Study it in the app“As the work of a stonecutter, with engravings of a signet, you shall engrave the two stones with the names of the sons of Israel; mounted in settings of gold you shall make them.”
As the workמַעֲשֵׂהof a stonecutter,חָרַשׁ אֶבֶןwith engravingsפִּתּוּחֵיof a signet,חֹתָםyou shall engraveתְּפַתַּחthe twoאֶת שְׁתֵּיstonesהָאֲבָנִיםwithעַלthe namesשְׁמֹתof the sonsבְּנֵיof Israel;יִשְׂרָאֵלmountedמֻסַבֹּתin settingsמִשְׁבְּצוֹתof goldזָהָבyou shall makeתַּעֲשֶׂהthem.אֹתָם
workmanship
Something made by hand: a piece of craftsmanship, or an idol.
Where else “maase” appearscraftsman
Craftsman: one who works stone, wood or metal.
Where else “charash” appearsstone
A piece of rock, large or small, used for building, marking or throwing.
Where else “even” appearsengraving
Engraving, carved work.
Where else “pituche” appearsseal
Seal: an engraved piece that served as a personal signature; it was worn hanging from a cord or as a ring.
Where else “chotam” appearsengrave
To cut a shape or letters into stone or metal.
Where else “tefatach” appearsboth
The two together, both of them.
Where else “shete” appearsname
The word by which a person, place or thing is called and recognized.
Where else “shemot” appearsdescendant
A descendant or member of a people: "sons of Israel".
Where else “bene” appearsIsrael
Israel, the new name Jacob received from God, explained as "you have striven with God" (Genesis 32:28); then the name of the people that came from him and, after the division, of the northern kingdom.
Where else “yisrael” appearsset
Placed in a gold frame.
Where else “musabot” appearssetting
Setting: a mounting of gold filigree in which a stone is fixed; also a woven pattern (Psalm 45:13).
Where else “mishbtsot” appearsgold
Gold.
Where else “zahav” appearsmake
To build or create something.
Where else “taase” appears10six of their names on the one stone, and the names of the remaining six on the second stone, in the order of their birth.
11 · This verse (above)
12You shall put the two stones on the shoulder pieces of the ephod, as stones of memorial for the sons of Israel; and Aaron shall bear their names before YHWH on his two shoulders as a memorial.
