Hebrew Interlinear

Exodus 28:21 Interlinear

And the stones according to their names of the children of Israel shall they be according to the twelve according to their names like the engravings of a signet every one according to their names shall they be according to the twelve tribes

Word-by-Word Analysis

#OriginalStrong'sEnglishDefinition
1וְ֠הָֽאֲבָנִיםH68And the stonesa stone
2תִּֽהְיֶ֜יןָH1961to exist, i.e., be or become, come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or auxiliary)
3עַלH5921above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications
4שְׁמ֔וֹH8034according to their namesan appellation, as a mark or memorial of individuality; by implication honor, authority, character
5בְּנֵֽיH1121of the childrena son (as a builder of the family name), in the widest sense (of literal and figurative relationship, including grandson, subject, nation, quality or
6יִשְׂרָאֵ֛לH3478of Israelhe will rule as god; jisral, a symbolical name of jacob; also (typically) of his posterity
7לִשְׁנֵ֥יH8147shall they be according to the twelvetwo; also (as ordinal) twofold
8עֶשְׂרֵ֖הH6240ten (only in combination), i.e., -teen; also (ordinal) -teenth
9עַלH5921above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications
10שְׁמ֔וֹH8034according to their namesan appellation, as a mark or memorial of individuality; by implication honor, authority, character
11פִּתּוּחֵ֤יH6603like the engravingssculpture (in low or high relief or even intaglio)
12חוֹתָם֙H2368of a signeta signature-ring
13אִ֣ישׁH376every onea man as an individual or a male person; often used as an adjunct to a more definite term (and in such cases frequently not expressed in translation)
14עַלH5921above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications
15שְׁמ֔וֹH8034according to their namesan appellation, as a mark or memorial of individuality; by implication honor, authority, character
16תִּֽהְיֶ֕יןָH1961to exist, i.e., be or become, come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or auxiliary)
17לִשְׁנֵ֥יH8147shall they be according to the twelvetwo; also (as ordinal) twofold
18עָשָׂ֖רH6240ten (only in combination), i.e., -teen; also (ordinal) -teenth
19שָֽׁבֶט׃H7626tribesa scion, i.e., (literally) a stick (for punishing, writing, fighting, ruling, walking, etc.) or (figuratively) a clan

Verse Context

Exodus 28:20row And the fourth a beryl and an onyx and a jasper they shall be set...
Exodus 28:21 (current)And the stones according to their names of the children of Israel shall they be according to the twelve according to their names like the engravings of a signet every one according to their names shall they be according to the twelve tribes
Exodus 28:22And thou shalt make upon the breastplate chains at the ends work...

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