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title: אֲפֻדָּה — ephod · The Tanakh dictionary
description: אֲפֻדָּה (642), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 3 times: ephod. BDB 1906: n.f. ephod. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# אֲפֻדָּה

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«אֲפֻדָּה» in the Tanakh dictionary: **ephod** — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 2 verses in layers.

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**Used:** 3 times · **Key:** 642 · **BDB:** אֲפֻדָּה

### Glosses

its.ephod (2); the.sheathing (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

ephod [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1488/642/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.f. ephod [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1488/642/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.f. ephod (= אֵפוֹד, for which it supplies cstr. \& sf. forms). of high-priest’s ephod, cf. אֵפוֹד 1 b, only חֵשֶׁב אֲפֻדָּתוֹ Ex 28:8; 39:5 the cunningly-wrought band of his ephod. of sheathing of idol-images, אֲפֻדַּת מַסֵּכַת זְהָבֶ֑ךָ Is 30:22 (‖ צִפּוּי פְּסִילֵי כַסְפֶּךָ) cf. אֵפוֹד 3 a.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 3 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (1 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (1 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «אֲפֻדָּה» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1488/642/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Isaiah 30:22](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/ISA.30.22/)

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וְטִמֵּאתֶ֗ם אֶת־צִפּוּי֙ פְּסִילֵ֣י כַסְפֶּ֔ךָ וְאֶת־אֲפֻדַּ֖ת מַסֵּכַ֣ת זְהָבֶ֑ךָ תִּזְרֵם֙ כְּמ֣וֹ דָוָ֔ה צֵ֖א תֹּ֥אמַר לֽוֹ׃

*Word for word:* and you.will.make.unclean (et) the.plating of.the.images your.silver your and (et) the.sheathing of.the.molten.image your.gold your you will.throw.them.away like a.menstrual.\[rag\] filth you.will.say to it

*JPS 1917:* And ye shall defile thy graven images overlaid with silver, and thy molten images covered with gold; thou shalt put them far away as one unclean; thou shalt say unto it: 'Get thee hence.'

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[Exodus 28:8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/EXO.28.8/)

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וְחֵ֤שֶׁב אֲפֻדָּתוֹ֙ אֲשֶׁ֣ר עָלָ֔יו כְּמַעֲשֵׂ֖הוּ מִמֶּ֣נּוּ יִהְיֶ֑ה זָהָ֗ב תְּכֵ֧לֶת וְאַרְגָּמָ֛ן וְתוֹלַ֥עַת שָׁנִ֖י וְשֵׁ֥שׁ מָשְׁזָֽר׃

*Word for word:* and the.girdle its.ephod his which \[will be\].on.it \[will be\] like.its.workmanship from it it.will.be gold violet.stuff and purple and scarlet.stuff of.scarlet and fine.linen twisted

*JPS 1917:* And the skilfully woven band, which is upon it, wherewith to gird it on, shall be like the work thereof and of the same piece: of gold, of blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen.

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