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
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Pe | p with dagesh; f without | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Dalet | d as in door |
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Word in context
- word
ha-e-FOD
- phraseyour reading level
mi-tab-be-o-TAV el-tab-OT ha-e-FOD
- 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
- 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 context — Exodus 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.