King James Version
Exodus 39:30 in the King James Version says “And they made the plate of the holy crown of pure gold, and wrote upon it a writing, like to the engravings of a signet,...” — study this verse from Exodus chapter 39 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“And they made the plate of the holy crown of pure gold, and wrote upon it a writing, like to the engravings of a signet, HOLINESS TO THE LORD.”
Exodus 39:30 · KJV
And a mitre of fine linen, and goodly bonnets of fine linen, and linen breeches of fine twined linen,
And a girdle of fine twined linen, and blue, and purple, and scarlet , of needlework ; as the LORD commanded Moses.
And they made the plate of the holy crown of pure gold, and wrote upon it a writing, like to the engravings of a signet, HOLINESS TO THE LORD.
And they tied unto it a lace of blue, to fasten it on high upon the mitre; as the LORD commanded Moses.
Thus was all the work of the tabernacle of the tent of the congregation finished: and the children of Israel did according to all that the LORD commanded Moses, so did they.
KJV Study — Public Domain
properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)
“the plate”
H6731properly, glistening, i.e., a burnished plate; a wing (as gleaming in the air)
“crown”
H5145properly, something set apart, i.e., (abstractly) dedication (of a priet or nazirite); hence (concretely) unshorn locks; also (by implication) a chapl
“gold”
H2091gold, figuratively, something gold-colored (i.e., yellow), as oil, a clear sky
“and wrote”
H3789to grave, by implication, to write (describe, inscribe, prescribe, subscribe)
above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications
“upon it a writing”
H4385a thing written, the characters, or a document (letter, copy, edict, poem)
“TO THE LORD”
H3068(the) self-existent or eternal; jeho-vah, jewish national name of god
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