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Exodus 39:8 — King James Version← Study notes

And he made the breastplate of cunning work, like the work of the ephod; of gold, blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen.


Exodus 39:8Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Exodus 39:814 words
וַיַּעַשׂwayaʿaśAnd do
אֶתʾet
הַחֹשֶׁןhaḥōšenThe pocket
מַעֲשֵׂהmaʿăśēhAction
חֹשֵׁבḥōšēvPlait
כְּמַעֲשֵׂהkəmaʿăśēhLike action
אֵפֹדʾēp̄ōdGirdle
זָהָבzāhāvGold
תְּכֵלֶתtəḵēletMussel
וְאַרְגָּמָןwəʾarəgāmānAnd purple
וְתוֹלַעַתwətwōlaʿatAnd maggot
שָׁנִיšānîCrimson
וְשֵׁשׁwəšēšAnd bleached
מָשְׁזָרmāšəzārTwist
Words read right to left. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.

Word-by-word meanings

וַיַּעַשׂwayaʿaśAnd do
אֶתʾetdirect object marker (no translation)
הַחֹשֶׁןhaḥōšenThe pocket
מַעֲשֵׂהmaʿăśēhAction
חֹשֵׁבḥōšēvPlait
כְּמַעֲשֵׂהkəmaʿăśēhLike action
אֵפֹדʾēp̄ōdGirdle
זָהָבzāhāvGold
תְּכֵלֶתtəḵēletMussel
וְאַרְגָּמָןwəʾarəgāmānAnd purple
וְתוֹלַעַתwətwōlaʿatAnd maggot
שָׁנִיšānîCrimson
וְשֵׁשׁwəšēšAnd bleached
מָשְׁזָרmāšəzārTwist

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