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Exodus 39:5

“And the curious girdle of his ephod, that was upon it, was of the same, according to the work thereof; of gold, blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen; as the Lord commanded Moses.” (KJV)

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Lexical meaning

חֵשֶׁבchêsheb · khay'-sheb
H2805 · Hebrew
Definition
a belt or strap (as being interlaced)
Derivation
from H2803 (חָשַׁב);
KJV renderings
curious girdle.
Grammar
  • וְ — conjunction
  • חֵ֨שֶׁב — common noun, masculine, singular, construct
Code HC/Ncmsc
Usage
Occurs 8 times in the Hebrew Bible.Exodus 28:8Exodus 28:27Exodus 28:28Exodus 29:5Exodus 39:20

Theological interpretation (AI)

The card on the left shows lexical data from published sources. Interpretation is separate: ask the Companion to explain how traditions read חֵשֶׁב here.

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Hebrew text: Westminster Leningrad Codex (public domain). Morphology & lemmas: Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible, CC BY 4.0 (hb.openscriptures.org). Lexicon: Strong's Hebrew Dictionary (1894, public domain; JSON edition © Open Scriptures, CC BY-SA). Verse numbers follow the Hebrew text, which occasionally differs from English Bibles.