twelve, according to their names, like the engravings of a signet, every one with his name, according to the twelve tribes.


Exodus 39:14Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Exodus 39:1418 words
וְהָאֲבָנִיםwəhāʾăvānîmAnd the stone
עַלʿalAbove
שְׁמֹתšəmōtAppellation
בְּנֵיbənêSon
יִשְׂרָאֵלyiśərāʾēlHe will rule as God
הֵנָּהhēnāhThemselves
שְׁתֵּיםšətêmTwo
עֶשְׂרֵהʿeśərēhTen
עַלʿalAbove
שְׁמֹתָםšəmōtāmAppellation
פִּתּוּחֵיpitûḥêSculpture
חֹתָםḥōtāmSignature-ring
אִישׁʾîšMan
עַלʿalAbove
שְׁמוֹšəmwōAppellation
לִשְׁנֵיםlišənêmTo two
עָשָׂרʿāśārTen
שָׁבֶטšāveṭScion
Words read right to left. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.

Word-by-word meanings

וְהָאֲבָנִיםwəhāʾăvānîmAnd the stone
עַלʿalAbove
שְׁמֹתšəmōtAppellation
בְּנֵיbənêSon
יִשְׂרָאֵלyiśərāʾēlHe will rule as God
הֵנָּהhēnāhThemselves
שְׁתֵּיםšətêmTwo
עֶשְׂרֵהʿeśərēhTen
עַלʿalAbove
שְׁמֹתָםšəmōtāmAppellation
פִּתּוּחֵיpitûḥêSculpture
חֹתָםḥōtāmSignature-ring
אִישׁʾîšMan
עַלʿalAbove
שְׁמוֹšəmwōAppellation
לִשְׁנֵיםlišənêmTo two
עָשָׂרʿāśārTen
שָׁבֶטšāveṭScion

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