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And they madeוַיַּעֲשׂוּon the breastpieceעַל הַחֹשֶׁןchains,שַׁרְשְׁרֹתtwisted,גַּבְלֻתa workמַעֲשֵׂהof cord,עֲבֹתof pureטָהוֹרgold.זָהָב
Exodus 39:15
Study it in the app“And they made on the breastpiece chains, twisted, a work of cord, of pure gold.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Exodus 39:15, word by word
- And they madeיַּעֲשׂוּyaasu
make
To build or create something.
Where else “yaasu” appears- on the breastpieceחֹשֶׁןchoshen
breastpiece
Breastpiece: a square piece of cloth with twelve stones that the high priest wore on his chest (Exodus 28:15-30).
Where else “choshen” appears- chainsשַׁרְשְׁרֹתsharshrot
chain
Small chain.
Where else “sharshrot” appears- twistedגַּבְלֻתgavlut
twisted chain
Twisted chain, braid.
Where else “gavlut” appears- a workמַעֲשֵׂהmaase
workmanship
Something made by hand: a piece of craftsmanship, or an idol.
Where else “maase” appears- of cordעֲבֹתavot
cord
A cord braided of several strands, or bonds with which one ties.
Where else “avot” appears- of pureטָהוֹרtahor
pure
Without a mixture of anything else, like gold with no alloy.
Where else “tahor” appears- goldזָהָבzahav
gold
Gold.
Where else “zahav” appears
The context
14And the stones were according to the names of the sons of Israel, twelve, according to their names; with the engravings of a seal, each according to its name, for the twelve tribes.
15 · This verse (above)
16And they made two settings of gold and two rings of gold, and put the two rings on the two ends of the breastpiece.