The Meaning of Deuteronomy 22:12 Explained

Deuteronomy 22:12

KJV: Thou shalt make thee fringes upon the four quarters of thy vesture, wherewith thou coverest thyself.

YLT: Fringes thou dost make to thee on the four skirts of thy covering with which thou dost cover thyself.

Darby: Tassels shalt thou make thee on the four corners of thy clothing, wherewith thou coverest thyself.

ASV: Thou shalt make thee fringes upon the four borders of thy vesture, wherewith thou coverest thyself.

KJV Reverse Interlinear

Thou shalt make  thee fringes  upon the four  quarters  of thy vesture,  wherewith thou coverest  [thyself]. 

What does Deuteronomy 22:12 Mean?

Chapter Summary: Deuteronomy 22

1  Of humanity toward brothers
5  The sex is to be distinguished by apparel
6  The bird is not to be taken with her young ones
8  The house must have battlements
9  Confusion is to be avoided
12  Tassels upon the vesture
13  The punishment of him who slanders his wife
22  of adultery
23  of rape
28  of fornication
30  of incest

What do the individual words in Deuteronomy 22:12 mean?

Tassels You shall make to you on four the corners of the clothing with which you cover [yourself] in -
גְּדִלִ֖ים תַּעֲשֶׂה־ לָּ֑ךְ עַל־ אַרְבַּ֛ע כַּנְפ֥וֹת כְּסוּתְךָ֖ אֲשֶׁ֥ר תְּכַסֶּה־ בָּֽהּ ס

גְּדִלִ֖ים  Tassels 
Parse: Noun, masculine plural
Root: גָּדִל  
Sense: twisted threads, tassels, festoons.
תַּעֲשֶׂה־  You  shall  make 
Parse: Verb, Qal, Imperfect, second person masculine singular
Root: עָשָׂה 
Sense: to do, fashion, accomplish, make.
לָּ֑ךְ  to  you 
Parse: Preposition, second person masculine singular
אַרְבַּ֛ע  four 
Parse: Number, feminine singular construct
Root: אַרְבַּע  
Sense: four.
כַּנְפ֥וֹת  the  corners 
Parse: Noun, feminine plural construct
Root: כָּנָף  
Sense: wing, extremity, edge, winged, border, corner, shirt.
כְּסוּתְךָ֖  of  the  clothing 
Parse: Noun, feminine singular construct, second person masculine singular
Root: כְּסוּת  
Sense: covering, clothing.
אֲשֶׁ֥ר  with  which 
Parse: Pronoun, relative
Root: אֲשֶׁר 
Sense: (relative part.).
תְּכַסֶּה־  you  cover  [yourself] 
Parse: Verb, Piel, Imperfect, second person masculine singular
Root: כָּסָה  
Sense: to cover, conceal, hide.
ס  - 
Parse: Punctuation

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