Hebrew Interlinear

Exodus 28:21 Interlinear

Word-by-word Hebrew interlinear analysis of Exodus 28:21, showing the original Hebrew text with Strong's numbers, transliteration, and English translation for each word.

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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