The Meaning of Exodus 35:9 Explained

Exodus 35:9

KJV: And onyx stones, and stones to be set for the ephod, and for the breastplate.

YLT: and shoham stones, and stones for settings, for an ephod, and for a breastplate.

Darby: and onyx stones, and stones to be set for the ephod, and for the breastplate.

ASV: and onyx stones, and stones to be set, for the ephod, and for the breastplate.

KJV Reverse Interlinear

And onyx  stones,  and stones  to be set  for the ephod,  and for the breastplate. 

What does Exodus 35:9 Mean?

Context Summary

Exodus 35:1-19 - The Sabbath And Offerings To God
Very significantly this chapter commences with the reiteration of the Rest-day. Perhaps the people needed to be reminded that, amid all the din of preparation for the new Tabernacle, they were not to allow their work, however noble the object, to break in on the Sabbath-keeping of the camp. He then proceeded to enumerate the character of the gifts that were required. Those who had costly heirlooms had nothing too good; and they who could only bring the acacia wood of the desert were welcome to bring that. Women who were clever with their hands might spin the flax or weave the soft white wool of the Angora goat. A wide variety of work was offered, which reminds us of 1 Corinthians 12:4, and following. Repeatedly he urged the word "willing-hearted," and the Hebrew phrase signifies a heart driven by a holy purpose. Tennyson uses the phrase, "Whose heart drove him on like a goad." There was no crack of the taskmaster's whip. "The love of God constrained." "O love that will not let me go!" [source]

Chapter Summary: Exodus 35

1  The Sabbath
4  The free gifts for the tabernacle
20  The readiness of the people to offer
30  Bezaleel and Aholiab are called to the work

What do the individual words in Exodus 35:9 mean?

And stones onyx and stones to be set in the ephod and in the breastplate
וְאַ֨בְנֵי־ שֹׁ֔הַם וְאַבְנֵ֖י מִלֻּאִ֑ים לָאֵפ֖וֹד וְלַחֹֽשֶׁן

וְאַ֨בְנֵי־  And  stones 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Noun, feminine plural construct
Root: אֶבֶן  
Sense: stone (large or small).
שֹׁ֔הַם  onyx 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular
Root: שֹׁהַם  
Sense: a precious stone or gem.
וְאַבְנֵ֖י  and  stones 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Noun, feminine plural construct
Root: אֶבֶן  
Sense: stone (large or small).
מִלֻּאִ֑ים  to  be  set 
Parse: Noun, masculine plural
Root: מִלֻּאִים  
Sense: setting, installation.
לָאֵפ֖וֹד  in  the  ephod 
Parse: Preposition-l, Article, Noun, masculine singular
Root: אֵפֹד  
Sense: ephod.
וְלַחֹֽשֶׁן  and  in  the  breastplate 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Preposition-l, Article, Noun, masculine singular
Root: חֹשֶׁן  
Sense: breastplate, breastpiece.

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