Exodus 39:29

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

and the girdle of fine twined linen, and blue, and purple, and scarlet, the work of the embroiderer; as Jehovah commanded Moses.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וְֽאֶת־הָאַבְנֵ֞ט שֵׁ֣שׁ מָשְׁזָ֗ר וּתְכֵ֧לֶת וְאַרְגָּמָ֛ן וְתוֹלַ֥עַת שָׁנִ֖י מַעֲשֵׂ֣ה רֹקֵ֑ם כַּאֲשֶׁ֛ר צִוָּ֥ה יְהוָ֖ה אֶת־מֹשֶֽׁה׃

Transliteration

And wĕʾet-the ʾabnēṭ šēš mošzār and ûtĕkēlet and wĕʾargāmān and wĕtôlaʿat šānî maʿaśēh rōqēm, as which ṣiwwâ Yhwh ʾet-Mōšeh.

Grammar Details

*wĕʾet*: conjunction + direct object marker - and [accusative]
*ʾabnēṭ*: masculine singular absolute with definite article - the sash/belt
*šēš*: masculine singular absolute - fine linen
*mošzār*: hophal participle masculine singular - twisted/twined
*ûtĕkēlet*: conjunction + feminine singular absolute - and blue/blue-purple
*wĕʾargāmān*: conjunction + masculine singular absolute - and purple
*wĕtôlaʿat*: conjunction + feminine singular construct - and worm of
*šānî*: masculine singular absolute - scarlet/crimson
*maʿaśēh*: masculine singular construct - work of
*rōqēm*: qal participle masculine singular - embroiderer/needleworker
*ṣiwwâ*: piel perfect 3rd masculine singular - commanded
*Yhwh*: proper noun - LORD/Yahweh
*Mōšeh*: proper noun - Moses

Word Meanings

*ʾabnēṭ*: sash/belt/waistband
*tĕkēlet*: blue/violet-blue/blue-purple material
*ʾargāmān*: purple/red-purple material
*tôlaʿat šānî*: scarlet worm/crimson/scarlet material
*maʿaśēh rōqēm*: work of embroidery/embroidered work/needlework

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American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

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Referenced Verses

Exod 28:39 : 39 And thou shalt weave the coat in checker work of fine linen, and thou shalt make a mitre of fine linen, and thou shalt make a girdle, the work of the embroiderer.

Similar Verses (AI)

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Exod 39:1-5
5 verses
91%
1And of the blue, and purple, and scarlet, they made finely wrought garments, for ministering in the holy place, and made the holy garments for Aaron; as Jehovah commanded Moses.
2And he made the ephod of gold, blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen.
3And they did beat the gold into thin plates, and cut it into wires, to work it in the blue, and in the purple, and in the scarlet, and in the fine linen, the work of the skilful workman.
4They made shoulder-pieces for it, joined together; at the two ends was it joined together.
5And the skilfully woven band, that was upon it, wherewith to gird it on, was of the same piece [and] like the work thereof; of gold, of blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen; as Jehovah commanded Moses.
Exod 39:21-28
8 verses
85%
21And they did bind the breastplate by the rings thereof unto the rings of the ephod with a lace of blue, that it might be upon the skilfully woven band of the ephod, and that the breastplate might not be loosed from the ephod; as Jehovah commanded Moses.
22And he made the robe of the ephod of woven work, all of blue;
23and the hole of the robe in the midst thereof, as the hole of a coat of mail, with a binding round about the hole of it, that it should not be rent.
24And they made upon the skirts of the robe pomegranates of blue, and purple, and scarlet, [and] twined [linen].
25And they made bells of pure gold, and put the bells between the pomegranates upon the skirts of the robe round about, between the pomegranates;
26a bell and a pomegranate, a bell and a pomegranate, upon the skirts of the robe round about, to minister in; as Jehovah commanded Moses.
27And they made the coats of fine linen of woven work for Aaron, and for his sons,
28and the mitre of fine linen, and the goodly head-tires of fine linen, and the linen breeches of fine twined linen,
Exod 28:39-40
2 verses
84%
39And thou shalt weave the coat in checker work of fine linen, and thou shalt make a mitre of fine linen, and thou shalt make a girdle, the work of the embroiderer.
40And for Aaron's sons thou shalt make coats, and thou shalt make for them girdles, and head-tires shalt thou make for them, for glory and for beauty.
Exod 39:30-31
2 verses
83%
30And they made the plate of the holy crown of pure gold, and wrote upon it a writing, like the engravings of a signet, HOLY TO JEHOVAH.
31And they tied unto it a lace of blue, to fasten it upon the mitre above; as Jehovah commanded Moses.
Exod 28:8
83%
8And the skilfully woven band, which is upon it, wherewith to gird it on, shall be like the work thereof [and] of the same piece; of gold, of blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen.
Exod 39:8
82%
8And he made the breastplate, the work of the skilful workman, like the work of the ephod; of gold, of blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen.
Exod 28:4-6
3 verses
80%
4And these are the garments which they shall make: a breastplate, and an ephod, and a robe, and a coat of checker work, a mitre, and a girdle: and they shall make holy garments for Aaron thy brother, and his sons, that he may minister unto me in the priest's office.
5And they shall take the gold, and the blue, and the purple, and the scarlet, and the fine linen.
6And they shall make the ephod of gold, of blue, and purple, scarlet, and fine twined linen, the work of the skilful workman.
Exod 29:5
78%
5And thou shalt take the garments, and put upon Aaron the coat, and the robe of the ephod, and the ephod, and the breastplate, and gird him with the skilfully woven band of the ephod;
Exod 35:6
78%
6and blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine linen, and goats' [hair],
Exod 26:36
77%
36And thou shalt make a screen for the door of the Tent, of blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen, the work of the embroiderer.
Exod 36:37
77%
37And he made a screen for the door of the Tent, of blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen, the work of the embroiderer;
Exod 28:15
76%
15And thou shalt make a breastplate of judgment, the work of the skilful workman; like the work of the ephod thou shalt make it; of gold, of blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen, shalt thou make it.
Exod 25:4
76%
4and blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine linen, and goats' [hair],
Exod 28:33-34
2 verses
76%
33And upon the skirts of it thou shalt make pomegranates of blue, and of purple, and of scarlet, round about the skirts thereof; and bells of gold between them round about:
34a golden bell and a pomegranate, a golden bell and a pomegranate, upon the skirts of the robe round about.
Exod 36:35
76%
35And he made the veil of blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen: with cherubim, the work of the skilful workman, made he it.
Exod 38:18
76%
18And the screen for the gate of the court was the work of the embroiderer, of blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen: and twenty cubits was the length, and the height in the breadth was five cubits, answerable to the hangings of the court.
Exod 26:31
76%
31And thou shalt make a veil of blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen: with cherubim the work of the skilful workman shall it be made:
Num 15:38
76%
38Speak unto the children of Israel, and bid them that they make them fringes in the borders of their garments throughout their generations, and that they put upon the fringe of each border a cord of blue:
Exod 39:41
76%
41the finely wrought garments for ministering in the holy place, and the holy garments for Aaron the priest, and the garments of his sons, to minister in the priest's office.
Lev 8:7
75%
7And he put upon him the coat, and girded him with the girdle, and clothed him with the robe, and put the ephod upon him, and he girded him with the skilfully woven band of the ephod, and bound it unto him therewith.
Lev 8:13
75%
13And Moses brought Aaron's sons, and clothed them with coats, and girded them with girdles, and bound head-tires upon them; as Jehovah commanded Moses.
Exod 28:31
75%
31And thou shalt make the robe of the ephod all of blue.
Exod 28:37
74%
37And thou shalt put it on a lace of blue, and it shall be upon the mitre; upon the forefront of the mitre it shall be.
Exod 36:8
74%
8And all the wise-hearted men among them that wrought the work made the tabernacle with ten curtains; of fine twined linen, and blue, and purple, and scarlet, with cherubim, the work of the skilful workman, [Bezalel] made them.
Exod 26:1
74%
1Moreover thou shalt make the tabernacle with ten curtains; of fine twined linen, and blue, and purple, and scarlet, with cherubim the work of the skilful workman shalt thou make them.
Exod 35:23
74%
23And every man, with whom was found blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine linen, and goats' [hair], and rams' skins dyed red, and sealskins, brought them.
Exod 38:16
73%
16All the hangings of the court round about were of fine twined linen.
Exod 28:28
73%
28And they shall bind the breastplate by the rings thereof unto the rings of the ephod with a lace of blue, that it may be upon the skilfully woven band of the ephod, and that the breastplate be not loosed from the ephod.
Exod 27:16
73%
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Exod 31:10
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2 Chr 3:14
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14And he made the veil of blue, and purple, and crimson, and fine linen, and wrought cherubim thereon.
Exod 35:25
73%
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Exod 35:19
72%
19the finely wrought garments, for ministering in the holy place, the holy garments for Aaron the priest, and the garments of his sons, to minister in the priest's office.
Exod 38:23
72%
23And with him was Oholiab, the son of Ahisamach, of the tribe of Dan, an engraver, and a skilful workman, and an embroiderer in blue, and in purple, and in scarlet, and in fine linen.