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And they putוַיִּתְּנוּthe twoשְׁתֵּיcordsהָעֲבֹתֹתof goldהַזָּהָבon the twoעַל שְׁתֵּיringsהַטַּבָּעֹתat the endsעַל קְצוֹתof the breastpiece.הַחֹשֶׁן
Exodus 39:17
Study it in the app“And they put the two cords of gold on the two rings at the ends of the breastpiece.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Exodus 39:17, word by word
- And they putיִּתְּנוּyitnu
put
To place something somewhere.
Where else “yitnu” appears- the twoשְׁתֵּיshete
both
The two together, both of them.
Where else “shete” appears- cordsעֲבֹתֹתavotot
cord
A cord braided of several strands, or bonds with which one ties.
Where else “avotot” appears- of goldזָּהָבzahav
gold
Gold.
Where else “zahav” appears- ringsטַּבָּעֹתtabaot
ring
A metal ring into which poles are put to carry something.
Where else “tabaot” appears- at the endsקְצוֹתketsot
edge
The part where something ends: the tip, the edge or the corner.
Where else “ketsot” appears- of 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
The context
16And they made two settings of gold and two rings of gold, and put the two rings on the two ends of the breastpiece.
17 · This verse (above)
18And the other two ends of the two cords they put on the two settings, and they put them on the shoulder pieces of the ephod, at its front.