Exodus 39:9:5Exod.39.9.W5TAB
אֶת־הַחֹ֑שֶׁן
ethakhoshen
“the breastpiece”
- Transliteration
- et-ha-KHO-shen
- Extended
- et-hah-KHOH-shen
- IPA
- /ʔɛt.ha.ˈħoː.ʃɛn/
Meaning by language
- English
- the breastpiece
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 | |
| 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
et-ha-KHO-shen
- phraseyour reading level
a-SU et-ha-KHO-shen
- clause
ra-VOO-a ha-YA ka-FOOL a-SU et-ha-KHO-shen
- sentence
ra-VOO-a ha-YA ka-FOOL a-SU et-ha-KHO-shen ZE-ret or-KO ve-ZE-ret rokh-BO ka-FOOL
Exegesis
The particle et {אֶת־ | ʾeṯ} marks ha-choshen {הַחֹ֑שֶׁן | ha-ḥōšen} ‘breastpiece’ as the direct object.
Root and etymology
ḥ-š-nheth–shin–nun
“breastpiece”
In context — Exodus 39:9
It was square and folded double , and they made the breastpiece . Its length was a span and its width was a span.
About this coordinate
Exodus 39:9:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of Exodus 39:9, so the Hebrew word אֶת־הַחֹ֑שֶׁן (ethakhoshen) 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.39.9.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (Exod.39.9.W5.S1) and character.