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# forepart

«forepart» in Mova's judaism dictionary: **The front part of something** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

noun

### meaning for a pupil

The front part of something. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/F/forepart/#m1)

### sense in the lessons

In the Tanakh and Jewish tradition: It is the front side of the priest's ephod, where the gold chains and rings were attached to hold the breastplate. Interpretation: The ephod and breastplate are read by tradition as part of the high priest's holy dress, which carried the names of the twelve tribes before God.

### examples

- And the other two ends of the two wreathen chains they put on the two settings, and put them on the shoulder-pieces of the ephod, in the forepart thereof. (Torah EXO.39.18, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/F/forepart/#x1)
- And the other two ends of the two wreathen chains thou shalt put on the two settings, and put them on the shoulder-pieces of the ephod, in the forepart thereof. (Torah EXO.28.25, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/F/forepart/#x2)
- And they made two rings of gold, and put them on the two shoulder-pieces of the ephod underneath, in the forepart thereof, close by the coupling thereof, above the skilfully woven band of the ephod. (Torah EXO.39.20, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/F/forepart/#x3)

### note

A record of the Judaism dictionary, written from the corpus.

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «forepart» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/F/forepart/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.