Exodus 39:21:5Exod.39.21.W5TAB

הָאֵפֹ֜ד

haefod

the ephod

Transliteration
ha-e-FOD
Extended
hah-eh-FOHD
IPA
/ha.ʔeˈfoːð/

Meaning by language

English
the ephod

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Result
הָ + אֵ + פֹ֜ד
ha + e + fod
haefod

Alphabet Analysis

Heh as in house; silent at word end
Qametslong 'ah'
Alephsilent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points
Tserelong 'ey' as in they
Pep with dagesh; f without
Holemlong 'oh' as in go
Daletd as in door

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Word in context

  1. word

    ha-e-FOD

  2. phraseyour reading level

    mi-tab-be-o-TAV el-tab-OT ha-e-FOD

  3. clause

    va-yir-ke-SU et-ha-KHO-shen mi-tab-be-o-TAV el-tab-OT ha-e-FOD bif-TEEL te-KHE-let lih-YOT al-KHE-shev ha-e-FOD ve-lo-yiz-ZAKH ha-KHO-shen meh-AL ha-e-FOD

  4. sentence

    va-yir-ke-SU et-ha-KHO-shen mi-tab-be-o-TAV el-tab-OT ha-e-FOD bif-TEEL te-KHE-let lih-YOT al-KHE-shev ha-e-FOD ve-lo-yiz-ZAKH ha-KHO-shen meh-AL ha-e-FOD ka-a-SHER tsi-VA Ye-ho-VAH et-mo-SHEH

Exegesis

The infinitive liheyot {לִהְיוֹת | li-hə-yō-ṯ} “to be” expresses purpose with al cheshev haefod {עַל־חֵשֶׁב הָאֵפֹד | ʿal ḥê-šev hā-ʾê-pōd} “on the band of the ephod” marking functional placement.

Root and etymology

א־פ־ד

to bind or wrap

In contextExodus 39:21

And they bound the breastpiece from its rings to the rings of the ephod with a cord of blue , to be on the band of the ephod, so that the breastpiece would not slip from upon the ephod, as the LORD commanded Moses.

About this coordinate

Exodus 39:21:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of Exodus 39:21, so the Hebrew word הָאֵפֹ֜ד (haefod) 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.39.21.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (Exod.39.21.W5.S1) and character.