Exodus 39:2 Go deeper

And he made the ephod of gold, blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen. (KJV)

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וַיַּ֖עַשׂvai.Ya.'asand he made

Lemma: עָשָׂה (a.sah) · Strong's: H6213H

Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Consecutive Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · Third · Masculine · Singular (HVqw3ms)

Meaning: to make

Used 736 times. Also: Genesis 1:7, Genesis 1:11, Genesis 1:12, Genesis 1:16, Genesis 1:25, Genesis 1:26 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H6213H; TAHOT Exodus 39:2 word 1

אֶת\־'et-<obj.>

Lemma: אֵת (et) · Strong's: H0853

Parsing: Particle · Object indicator (HTo)

Meaning: [Obj.]

Used 10927 times. Also: Genesis 1:1, Genesis 1:4, Genesis 1:7, Genesis 1:16, Genesis 1:17, Genesis 1:21 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H0853; TAHOT Exodus 39:2 word 2

הָאֵפֹ֑דha.'e.Fodthe ephod

Lemma: אֵפוֹד (e.phod) · Strong's: H0646

Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HNcmsa)

Meaning: ephod

Used 49 times. Also: Exodus 25:7, Exodus 28:4, Exodus 28:6, Exodus 28:12, Exodus 28:15, Exodus 28:25 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H0646; TAHOT Exodus 39:2 word 3

זָהָ֗בza.Havgold

Lemma: זָהָב (za.hav) · Strong's: H2091

Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HNcmsa)

Meaning: gold

Used 389 times. Also: Genesis 2:11, Genesis 2:12, Genesis 13:2, Genesis 24:22, Genesis 24:35, Genesis 24:53 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H2091; TAHOT Exodus 39:2 word 4

תְּכֵ֧לֶתte.Khe.letviolet stuff

Lemma: תְּכֵ֫לֶת (te.khe.let) · Strong's: H8504

Parsing: Noun · Common · Feminine · Singular · Absolute (HNcfsa)

Meaning: blue

Used 49 times. Also: Exodus 25:4, Exodus 26:1, Exodus 26:4, Exodus 26:31, Exodus 26:36, Exodus 27:16 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H8504; TAHOT Exodus 39:2 word 5

וְאַרְגָּמָ֛ןve.'ar.ga.Manand purple

Lemma: אַרְגָּמָן (ar.ga.man) · Strong's: H0713

Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HNcmsa)

Meaning: purple

Used 38 times. Also: Exodus 25:4, Exodus 26:1, Exodus 26:31, Exodus 26:36, Exodus 27:16, Exodus 28:5 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H0713; TAHOT Exodus 39:2 word 6

וְתוֹלַ֥עַתve.to.La.'atand scarlet stuff of

Lemma: תּוֹלֵעָה (to.le.ah) · Strong's: H8438B

Parsing: Noun · Common · Feminine · Singular · Construct (HNcfsc)

Meaning: worm

Used 38 times. Also: Exodus 26:1, Exodus 26:31, Exodus 26:36, Exodus 27:16, Exodus 28:5, Exodus 28:6 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H8438B; TAHOT Exodus 39:2 word 7

שָׁנִ֖יsha.Niscarlet

Lemma: שָׁנִי (sha.ni) · Strong's: H8144

Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HNcmsa)

Meaning: scarlet

Used 42 times. Also: Genesis 38:28, Genesis 38:30, Exodus 25:4, Exodus 26:1, Exodus 26:31, Exodus 26:36 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H8144; TAHOT Exodus 39:2 word 8

וְשֵׁ֥שׁve.Sheshand fine linen

Lemma: שֵׁשׁ (shesh) · Strong's: H8336B

Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HNcmsa)

Meaning: linen

Used 37 times. Also: Genesis 41:42, Exodus 25:4, Exodus 26:1, Exodus 26:31, Exodus 26:36, Exodus 27:9 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H8336B; TAHOT Exodus 39:2 word 9

מָשְׁזָֽר\׃ma.she.Zartwisted

Lemma: שָׁזַר (sha.zar) · Strong's: H7806

Parsing: Verb · Hophal (hence Action · Passive) · Participle passive · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HVHsmsa)

Meaning: to twist

Used 21 times. Also: Exodus 26:1, Exodus 26:31, Exodus 26:36, Exodus 27:9, Exodus 27:16, Exodus 27:18 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H7806; TAHOT Exodus 39:2 word 10

How the BSB renders it

Each English phrase in the Berean Standard Bible and the original word behind it.

[Bezalel] made	→	עָשָׂה H6213H to make
the ephod	→	אֵפוֹד H0646 ephod
of finely spun	→	שָׁזַר H7806 to twist
linen	→	שֵׁשׁ H8336B linen
embroidered with gold	→	זָהָב H2091 gold
and with blue	→	תְּכֵ֫לֶת H8504 blue
purple	→	אַרְגָּמָן H0713 purple
and scarlet yarn	→	תּוֹלֵעָה H8438B worm
. . .	→	שָׁנִי H8144 scarlet

King James Version (KJV), public domain in the United States. Source

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Original-language words, glosses, parsing and lexicon entries: STEPBible data by Tyndale House, Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG, TFLSJ, TEHMC, TEGMC), CC BY 4.0, with changes. Hebrew text from the Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible. English alignment: Berean Standard Bible tables (public domain).

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