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You shall makeתַּעֲשֶׂהcordsגְּדִלִיםfor yourselfלָּךְonעַלthe fourאַרְבַּעedgesכַּנְפוֹתof your coveringכְּסוּתְךָwith whichאֲשֶׁר בָּהּyou cover yourself.תְּכַסֶּה
Deuteronomy 22:12
Study it in the app“You shall make cords for yourself on the four edges of your covering with which you cover yourself.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Deuteronomy 22:12, word by word
- You shall makeתַּעֲשֶׂהtaase
make
To build or create something.
Where else “taase” appears- cordsגְּדִלִיםgedilim
cord
Twisted threads hanging from the four corners of the cloak.
Where else “gedilim” appears- the fourאַרְבַּעarba
four
Four.
Where else “arba” appears- edgesכַּנְפוֹתkanfot
edge
Literally "wing": the flap of a cloak, or the far reaches of the earth.
Where else “kanfot” appears- of your coveringכְּסוּתְkesut
covering
The cloak someone wraps up in against the cold and sleeps in.
Where else “kesut” appears- you cover yourselfתְּכַסֶּהtechase
clothe oneself
To put a garment on to cover the body.
Where else “techase” appears
Translation note
See Numbers 15:38-40.
The context
11You shall not put on mixed cloth, wool and linen together.
12 · This verse (above)
13If a man takes a wife and goes in to her and hates her,