There shall beוְהָיָהan openingפִיfor its headרֹאשׁוֹin its middle,בְּתוֹכוֹwith a bindingשָׂפָהaroundסָבִיבits opening,לְפִיוthe workמַעֲשֵׂהof a weaver;אֹרֵגlike the openingכְּפִיof a coat of mailתַחְרָאit shall beיִהְיֶהfor it,לּוֹso that it will not tear.לֹא יִקָּרֵעַ
Exodus 28:32
Study it in the app“There shall be an opening for its head in its middle, with a binding around its opening, the work of a weaver; like the opening of a coat of mail it shall be for it, so that it will not tear.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Exodus 28:32, word by word
- There shall beהָיָהhaya
exist
To exist: "let there be light".
Where else “haya” appears- an openingפִיfi
opening
Literally "mouth": the hole or rim of something, like a well or sack.
Where else “fi” appears- for its headרֹאשׁrosh
head
The upper part of the body, where the face and hair are.
Where else “rosh” appears- in its middleתוֹכtoch
midst
The central point of something, or the company of several: in the midst of them.
Where else “toch” appears- with a bindingשָׂפָהsafa
edge
The edge where the sea or a river ends and the land begins.
Where else “safa” appears- aroundסָבִיבsaviv
around
In a circle or on every side of something: the camp, the city, the altar.
Where else “saviv” appears- the workמַעֲשֵׂהmaase
workmanship
Something made by hand: a piece of craftsmanship, or an idol.
Where else “maase” appears- of a weaverאֹרֵגoreg
weave; weaver
Weave; weaver.
Where else “oreg” appears- of a coat of mailתַחְרָאtachra
coat of mail
Coat of mail or reinforced tunic. It occurs only in Exodus 28:32 and 39:23.
Where else “tachra” appears- so that it will not tearיִקָּרֵעַyikarea
tear
To rip one's clothes in great grief.
Where else “yikarea” appears
The context
31You shall make the robe of the ephod all of blue.
32 · This verse (above)
33On its hem you shall make pomegranates of blue, purple, and scarlet yarn, on its hem all around, and bells of gold between them all around: