Exodus 28:17

World English Bible (2000)

You shall set in it settings of stones, four rows of stones: a row of ruby, topaz, and beryl shall be the first row;

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וּמִלֵּאתָ֥ בוֹ֙ מִלֻּ֣אַת אֶ֔בֶן אַרְבָּעָ֖ה טוּרִ֣ים אָ֑בֶן ט֗וּר אֹ֤דֶם פִּטְדָה֙ וּבָרֶ֔קֶת הַטּ֖וּר הָאֶחָֽד׃

Transliteration

And millēʾtā in it milluʾat ʾeben, four ṭûrîm ʾāben: ṭûr ʾōdem, piṭdāh and bāreqet, haṭṭûr hāʾeḥād.

Grammar Details

• *ûmillēʾtā*: conjunction + piel perfect, 2nd person masculine singular - and you shall fill
• *bô*: preposition with 3rd person masculine singular suffix - in it
• *milluʾat*: noun feminine singular construct - setting of
• *ʾeben*: noun feminine singular - stone
• *ʾarbāʿāh*: numeral masculine - four
• *ṭûrîm*: noun masculine plural construct - rows of
• *ʾāben*: noun feminine singular - stone
• *ṭûr*: noun masculine singular - row
• *ʾōdem*: noun masculine singular - ruby, carnelian
• *piṭdāh*: noun feminine singular - topaz
• *ûbāreqet*: conjunction + noun masculine singular - and emerald
• *haṭṭûr*: definite article + noun masculine singular - the row
• *hāʾeḥād*: definite article + numeral masculine singular - the first

Word Meanings

• *milluʾat ʾeben*: settings of stone, stone settings, mounted stones
• *ʾōdem*: ruby, carnelian, sardius
• *piṭdāh*: topaz, chrysolite, peridot
• *bāreqet*: emerald, beryl, carbuncle

Referenced Verses

• Ezek 28:13 : 13 You were in Eden, the garden of God; every precious stone adorned you: ruby, topaz, emerald, chrysolite, onyx, jasper, sapphire, turquoise, and beryl. Gold work of tambourines and of pipes was in you. In the day that you were created they were prepared.
• Mal 3:17 : 17 They shall be mine," says Yahweh of Armies, "my own possession in the day that I make, and I will spare them, as a man spares his own son who serves him.
• Rev 21:19-21 : 19 The foundations of the city's wall were adorned with all kinds of precious stones. The first foundation was jasper; the second, sapphire; the third, chalcedony; the fourth, emerald; 20 the fifth, sardonyx; the sixth, sardius; the seventh, chrysolite; the eighth, beryl; the ninth, topaz; the tenth, chrysoprasus; the eleventh, jacinth; and the twelfth, amethyst. 21 The twelve gates were twelve pearls. Each one of the gates was made of one pearl. The street of the city was pure gold, like transparent glass.
• Exod 28:9 : 9 You shall take two onyx stones, and engrave on them the names of the children of Israel:
• Exod 28:11 : 11 With the work of an engraver in stone, like the engravings of a signet, you shall engrave the two stones, according to the names of the children of Israel: you shall make them to be enclosed in settings of gold.
• Exod 39:10-21 : 10 They set in it four rows of stones. A row of ruby, topaz, and beryl was the first row; 11 and the second row, a turquoise, a sapphire, and an emerald; 12 and the third row, a jacinth, an agate, and an amethyst; 13 and the fourth row, a chrysolite, an onyx, and a jasper. They were enclosed in gold settings. 14 The stones were according to the names of the children of Israel, twelve, according to their names; like the engravings of a signet, everyone according to his name, for the twelve tribes. 15 They made on the breastplate chains like cords, of braided work of pure gold. 16 They made two settings of gold, and two gold rings, and put the two rings on the two ends of the breastplate. 17 They put the two braided chains of gold in the two rings at the ends of the breastplate. 18 The other two ends of the two braided chains they put on the two settings, and put them on the shoulder straps of the ephod, in its front. 19 They made two rings of gold, and put them on the two ends of the breastplate, on its edge, which was toward the side of the ephod inward. 20 They made two rings of gold, and put them on the two shoulder straps of the ephod underneath, in its front, close by its coupling, above the skillfully woven band of the ephod. 21 They bound the breastplate by its rings to the rings of the ephod with a lace of blue, that it might be on the skillfully woven band of the ephod, and that the breastplate might not come loose from the ephod, as Yahweh commanded Moses.
• Job 28:18-19 : 18 No mention shall be made of coral or of crystal. Yes, the price of wisdom is above rubies. 19 The topaz of Ethiopia shall not equal it, Neither shall it be valued with pure gold.
• Prov 3:15 : 15 She is more precious than rubies. None of the things you can desire are to be compared to her.
• Prov 8:11 : 11 For wisdom is better than rubies. All the things that may be desired can't be compared to it.
• Prov 20:15 : 15 There is gold and abundance of rubies; but the lips of knowledge are a rare jewel.
• Prov 31:10 : 10 Who can find a worthy woman? For her price is far above rubies.
• Isa 54:11-12 : 11 "You afflicted, tossed with storms, and not comforted, behold, I will set your stones in beautiful colors, and lay your foundations with sapphires. 12 I will make your pinnacles of rubies, and your gates of sparkling jewels, and all your walls of precious stones.
• Lam 4:7 : 7 Her nobles were purer than snow, they were whiter than milk; They were more ruddy in body than rubies, their polishing was as of sapphire.