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 39:21 — Hebrew 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
ℹWords read right to left. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.
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