Exodus 39:19:8Exod.39.19.W8TAB
הַחֹ֑שֶׁן
hakhoshen
“the breastpiece”
- Transliteration
- ha-KHO-shen
- Extended
- hah-KHOH-shen
- IPA
- /haˈħoʃɛn/
Meaning by language
- English
- the breastpiece
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| 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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Word in context
- word
ha-KHO-shen
- phraseyour reading level
ke-TSOT ha-KHO-shen
- clause
va-ya-a-SU she-TEI tab-be-OT za-HAV va-ya-SI-mu al-she-NEI ke-TSOT ha-KHO-shen
- sentence
va-ya-a-SU she-TEI tab-be-OT za-HAV va-ya-SI-mu al-she-NEI ke-TSOT ha-KHO-shen al-se-fa-TO a-SHER el-E-ver ha-e-FOD bai-TA
Exegesis
Prepositional chains al-shnei ketsot ha-choshen {עַל־שְׁנֵ֖י קְצ֣וֹת הַחֹ֑שֶׁן | ʿal·šə·nē qeṭ·ṣōṯ ha·ḥō·šen} and al-sefato el-ever ha-ephod {עַל־שְׂפָת֕וֹ אֶל־עֵ֥בֶר הָאֵפֹ֖ד | ʿal·śə·pā·ṯô ’el·’ē·ver hā·’ē·pōd} define the spatial orientation, closed by the directional adverb bayetah {בָּֽיְתָה | bā·yə·ṯāh} ‘inwardly’.
Root and etymology
ḥ-š-nheth–shin–nun
“breastpiece”
In context — Exodus 39:19
And they made two rings of gold and put them on the two edges of the breastpiece, on its edge beside the ephod facing inward.
About this coordinate
Exodus 39:19:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of Exodus 39:19, so the Hebrew word הַחֹ֑שֶׁן (hakhoshen) 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.39.19.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (Exod.39.19.W8.S1) and character.