King James Version
Exodus 39:8 in the King James Version says “And he made the breastplate of cunning work, like the work of the ephod; of gold, blue, and purple, and scarlet , and fi...” — study this verse from Exodus chapter 39 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“And he made the breastplate of cunning work, like the work of the ephod; of gold, blue, and purple, and scarlet , and fine twined linen.”
Exodus 39:8 · KJV
And they wrought onyx stones inclosed in ouches of gold, graven, as signets are graven, with the names of the children of Israel.
And he put them on the shoulders of the ephod, that they should be stones for a memorial to the children of Israel; as the LORD commanded Moses.
And he made the breastplate of cunning work, like the work of the ephod; of gold, blue, and purple, and scarlet , and fine twined linen.
It was foursquare; they made the breastplate double: a span was the length thereof, and a span the breadth thereof, being doubled.
And they set in it four rows of stones: the first row was a sardius, a topaz, and a carbuncle: this was the first row. sardius: or, ruby
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 breastplate”
H2833perhaps a pocket (as holding the urim and thummim), or rich (as containing gems), used only of the gorget of the highpriest
“like the work”
H4639an action (good or bad); generally, a transaction; abstractly, activity; by implication, a product (specifically, a poem) or (generally) property
“of cunning”
H2803properly, to plait or interpenetrate, i.e., (literally) to weave or (generally) to fabricate; figuratively, to plot or contrive (usually in a maliciou
“like the work”
H4639an action (good or bad); generally, a transaction; abstractly, activity; by implication, a product (specifically, a poem) or (generally) property
“of the ephod”
H646a girdle; specifically the ephod or highpriest's shoulder-piece; also generally, an image
“of gold”
H2091gold, figuratively, something gold-colored (i.e., yellow), as oil, a clear sky
“blue”
H8504the cerulean mussel, i.e., the color (violet) obtained therefrom or stuff dyed therewith
a maggot (as voracious); specifically (often with ellipsis of h8144) the crimson-grub, but used only (in this connection) of the color from it, and cl
“and scarlet”
H8144crimson, properly, the insect or its color, also stuff dyed with it
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