You shall fastenוְשַׂמְתָּitאֹתוֹonעַלa cordפְּתִילof blue,תְּכֵלֶתand it shall beוְהָיָהonעַלthe turban;הַמִּצְנָפֶתonאֶלthe frontמוּל פְּנֵיof the turbanהַמִּצְנֶפֶתit shall be.יִהְיֶה
Exodus 28:37
Study it in the app“You shall fasten it on a cord of blue, and it shall be on the turban; on the front of the turban it shall be.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Exodus 28:37, word by word
- You shall fastenשַׂמְתָּsamta
put
To put something somewhere.
Where else “samta” appears- a cordפְּתִילpetil
cord
Cord, twisted thread.
Where else “petil” appears- of blueתְּכֵלֶתtechelet
violet-blue
Thread or cloth dyed violet-blue, a very costly dye.
Where else “techelet” appears- and it shall beהָיָהhaya
be
To be: "I will be their Elohim".
Where else “haya” appears- the turbanמִּצְנָפֶתmitsnafet
turban
The turban of the high priest.
Where else “mitsnafet” appears- the frontמוּלmul
in front of, opposite
In front of, opposite.
Where else “mul” appears- the frontפְּנֵיpene
before
Literally "to the face of": in sight of someone, or on account of something.
Where else “pene” appears
The context
36You shall make a plate of pure gold and engrave on it, with engravings of a signet, ‘Holiness to YHWH.’
37 · This verse (above)
38It shall be on the forehead of Aaron, and Aaron shall bear the iniquity of the holy things that the sons of Israel consecrate, in all their holy gifts; it shall be on his forehead continually, for their acceptance before YHWH.