Exodus 39:9
in Exodus 39It was square when folded over double, a span long and a span wide.
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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
It was foursquare; they made the breastplate double: a span was the length thereof, and a span the breadth thereof, being double.
KJV
It was foursquare; they made the breastplate double: a span was the length thereof, and a span the breadth thereof, being doubled.
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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
11 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| רָב֧וּעַ | ravua' | square | H7251 → | 12 times |
| הָיָ֛ה | hayah | it was | H1961 → | 3559 times |
| כָּפ֖וּל | kaful | folded double | H3717 → | 5 times |
| עָשׂ֣וּ | ʾasu | they made | H6213 → | 2628 times |
| אֶת־ | ʾet- | <obj.> | H853 → | 10935 times |
| הַחֹ֑שֶׁן | hachoshen | the breastpiece | H2833 → | 25 times |
| זֶ֧רֶת | zeret | [was] a span | H2239 → | 7 times |
| אָרְכּ֛וֹ | ʾareko | length its | H753 → | 95 times |
| וְזֶ֥רֶת | vezeret | and [was] a span | H2239 → | 7 times |
| רָחְבּ֖וֹ | rachebo | breadth its | H7341 → | 101 times |
| כָּפֽוּל׃ | kaful | folded double | H3717 → | 5 times |
רָב֧וּעַsquare
ravua'H7251 →12 times
הָיָ֛הit was
hayahH1961 →3559 times
כָּפ֖וּלfolded double
kafulH3717 →5 times
עָשׂ֣וּthey made
ʾasuH6213 →2628 times
אֶת־<obj.>
ʾet-H853 →10935 times
הַחֹ֑שֶׁןthe breastpiece
hachoshenH2833 →25 times
זֶ֧רֶת[was] a span
zeretH2239 →7 times
אָרְכּ֛וֹlength its
ʾarekoH753 →95 times
וְזֶ֥רֶתand [was] a span
vezeretH2239 →7 times
רָחְבּ֖וֹbreadth its
racheboH7341 →101 times
כָּפֽוּל׃folded double
kafulH3717 →5 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
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About Exodus
This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible and John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament.