You shall makeוְעָשִׂיתָtwoשְׁתֵּיringsטַבְּעוֹתof goldזָהָבand putוְנָתַתָּהthemאֹתָםonעַלthe twoשְׁתֵּיshoulder piecesכִתְפוֹתof the ephod,הָאֵפוֹדlow down,מִלְּמַטָּהonמִמּוּלits front,פָּנָיוclose toלְעֻמַּתits seam,מֶחְבַּרְתּוֹaboveמִמַּעַלthe woven bandלְחֵשֶׁבof the ephod.הָאֵפוֹד
Exodus 28:27
Study it in the app“You shall make two rings of gold and put them on the two shoulder pieces of the ephod, low down, on its front, close to its seam, above the woven band of the ephod.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Exodus 28:27, word by word
- You shall makeעָשִׂיתָasita
make
To build or create something.
Where else “asita” appears- twoשְׁתֵּיshete
two
A pair, a quantity of two.
Where else “shete” appears- ringsטַבְּעוֹתtabot
ring
A metal ring into which poles are put to carry something.
Where else “tabot” appears- of goldזָהָבzahav
gold
Gold.
Where else “zahav” appears- and putנָתַתָּהnatata
put
To place something somewhere.
Where else “natata” appears- shoulder piecesכִתְפוֹתchitfot
shoulder
The part of the body between neck and arm, where loads are carried.
Where else “chitfot” appears- of the ephodאֵפוֹדefod
ephod
Ephod: a garment of the high priest, like a vest or apron, worn over the robe (Exodus 28:6-14). In other passages, an object used in worship.
Where else “efod” appears- low downמַטָּהmata
below, downward
Below, downward, beneath.
Where else “mata” appears- onמּוּלmul
in front of, opposite
In front of, opposite.
Where else “mul” appears- its frontפָּנָיpanay
before
Literally "to the face of": in sight of someone, or on account of something.
Where else “panay” appears- close toעֻמַּתumat
alongside, close to
Beside, along with, close to.
Where else “umat” appears- its seamמֶחְבַּרְתּmechbart
set, seam
A set of pieces joined together; the place where they join.
Where else “mechbart” appears- aboveמַּעַלmaal
above
Upward, above; with ages, "twenty years old or more".
Where else “maal” appears- the woven bandחֵשֶׁבcheshev
woven band
A skillfully woven band that holds the ephod in place.
Where else “cheshev” appears
The context
26You shall make two rings of gold and put them on the two ends of the breastpiece, on its edge that is toward the side of the ephod, inward.
27 · This verse (above)
28They shall bind the breastpiece by its rings to the rings of the ephod with a cord of blue, so that it is on the woven band of the ephod, and the breastpiece shall not come loose from the ephod.