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Exodus 39:5

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← Exodus 39:4	Exodus 39:5 (KJV)	Exodus 39:6 →
They made shoulderpieces for it, to couple [it] together: by the two edges was it coupled together.	And the curious girdle of his ephod, that [was] upon it, [was] of the same, according to the work thereof; [of] gold, blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen; as the LORD commanded Moses.	And they wrought onyx stones inclosed in ouches of gold, graven, as signets are graven, with the names of the children of Israel.

Verse Text

KJV with Strong's Numbers

And the curious girdle^H2805 of his ephod^H642, that was upon it, was of the same, according to the work^H4639 thereof; of gold^H2091, blue^H8504, and purple^H713, and scarlet^{H8144 H8438}, and fine twined^H7806 linen^H8336; as the LORD^H3068 commanded^H6680 Moses^H4872.

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Original Hebrew

וְחֵשֶׁב אֲפֻדָּתֹו אֲשֶׁר עָלָיו מִמֶּנּוּ הוּא כְּמַעֲשֵׂהוּ זָהָב תְּכֵלֶת וְאַרְגָּמָן וְתֹולַעַת שָׁנִי וְשֵׁשׁ מָשְׁזָר כַּאֲשֶׁר צִוָּה יְהוָה אֶת־מֹשֶׁה׃

Hebrew	Transliteration	Strong's	Morphology	Gloss
וְ/חֵ֨שֶׁב	ve./Che.shev	H2805	HC/Ncmsc	and/ (the) girdle of
אֲפֻדָּת֜/וֹ	'a.fu.da.T/o	H642	HNcfsc/Sp3ms	ephod/ its
אֲשֶׁ֣ר	'a.Sher	H834	HTr	which
עָלָ֗י/ו	'a.La/v	H5921	HR/Sp3ms	(was) on/ it
מִמֶּ֣/נּוּ	mi.Me./nu	H4480	HR/Sp1cp	(was) from/ it
הוּא֮	hu'	H1931	HPp3ms	it
כְּ/מַעֲשֵׂ/הוּ֒	ke./ma.'a.se./Hu	H4639	HR/Ncmsc/Sp3ms	(will be) like/ workmanship/ its
זָהָ֗ב	za.Hav	H2091	HNcmsa	gold
תְּכֵ֧לֶת	te.Khe.let	H8504	HNcfsa	violet stuff
וְ/אַרְגָּמָ֛ן	ve./'ar.ga.Man	H713	HC/Ncmsa	and/ purple
וְ/תוֹלַ֥עַת	ve./to.La.'at	H8438	HC/Ncfsc	and/ scarlet stuff of
שָׁנִ֖י	sha.Ni	H8144	HNcmsa	scarlet
וְ/שֵׁ֣שׁ	ve./Shesh	H8336	HC/Acfsa	and/ fine linen
מָשְׁזָ֑ר	ma.she.Zar	H7806	HVHsmsa	twisted
כַּ/אֲשֶׁ֛ר	ka./'a.Sher	H834	HR/Tr	just/ as
צִוָּ֥ה	tzi.Vah	H6680	HVpp3ms	he had commanded
יְהוָ֖ה	Yah.weh	H3068	HNp	Yahweh
אֶת	'et-	H853	HTo	(obj.)
מֹשֶֽׁה	mo.Sheh	H4872	HNp	Moses

Source: Westminster Leningrad Codex (MorphHB), TAHOT (Tyndale House)

