The Meaning of Exodus 39:4 Explained

Exodus 39:4

KJV: They made shoulderpieces for it, to couple it together: by the two edges was it coupled together.

YLT: shoulder-pieces they have made for it, joining; at its two ends it is joined.

Darby: They made shoulder-pieces for it, joining it: at its two ends was it joined together.

ASV: They made shoulder-pieces for it, joined together; at the two ends was it joined together.

KJV Reverse Interlinear

They made  shoulderpieces  for it, to couple [it] together:  by the two  edges  was it coupled together. 

What does Exodus 39:4 Mean?

Chapter Summary: Exodus 39

1  The cloths of service and holy garments
2  The ephod
8  The breast-plate
22  The robe of the ephod
27  The coats, mitre, and girdle of fine linen
30  The plate of the holy crown
32  All is finished, reviewed, and approved by Moses

What do the individual words in Exodus 39:4 mean?

Shoulder straps they made for it to couple [it] together at two - its edges it was coupled together
כְּתֵפֹ֥ת עָֽשׂוּ־ ל֖וֹ חֹבְרֹ֑ת עַל־ שְׁנֵ֥י [קצוותו] (קְצוֹתָ֖יו) חֻבָּֽר

כְּתֵפֹ֥ת  Shoulder  straps 
Parse: Noun, feminine plural
Root: כָּתֵף  
Sense: shoulder, shoulder-blade, side, slope.
עָֽשׂוּ־  they  made 
Parse: Verb, Qal, Perfect, third person common plural
Root: עָשָׂה 
Sense: to do, fashion, accomplish, make.
ל֖וֹ  for  it 
Parse: Preposition, third person masculine singular
חֹבְרֹ֑ת  to  couple  [it]  together 
Parse: Verb, Qal, Participle, feminine plural
Root: הִתְחַבְּרוּת 
Sense: to unite, join, bind together, be joined, be coupled, be in league, heap up, have fellowship with, be compact, be a charmer.
עַל־  at 
Parse: Preposition
Root: עַל 
Sense: upon, on the ground of, according to, on account of, on behalf of, concerning, beside, in addition to, together with, beyond, above, over, by, on to, towards, to, against.
שְׁנֵ֥י  two 
Parse: Number, mdc
Root: שְׁנַיִם  
Sense: two.
[קצוותו]  - 
Parse: Noun, feminine plural construct, third person masculine singular
(קְצוֹתָ֖יו)  its  edges 
Parse: Noun, feminine plural construct, third person masculine singular
Root: קְצָת  
Sense: end, part.
חֻבָּֽר  it  was  coupled  together 
Parse: Verb, Pual, Perfect, third person masculine singular
Root: הִתְחַבְּרוּת 
Sense: to unite, join, bind together, be joined, be coupled, be in league, heap up, have fellowship with, be compact, be a charmer.

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