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It shall beיִהְיֶהsquareרָבוּעַand doubled,כָּפוּלa spanזֶרֶתits lengthאָרְכּוֹand a spanוְזֶרֶתits width.רָחְבּוֹ
Exodus 28:16
Study it in the app“It shall be square and doubled, a span its length and a span its width.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Exodus 28:16, word by word
- It shall beיִהְיֶהyihye
be
To be: "I will be their Elohim".
Where else “yihye” appears- squareרָבוּעַravua
square
Square, with four equal sides.
Where else “ravua” appears- and doubledכָּפוּלkaful
fold double
Fold double; doubled.
Where else “kaful” appears- a spanזֶרֶתzeret
span
Span: the open hand from the thumb to the little finger, about 22 centimeters.
Where else “zeret” appears- its lengthאָרְכּark
length
Length: "the length and the breadth".
Where else “ark” appears- its widthרָחְבּrachb
width
Width, breadth.
Where else “rachb” appears
The context
15You shall make a breastpiece of judgment, the work of a skilled craftsman; like the work of the ephod you shall make it: of gold, blue, purple, scarlet yarn, and fine twisted linen you shall make it.
16 · This verse (above)
17You shall fill it with a setting of stones, four rows of stones: a row of ruby, topaz, and emerald shall be the first row;