Exodus 25:21:7Exod.25.21.W7TAB
אֶת־הָ֣עֵדֻ֔ת
ethaehdut
“the testimony”
- Transliteration
- et-ha-eh-DUT
- Extended
- eht-hah-eh-DOOT
- IPA
- /ʔɛt.haː.ʕeː.ˈduθ/
Meaning by language
- English
- the testimony
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Dalet | d as in door | |
| Qibbuts | short 'oo' as in food | |
| Tav | t as in top |
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Word in context
- word
et-ha-eh-DUT
- clause
ve-el-ha-a-RON tit-TEN et-ha-eh-DUT a-SHER et-TEN eh-LEY-kha
- sentence
ve-na-tat-TA et-hak-kap-PO-ret al-ha-a-RON mil-MA-la ve-el-ha-a-RON tit-TEN et-ha-eh-DUT a-SHER et-TEN eh-LEY-kha
Exegesis
The verse begins with the vav-consecutive verb venatata {וְנָתַתָּ | wə-nā-ṯa-ṯā} ‘place’, which governs the direct object marker et {אֶת־ | ʾet} directing attention to hakkappōret {הַכַּפֹּרֶת | ha-kap-pō-ret} ‘the cover’.
The second et {אֶת־ | ʾet} marks haʿêdût {הָעֵדֻת | ha-ʿê-dûṯ} ‘the testimony’, which is defined by the relative clause etten ēleḵā {אֶתֵּן אֵלֶיךָ | ʾet-tēn ʾē-le-ḵā} ‘I will give to you’, highlighting divine promise. The parallel imperatives create a twofold ritual action, maintaining the Hebrew vav-consecutive while arranging objects to meet English readability.
Root and etymology
ʿ-d-hayin–dalet–heh
“witness, testimony”
In context — Exodus 25:21
And you shall place the cover upon the ark from above, and into the ark you shall put the testimony that I will give to you.
About this coordinate
Exodus 25:21:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of Exodus 25:21, so the Hebrew word אֶת־הָ֣עֵדֻ֔ת (ethaehdut) can be cited, linked and studied at exactly this position rather than somewhere in the verse. In the Biblical Knowledge Coordinate System the same position is written Exod.25.21.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (Exod.25.21.W7.S1) and character.