Strong's References

• H642 — אֵפֻדָּה (ʼêphuddâh, ay-food-daw'): feminine of אֵפוֹד; a girding on (of the ephod); hence, generally, a plating (of metal); ephod, ornament.
• H713 — אַרְגָּמָן (ʼargâmân, ar-gaw-mawn'): of foreign origin; purple (the color or the dyed stuff); purple.
• H2091 — זָהָב (zâhâb, zaw-hawb'): from an unused root meaning to shimmer; gold, figuratively, something gold-colored (i.e. yellow), as oil, a clear sky; gold(-en), fair weather.
• H2805 — חֵשֶׁב (chêsheb, khay'-sheb): from חָשַׁב; a belt or strap (as being interlaced); curious girdle.
• H3068 — יְהֹוָה (Yᵉhôvâh, yeh-ho-vaw'): from הָיָה; (the) self-Existent or Eternal; Jehovah, Jewish national name of God; Jehovah, the Lord. Compare יָהּ, יְהֹוִה.
• H4639 — מַעֲשֶׂה (maʻăseh, mah-as-eh'): from עָשָׂה; an action (good or bad); generally, a transaction; abstractly, activity; by implication, a product (specifically, a poem) or (generally) property; act, art, [phrase] bakemeat, business, deed, do(-ing), labor, thing made, ware of making, occupation, thing offered, operation, possession, [idiom] well, (handy-, needle-, net-) work(ing, -manship), wrought.
• H4872 — מֹשֶׁה (Môsheh, mo-sheh'): from מָשָׁה; drawing out (of the water), i.e. rescued; Mosheh, the Israelite lawgiver; Moses.
• H6680 — צָוָה (tsâvâh, tsaw-vaw'): a primitive root; (intensively) to constitute, enjoin; appoint, (for-) bid, (give a) charge, (give a, give in, send with) command(-er, -ment), send a messenger, put, (set) in order.
• H7806 — שָׁזַר (shâzar, shaw-zar'): a primitive root; to twist (a thread of straw); twine.
• H8144 — שָׁנִי (shânîy, shaw-nee'): of uncertain derivation; crimson, properly, the insect or its color, also stuff dyed with it; crimson, scarlet (thread).
• H8336 — שֵׁשׁ (shêsh, shaysh): or (for alliteration with מֶשִׁי) שְׁשִׁי; for שַׁיִשׁ; bleached stuff, i.e. white linen or (by analogy) marble; [idiom] blue, fine (twined) linen, marble, silk.
• H8438 — תּוֹלָע (tôwlâʻ, to-law'): and (feminine) תּוֹלֵעָה; or תּוֹלַעַת; or תֹּלַעַת; from יָלַע; a maggot (as voracious); specifically (often with ellipsis of שָׁנִי); the crimson-grub, but used only (in this connection) of the colorfrom it, and cloths dyed therewith; crimson, scarlet, worm.
• H8504 — תְּכֵלֶת (tᵉkêleth, tek-ay'-leth): probably for שְׁחֶלֶת; the cerulean mussel, i.e. the color (violet) obtained therefrom or stuff dyed therewith; blue.

The following Strong's numbers are referenced in the Hebrew (Westminster Leningrad Codex) text but were not explicitly tagged in the KJV source:

• H834 — אֲשֶׁר (ʼăsher, ash-er'): a primitive relative pronoun (of every gender and number); who, which, what, that; also (as an adverb and a conjunction) when, where, how, because, in order that, etc.; [idiom] after, [idiom] alike, as (soon as), because, [idiom] every, for, [phrase] forasmuch, [phrase] from whence, [phrase] how(-soever), [idiom] if, (so) that ((thing) which, wherein), [idiom] though, [phrase] until, [phrase] whatsoever, when, where ([phrase] -as, -in, -of, -on, -soever, -with), which, whilst, [phrase] whither(-soever), who(-m, -soever, -se). As it is indeclinable, it is often accompanied by the personal pronoun expletively, used to show the connection.
• H853 — אֵת (ʼêth, ayth): apparent contracted from אוֹת in the demonstrative sense of entity; properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely); (as such unrepresented in English).
• H1931 — הוּא (hûwʼ, hoo): of which the feminine (beyond the Pentateuch) is הִיא; a primitive word, the third person pronoun singular; he (she or it); only expressed when emphatic or without a verb; also (intensively) self, or (especially with the article) the same; sometimes (as demonstrative) this or that; occasionally (instead of copula) as or are; he, as for her, him(-self), it, the same, she (herself), such, that (...it), these, they, this, those, which (is), who.
• H4480 — מִן (min, min): or מִנִּי; or מִנֵּי; (constructive plural) (Isaiah 30:11); for מֵן; properly, a part of; hence (prepositionally), from or out of in many senses; above, after, among, at, because of, by (reason of), from (among), in, [idiom] neither, [idiom] nor, (out) of, over, since, [idiom] then, through, [idiom] whether, with.
• H5921 — עַל (ʻal, al): properly, the same as עַל used as a preposition (in the singular or plural often with prefix, or as conjunction with a particle following); above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications; above, according to(-ly), after, (as) against, among, and, [idiom] as, at, because of, beside (the rest of), between, beyond the time, [idiom] both and, by (reason of), [idiom] had the charge of, concerning for, in (that), (forth, out) of, (from) (off), (up-) on, over, than, through(-out), to, touching, [idiom] with.

Cross References

Verse Cross-References (Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, Enhanced)

• as the Lord — Matthew 28:20, 1 Corinthians 11:23
• curious — Exodus 28:8, Exodus 29:5, Leviticus 8:7, Isaiah 11:5, Revelation 1:13

Reciprocal references (1): Leviticus 8:4

Related Topics

• Nave’s: COLORS, EPHOD, PRIEST

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