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And they putוַיִּתְּנוּon itעָלָיוa cordפְּתִילof blueתְּכֵלֶתto fasten itלָתֵתon the turbanעַל הַמִּצְנֶפֶתabove,מִלְמָעְלָהasכַּאֲשֶׁרYHWHיְהוָהhad commandedצִוָּהMoses.אֶת מֹשֶׁה
Exodus 39:31
Study it in the app“And they put on it a cord of blue to fasten it on the turban above, as YHWH had commanded Moses.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Exodus 39:31, word by word
- And they putיִּתְּנוּyitnu
put
To place something somewhere.
Where else “yitnu” 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- on the turbanמִּצְנֶפֶתmitsnefet
turban
The turban of the high priest.
Where else “mitsnefet” appears- aboveמָעְלָmala
above
Upward, above; with ages, "twenty years old or more".
Where else “mala” appears- YHWHיְהוָהyehva
YHWH
The personal name of the God of Israel, written in Hebrew with four letters, Y-H-W-H, without vowels. Out of reverence Jews stopped pronouncing it and read "Adonai" (Lord), so many Bibles put "the LORD" or "Jehovah". This translation keeps the four letters. The name is related to the verb "to be" (Exodus 3:14-15). He is not a god other than Elohim: "YHWH Elohim" is the same Creator God, called by his name.
Where else “yehva” appears- had commandedצִוָּהtsiva
command
To give an order: "as YHWH had commanded".
Where else “tsiva” appears- Mosesמֹשֶׁהmoshe
Moses
Moses, the man God called to bring Israel out of Egypt and through whom he gave the Law. His name sounds like "draw out" (Exodus 2:10).
Where else “moshe” appears
The context
30And they made the plate of the holy diadem of pure gold, and wrote on it an inscription with the engravings of a seal: “Holiness to YHWH.”
31 · This verse (above)
32So all the labor of the dwelling, the tent of meeting, was finished; and the sons of Israel did according to all that YHWH had commanded Moses; so they did.