You shall clotheוְהִלְבַּשְׁתָּwith themאֹתָםAaronאֶת אַהֲרֹןyour brother,אָחִיךָand his sonsוְאֶת בָּנָיוwith him,אִתּוֹand anointוּמָשַׁחְתָּthemאֹתָםand ordainוּמִלֵּאתָthemאֶת יָדָםand consecrateוְקִדַּשְׁתָּthem,אֹתָםthat they may serve as priestsוְכִהֲנוּfor me.לִי
Exodus 28:41
Study it in the app“You shall clothe with them Aaron your brother, and his sons with him, and anoint them and ordain them and consecrate them, that they may serve as priests for me.”
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Exodus 28:41, word by word
- You shall clotheהִלְבַּשְׁתָּhilbashta
clothe
To put clothes on someone else, sometimes as an honor or a help.
Where else “hilbashta” appears- Aaronאַהֲרֹןaharon
Aaron
Aaron, the older brother of Moses, his spokesman before Pharaoh and the first high priest of Israel.
Where else “aharon” appears- your brotherאָחִיachi
brother
A son of the same father or the same mother.
Where else “achi” appears- and his sonsבָּנָיbanay
son
The male born of a father and mother; in the plural, also sons and daughters.
Where else “banay” appears- and anointמָשַׁחְתָּmashachta
anoint
To pour oil on someone to set them apart for God.
Where else “mashachta” appears- and ordainמִלֵּאתָmileta
ordain
Literally "fill the hand": to install someone as priest.
Where else “mileta” appears- themיָדָyada
power
Literally "the hand": the strength and control someone has.
Where else “yada” appears- and consecrateקִדַּשְׁתָּkidashta
consecrate
To set apart people, things or a day for God.
Where else “kidashta” appears- that they may serve as priestsכִהֲנוּchihanu
serve as priest
Serve as a priest.
Where else “chihanu” appears
Translation note
“Ordain them” is, literally, “fill their hand,” the Hebrew expression for installing a priest in his office.
The context
40For the sons of Aaron you shall make tunics, and you shall make for them sashes, and caps you shall make for them, for honor and for beauty.
41 · This verse (above)
42Make for them linen undergarments to cover the flesh of their nakedness; from the hips to the thighs they shall reach.