Exodus 39:9 — King James Version← Study notes

“It was foursquare; they made the breastplate double: a span was the length thereof, and a span the breadth thereof, being doubled.”

Exodus 39:9 — Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Exodus 39:911 words

רָבוּעַrāvûʿaBe quadrate

הָיָהhāyāhExist

כָּפוּלkāp̄ûlFold

עָשׂוּʿāśûDo

אֶתʾet—

הַחֹשֶׁןhaḥōšenThe pocket

זֶרֶתzeretSpread

אָרְכּוֹʾārəkwōLength

וְזֶרֶתwəzeretAnd spread

רָחְבּוֹrāḥəbwōWidth

כָּפוּלkāp̄ûlFold

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

Word-by-word meanings

רָבוּעַrāvûʿaBe quadrate

הָיָהhāyāhExist

כָּפוּלkāp̄ûlFold

עָשׂוּʿāśûDo

אֶתʾetdirect object marker (no translation)

הַחֹשֶׁןhaḥōšenThe pocket

זֶרֶתzeretSpread

אָרְכּוֹʾārəkwōLength

וְזֶרֶתwəzeretAnd spread

רָחְבּוֹrāḥəbwōWidth

כָּפוּלkāp̄ûlFold

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