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Exodus 39:7 — King James Version← Study notes

And he put them on the shoulders of the ephod, that they should be stones for a memorial to the children of Israel; as the Lord commanded Moses.


Exodus 39:7Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Exodus 39:714 words
וַיָּשֶׂםwayāśemAnd put
אֹתָםʾōtām
עַלʿalAbove
כִּתְפֹתkitəp̄ōtShoulder
הָאֵפֹדhāʾēp̄ōdThe girdle
אַבְנֵיʾavənêStone
זִכָּרוֹןzikārwōnMemento
לִבְנֵיlivənêTo son
יִשְׂרָאֵלyiśərāʾēlHe will rule as God
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

וַיָּשֶׂםwayāśemAnd put
אֹתָםʾōtāmdirect object marker (no translation)
עַלʿalAbove
כִּתְפֹתkitəp̄ōtShoulder
הָאֵפֹדhāʾēp̄ōdThe girdle
אַבְנֵיʾavənêStone
זִכָּרוֹןzikārwōnMemento
לִבְנֵיlivənêTo son
יִשְׂרָאֵלyiśərāʾēlHe will rule as God
כַּאֲשֶׁרkaʾăšerLike who
צִוָּהṣiûhConstitute
יְהוָהyəhwāhLORD
אֶתʾetdirect object marker (no translation)
מֹשֶׁהmōšehMoses

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