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# אָפַד

Biblical Hebrew · Strong's H640

**gird on ephod** — used 2 times in the Hebrew Bible. Below: its meanings with their sources, MACULA's glosses, and 2 verses word for word and in JPS 1917.

## Meaning

### OpenScriptures lexical index

gird on ephod [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1488/640/#m1)

### Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906

אָפַד: vb.denom. gird on ephod [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1488/640/#m2)

**The whole BDB entry:** vb.denom. gird on ephod, Pf. וְאָפַדְתָּ לוֹ בְּחֵשֶׁב הָאֵפֹד Ex 29:5 and thou shalt gird the ephod upon him with the cunningly-wrought band of the ephod; so Impf. וַיֶּאְפֹּד לוֹ בּוֹ (‖ חגר) Lv 8:7.

Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 2 of its verses cited, 2 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (4 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 2 words shared with the BDB entry, 2 with the glosses (3 candidates)

## Glosses

MACULA's English glosses of the word in the text, with how often each is used: he girded the ephod (1); you will gird the ephod (1).

## In the verses

[Exodus 29:5](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/EXO.29.5/) · [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/EXO.29.5/#tree)

וְלָקַחְתָּ֣ אֶת־הַבְּגָדִ֗ים וְהִלְבַּשְׁתָּ֤ אֶֽת־אַהֲרֹן֙ אֶת־הַכֻּתֹּ֔נֶת וְאֵת֙ מְעִ֣יל הָאֵפֹ֔ד וְאֶת־הָאֵפֹ֖ד וְאֶת־הַחֹ֑שֶׁן וְאָפַדְתָּ֣ ל֔וֹ בְּחֵ֖שֶׁב הָאֵפֹֽד׃

*Word for word:* and you.will.take (et) the garments and you.will.clothe (et) Aaron (et) the tunic and (et) the.robe of the.ephod and (et) the ephod and (et) the breastpiece and you.will.gird.the.ephod to him with the.girdle of the.ephod

*JPS 1917:* And thou shalt take the garments, and put upon Aaron the tunic, and the robe of the ephod, and the ephod, and the breastplate, and gird him with the skilfully woven band of the ephod.

[Leviticus 8:7](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/LEV.8.7/) · [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/LEV.8.7/#tree)

וַיִּתֵּ֨ן עָלָ֜יו אֶת־הַכֻּתֹּ֗נֶת וַיַּחְגֹּ֤ר אֹתוֹ֙ בָּֽאַבְנֵ֔ט וַיַּלְבֵּ֤שׁ אֹתוֹ֙ אֶֽת־הַמְּעִ֔יל וַיִּתֵּ֥ן עָלָ֖יו אֶת־הָאֵפֹ֑ד וַיַּחְגֹּ֣ר אֹת֗וֹ בְּחֵ֙שֶׁב֙ הָֽאֵפֹ֔ד וַיֶּאְפֹּ֥ד ל֖וֹ בּֽוֹ׃

*Word for word:* and he.put on him (et) the tunic and he.girded him with the sash and he.clothed him (et) the robe and he.put on him (et) the ephod and he.girded him with the.girdle of the.ephod and he.girded.the.ephod to him with it

*JPS 1917:* And he put upon him the tunic, and girded him with the girdle, and clothed him with the robe, and put the ephod upon him, and he girded him with the skilfully woven band of the ephod, and bound it unto him therewith.

## On Mova

- [This word in the Tanakh dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/w/640.html) on Mova free.
- [Trees and pragmatics of its meanings](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1488/640/): every English meaning parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.

Sources. The words, their counts, glosses and the word-for-word renderings: MACULA Hebrew (the Westminster Leningrad Codex; Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0). Meanings: the OpenScriptures lexical index (CC BY 4.0), Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906 and Jastrow 1903 (public domain, via Sefaria); Targum Onkelos from Sefaria (public domain). Translation: JPS 1917 (public domain, from eBible.org).