Exodus 39:4

“Shoulder pieces they made for it, joining; at its two ends it was joined.”

Exodus 39:4 · direct translation from the Hebrew
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Exodus 39:4, word by word

Shoulder piecesכְּתֵפֹתketefot

shoulder

The part of the body between neck and arm, where loads are carried.

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they madeעָשׂוּasu

make

To build or create something.

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joiningחֹבְרֹתchovrot

join

To set two things together so that they form one.

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its twoשְׁנֵיshene

two

A pair, a quantity of two.

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endsקְצוֹתָיketsotay

edge

The part where something ends: the tip, the edge or the corner.

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The context

3And they hammered out the sheets of gold, and he cut them into threads to work them into the blue, and into the purple, and into the scarlet, and into the fine linen, the work of a skilled craftsman.

4 · This verse (above)

5And the woven band of its ephod that was on it was of one piece with it, of the same workmanship, of gold, blue, and purple, and scarlet, and twisted fine linen, as YHWH had commanded Moses.

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