Exodus 39:15:2Exod.39.15.W2TAB
עַל־הַחֹ֛שֶׁן
alhakhoshen
“on the breastpiece”
- Transliteration
- al-ha-KHO-shen
- Extended
- ahl-hah-KHOH-shehn
- IPA
- /ʕal.ha.ˈħoː.ʃɛn/
Meaning by language
- English
- on the breastpiece
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Nun Sofit | final form of Nun — at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
al-ha-KHO-shen
- phraseyour reading level
va-ya-a-SU al-ha-KHO-shen
- clause
va-ya-a-SU al-ha-KHO-shen shar-she-ROT gav-LUT ma-a-SE a-VOT
- sentence
va-ya-a-SU al-ha-KHO-shen shar-she-ROT gav-LUT ma-a-SE a-VOT za-HAV ta-HOR
Exegesis
The prepositional phrase al-ha-choshen {עַל־הַחֹשֶׁן | ‘al-ha-ḥô-šen} ‘upon the breastpiece’ specifies the location of the adornment.
Root and etymology
ḥ-š-ncheth-shin-nun
“breastpiece”
In context — Exodus 39:15
And they made upon the breastpiece chains of braided cording in pure gold.
About this coordinate
Exodus 39:15:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of Exodus 39:15, so the Hebrew word עַל־הַחֹ֛שֶׁן (alhakhoshen) 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.39.15.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (Exod.39.15.W2.S1) and character.