Exodus 39:12
in Exodus 39the third row had a jacinth, an agate, and an amethyst;
BSB
The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
and the third row, a jacinth, an agate, and an amethyst;
KJV
And the third row, a ligure, an agate, and an amethyst.
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This verse in Exodus 39
Commentary
1 note on this verseThis site's exposition
he made the breastplate of cunning work
on Exodus 39:8-14
The breastplate carries the same names a second time, twelve stones in four rows, each engraved like a signet, and Exodus 28:29 says Aaron bears them upon his heart when he goes into the holy place. It is a span square and made double, so it forms a pouch. The making account never mentions the Urim and the Thummim that Exodus 28:30 puts inside it, and Leviticus 8:8 is where Moses sets them in. Adam Clarke holds that several of these stones can no longer be identified with confidence and sends the reader back to Exodus 28:17.
The words behind it
5 Hebrew wordsEvery Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וְהַטּ֖וּר | vehatur | and the row | H2905 → | 26 times |
| הַשְּׁלִישִׁ֑י | hashelishi | <the> third | H7992 → | 107 times |
| לֶ֥שֶׁם | leshem | [was] a jacinth | H3958 → | |
| שְׁב֖וֹ | shevo | an agate | H7618 → | |
| וְאַחְלָֽמָה׃ | veachlamah | and an amethyst | H306 → |
וְהַטּ֖וּרand the row
vehaturH2905 →26 times
הַשְּׁלִישִׁ֑י<the> third
hashelishiH7992 →107 times
לֶ֥שֶׁם[was] a jacinth
leshemH3958 →
שְׁב֖וֹan agate
shevoH7618 →
וְאַחְלָֽמָה׃and an amethyst
veachlamahH306 →
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
Where this verse is studied
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About Exodus
This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible and John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament.