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Exodus 39:21 — King James Version← Study notes

And they did bind the breastplate by his rings unto the rings of the ephod with a lace of blue, that it might be above the curious girdle of the ephod, and that the breastplate might not be loosed from the ephod; as the Lord commanded Moses.


Exodus 39:21Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Exodus 39:2123 words
וַיִּרְכְּסוּwayirəkəsûAnd tie
אֶתʾet
הַחֹשֶׁןhaḥōšenThe pocket
מִטַּבְּעֹתָיוmiṭabəʿōtāywFrom seal
אֶלʾelNear
טַבְּעֹתṭabəʿōtSeal
הָאֵפֹדhāʾēp̄ōdThe girdle
בִּפְתִילbip̄ətîlIn twine
תְּכֵלֶתtəḵēletMussel
לִהְיֹתlihəyōtTo exist
עַלʿalAbove
חֵשֶׁבḥēševBelt
הָאֵפֹדhāʾēp̄ōdThe girdle
וְלֹאwəlōʾAnd not
יִזַּחyizaḥShove
הַחֹשֶׁןhaḥōšenThe pocket
מֵעַלmēʿalFrom above
הָאֵפֹדhāʾēp̄ōdThe girdle
כַּאֲשֶׁרkaʾăšerLike who
צִוָּהṣiûhConstitute
יְהוָהyəhwāhLORD
אֶתʾet
מֹשֶׁהmōšehMoses
Words read right to left. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.

Word-by-word meanings

וַיִּרְכְּסוּwayirəkəsûAnd tie
אֶתʾetdirect object marker (no translation)
הַחֹשֶׁןhaḥōšenThe pocket
מִטַּבְּעֹתָיוmiṭabəʿōtāywFrom seal
אֶלʾelNear
טַבְּעֹתṭabəʿōtSeal
הָאֵפֹדhāʾēp̄ōdThe girdle
בִּפְתִילbip̄ətîlIn twine
תְּכֵלֶתtəḵēletMussel
לִהְיֹתlihəyōtTo exist
עַלʿalAbove
חֵשֶׁבḥēševBelt
הָאֵפֹדhāʾēp̄ōdThe girdle
וְלֹאwəlōʾAnd not
יִזַּחyizaḥShove
הַחֹשֶׁןhaḥōšenThe pocket
מֵעַלmēʿalFrom above
הָאֵפֹדhāʾēp̄ōdThe girdle
כַּאֲשֶׁרkaʾăšerLike who
צִוָּהṣiûhConstitute
יְהוָהyəhwāhLORD
אֶתʾetdirect object marker (no translation)
מֹשֶׁהmōšehMoses

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