--- title: אֵפֹד — Ephod · The Tanakh dictionary description: אֵפֹד (646), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 49 times: Ephod. BDB 1906: n.m. 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[tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1488/646/#m2) **The whole BDB entry:** (28 times) \& אֵפֹד (20 times) n.m. Ex 28:7 ephod (Ethiopic ኤፉድ cf. Aramaic ܦܶܕܬܳܐ id. (on meaning v. Lagl.c.), perhaps also Assyrian pid, pittu ZimBP 39; on form v. Ges§ 84 a 12. R. but Lagl.c. comp. وفاد, \& thinks אֵפוֹד shortened from חֵשֶׁב הָא׳ ‘robe of approach’ to God)—א׳ abs. Ex 25:7 +; cstr. 1 S 2:18 +;— ephod, priestly garment, shoulder-cape or mantle; as worn by ordinary priest made of white stuff (בַּד) 1 S 22:18; נֹשֵׂא א׳ cf. 2; so Samuel as a temple-servant 2:8, חָגוּר א׳ girt with an eph.; so David when dancing before ark 2 S 6:14 (id.) 1 Ch 15:27 וְעַל דויד א׳; as prescribed in P for high priest, more costly, woven of gold, blue, purple, scarlet, \& linen (? שֵׁשׁ) threads, provided with shoulder-pieces \& breast-piece of like material, ornamented with gems and gold, Ex 25:7; 28:4, 6, 12, 15; 29:5; 35:9, 27; 39:2, 7 + 17 times Ex 28, 39, also Lv 8:7; cf. prob. 1 S 2:28 (נֹשֵׂא א׳) 14:3; 21:10 (v. sub 2); חֵשֶׁב הָא׳ Ex 28:27, 28; 29:5; 39:20, 21 Lv 8:7; מְעִיל הָא׳ Ex 29:5; 39:22 (cf. Lv 8:7); with vb. נָתַן אֶת־הָא׳ עַל־ put the ephod on Aaron Lv 8:7. ephod used in consulting י׳ 1 S 23:6 א׳ borne in hand (read יָרַד וְהָא׳ בְּיָדוֹ 𝔊 We Dr) v 9 30:7(×2) (all c. הִגִּישׁ) + 14:18a (הגישׁ) \& v 18b, in both read הָא׳ for ארון \& v 18b also נֹשֵׂא 𝔊 Klo Dr; according to Thes MV Di Ex 28:6 al. properly sub 1 b; consultation of י׳ in that case by Urim \& Thummim in the breast-piece attached to the ephod (cf. Ex 28:28–30 \& v. אוּרִים); if so, in view of נשׂא 1 S 2:28; 14:3, 18 (cf. supr.), not used elsewhere = wear except 22:18, \& of 23:6, the word might be used by meton. for the breast-piece itself; others, e.g. StaGesch. i. 466, 471 BuRS 115 al., think of an image representing י׳; cf. following. ephod of gold made by Gideon Ju 8:27 for a local sanctuary, by which Isr. was ensnared; = 2 b according to 𝔖 Thes (‘sine controversia’) Stu al. + Sta Bu l.c.; orig. = gold sheathing of an image (cf. etymol. supr. \& Is 30:22 sub אֲפֻדָּה); MV Be KöHauptprobleme 59 think of garment, as sub 1 v. supr. made (material not given) for a private, local sanctuary Ju 17:5; 18:14, 17, 18, 20 (‖ פֶּסֶל, מַסֵּכָה, תְּרָפִים in all, for 𝔊 gives מַסֵּכָה v 20, om. ℌ); cf. Ho 3:4 Isr. shall abide without king, prince, sacrifice, pillar, ephod or teraphim; according to Thes al. + Sta Bu l.c. = 2 b; Stu Be Ry al. regard as sub 1; in view of distinction from פסל, מסכה \& תרפים it seems more likely that this is not an image, but some means of consulting deity, perhaps in imitation of Urim \& Thummim. Why these entries: BDB: same consonants, part of speech agrees, 33 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (4 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech differs, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (3 candidates) ### Trees and pragmatics [Every English meaning of «אֵפֹד» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1488/646/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames. ### In the verses [Exodus 28:31](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/EXO.28.31/) וְעָשִׂ֛יתָ אֶת־מְעִ֥יל הָאֵפ֖וֹד כְּלִ֥יל תְּכֵֽלֶת׃ *Word for word:* and you.will.make (et) the.robe of the.ephod an.entirety of.violet.stuff *JPS 1917:* And thou shalt make the robe of the ephod all of blue. [Exodus 39:22](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/EXO.39.22/) וַיַּ֛עַשׂ אֶת־מְעִ֥יל הָאֵפֹ֖ד מַעֲשֵׂ֣ה אֹרֵ֑ג כְּלִ֖יל תְּכֵֽלֶת׃ *Word for word:* and he.made (et) the.robe of the.ephod \[the\].work of.a.weaver an.entirety of.violet.stuff *JPS 1917:* And he made the robe of the ephod of woven work, all of blue; - ← previous: [אֵפֹד](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/w/641.md) - next →: [אֲפֻדָּה](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/w/642.md) - ↑ back to [א](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/1488-6.md)