Exodus 39:29
וְֽאֶת־הָאַבְנֵט שֵׁשׁ מָשְׁזָר וּתְכֵלֶת וְאַרְגָּמָן וְתוֹלַעַת שָׁנִי מַעֲשֵׂה רֹקֵם כַּאֲשֶׁר צִוָּה יְהוָה אֶת־מֹשֶֽׁה׃ ס
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✦ The same verse in five languages
וְֽאֶת־הָאַבְנֵ֞ט שֵׁ֣שׁ מָשְׁזָ֗ר וּתְכֵ֧לֶת וְאַרְגָּמָ֛ן וְתוֹלַ֥עַת שָׁנִ֖י מַעֲשֵׂ֣ה רֹקֵ֑ם כַּאֲשֶׁ֛ר צִוָּ֥ה יְהוָ֖ה אֶת־מֹשֶֽׁה׃ ס
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Latin (Vulgate)
Fecerunt et laminam sacræ venerationis de auro purissimo, scripseruntque in ea opere gemmario, Sanctum Domini:
El cinturón lo hicieron de lino fino torcido, y de hilo azul, púrpura y escarlata, finamente bordado, tal como Yehová se lo había ordenado a Moisés.
Classic Spanish (Reina-Valera 1909)
También el cinto de lino torcido, y de jacinto, y púrpura, y carmesí, de obra de recamador; como Jehová lo mandó á Moisés.
and the sash of finely spun linen, embroidered with blue, purple, and scarlet yarn, just as the LORD had commanded Moses.
✦ What the text says
Summary
The verse describes the manufacture of the 'avNet ("sash", H0073) for the priestly garments, made of twisted fine linen combined with violet, purple, and scarlet threads, produced by a skilled embroiderer. The closing formula states that this was done in accordance with Yehovah's command to Moses.
Key words
- 'avNet ("sash", H0073) — masculine singular noun naming the specific garment piece being described.
- mashZar ("twisted", H7806) — hophal (causative-passive) participle describing the linen as having been made twisted, indicating a passive process applied to the material.
- ma'aSeh ("[the] work of", H4639G) — masculine singular noun in construct state, linking the material list to the type of craftsmanship that follows.
- roKem ("a worker in colors", H7551) — qal participle, masculine singular, denoting the person actively performing the embroidery, functioning almost as an agent noun ("the one embroidering").
- tzivVah ("he had commanded", H6680) — piel perfect, third person masculine singular, marking a completed intensive action by the subject named afterward (Yehovah).
What the text says
The verse opens with the conjunction ve ("and", H9002) plus the direct object marker 'et (H0853), signaling that this sash is one item in a longer list of garments being reported as completed — the object marker shows the noun that follows is the grammatical object of an implied verb of making, carried over from the preceding context. The core noun 'avNet is described by a chain of materials: shesh ("fine linen", H8336B), qualified by the passive participle mashZar ("twisted", H7806), followed by three more textile terms joined by repeated ve ("and") conjunctions — tekhelet ("violet stuff", H8504), 'argaMan ("purple", H0713), and to'La'at shaNi ("scarlet stuff of scarlet", H8438B + H8144), the last being a construct chain that intensifies the color designation.
The phrase ma'aSeh roKem ("work of a worker in colors") uses a construct relationship where ma'aSeh (H4639G) is defined by the participle roKem (H7551), which functions substantively as "the embroiderer" — the grammar packages both the product (work) and its producer (the one doing) into a single descriptive unit, a common Biblical Hebrew construction for craftsmanship formulas.
The closing clause uses ka'aSher ("just as", H9004+H0834D) to introduce a comparison, followed by tzivVah (H6680), a piel perfect verb indicating a completed, intensified act of commanding, with Yehovah (H3068G) as subject and 'et-moSheh (H0853+H4872) marking Moses as the direct object who received the command.
Differences between versions
The Vulgate text supplied here (beginning "Fecerunt et laminam...") describes a golden plate inscribed "Sanctum Domini," which corresponds to different subject matter (a plate, not a sash) than the Hebrew text of this verse. The Hebrew, BSB, RV1909, and SBLIBRE all describe the 'avNet ("sash") made of twisted linen and colored threads; the Vulgate text provided does not align with this content.
This explanation describes the text using linguistic data; it adds no doctrine or confessional interpretation.