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Exodus 28:9 Interlinear

“And thou shalt take two stones onyx and grave on them the names of the children of Israel”

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Exodus 28 with commentary

Word-by-Word Analysis

#	Original	Strong's	English	Definition
1	וְלָ֣קַחְתָּ֔	H3947	And thou shalt take	to take (in the widest variety of applications)
2	אֶת	H853		properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)
3	שְׁתֵּ֖י	H8147	two	two; also (as ordinal) twofold
4	אַבְנֵי	H68	stones	a stone
5	שֹׁ֑הַם	H7718	onyx	a gem, probably the beryl (from its pale green color)
6	וּפִתַּחְתָּ֣	H6605	and grave	to open wide (literally or figuratively); specifically, to loosen, begin, plough, carve
7	עֲלֵיהֶ֔ם	H5921		above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications
8	שְׁמ֖וֹת	H8034	on them the names	an appellation, as a mark or memorial of individuality; by implication honor, authority, character
9	בְּנֵ֥י	H1121	of the children	a son (as a builder of the family name), in the widest sense (of literal and figurative relationship, including grandson, subject, nation, quality or
10	יִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃	H3478	of Israel	he will rule as god; jisral, a symbolical name of jacob; also (typically) of his posterity

Exodus 28:9 (current)And thou shalt take two stones onyx and grave on them the names of the children of Israel