Exodus 39:26

Hebrew (Westminster Leningrad Codex) Exodus 39:26 appears in the Hebrew Old Testament. The text above is from the Westminster Leningrad Codex. Each word links to its Strong’s number, a concise gloss, and parsing drawn from the Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible morphology. Click any word for its full Brown-Driver-Briggs (BDB) entry.
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a bell and a pomegranate, a bell and a pomegranate, around the skirts of the robe, to minister in, as Yahweh commanded Moses.
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  • World English Bible Public Domain
    a bell and a pomegranate, a bell and a pomegranate, around the skirts of the robe, to minister in, as Yahweh commanded Moses.
  • King James Version Public Domain
    A bell and a pomegranate, a bell and a pomegranate, round about the hem of the robe to minister in; as the LORD commanded Moses.
  • unfoldingWord Literal Text CC BY-SA 4.0
    a bell and a pomegranate, a bell and a pomegranate—all around on the hem of the robe for serving, just as Yahweh had commanded Moses.

unfoldingWord Literal Text — © unfoldingWord, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Word-aligned USFM3 via Door43 (git.door43.org/unfoldingWord/en_ult).

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  • World English Bible Public Domain
    a bell and a pomegranate, a bell and a pomegranate, around the skirts of the robe, to minister in, as Yahweh commanded Moses.
  • Berean Standard Bible Public Domain
    alternating the bells and pomegranates around the lower hem of the robe to be worn for ministry, just as the LORD had commanded Moses.
  • Majority Standard Bible Public Domain
    alternating the bells and pomegranates around the lower hem of the robe to be worn for ministry, just as the LORD had commanded Moses.
  • King James Version Public Domain
    A bell and a pomegranate, a bell and a pomegranate, round about the hem of the robe to minister in; as the LORD commanded Moses.
  • American Standard Version (1901) Public Domain
    a bell and a pomegranate, a bell and a pomegranate, upon the skirts of the robe round about, to minister in; as Jehovah commanded Moses.
  • Revised Version (1885) Public Domain
    a bell and a pomegranate, a bell and a pomegranate, upon the skirts of the robe round about, to minister in; as the LORD commanded Moses.
  • Geneva Bible (1599) Public Domain
    A bel and a pomegranate, a bel and a pomegranate round about the skirts of the robe to minister in, as the Lord had commanded Moses.
  • Douay-Rheims (1899) Public Domain
    And mitres with their little crowns of fine linen:
  • Young's Literal Translation Public Domain
    a bell and a pomegranate, a bell and a pomegranate, `are' on the hems of the upper robe, round about, to minister in, as Jehovah hath commanded Moses.
  • Literal Standard Version CC BY-SA 4.0
    a bell and a pomegranate [and] a bell and a pomegranate [are] on the hems of the upper robe all around, to minister in, as YHWH has commanded Moses.
  • Unlocked Literal Bible CC BY-SA 4.0
    a bell and a pomegranate, a bell and a pomegranate—on the edge of the robe for Aaron to serve in. This was as Yahweh had commanded Moses.
  • unfoldingWord Literal Text CC BY-SA 4.0
    a bell and a pomegranate, a bell and a pomegranate—all around on the hem of the robe for serving, just as Yahweh had commanded Moses.
  • Darby Bible Public Domain
    a bell and a pomegranate, a bell and a pomegranate, in the skirts of the cloak round about, for service; as Jehovah had commanded Moses.
  • World Messianic Bible Public Domain
    a bell and a pomegranate, a bell and a pomegranate, around the skirts of the robe, to minister in, as the LORD commanded Moses.
  • Webster's Bible Public Domain
    A bell and a pomegranate, a bell and a pomegranate, around the hem of the robe to minister in; as the LORD commanded Moses.
  • Free Bible Version CC BY-SA 4.0
    having the bells and the pomegranates alternate. The robe was to be used for priestly service, as the Lord had ordered Moses to do.
  • Bible in Basic English Public Domain
    All round the skirt of the robe were bells and fruits in turn.
  • JPS Tanakh (1917) Public Domain
    a bell and a pomegranate, a bell and a pomegranate, upon the skirts of the robe round about, to minister in; as the LORD commanded Moses.

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פַּעֲמֹ֤ן
paʻămôn
H6472
“bell”
Noun, Common, Masculine, Singular, Absolute
Part of Speech
Noun
Type
Common
Gender
Masculine
Number
Singular
State
Absolute
Full BDB Definition

Origin: from H6471

TWOT: 1793b

bell - on high priest's robe
  1. וְרִמֹּן֙ rimmôwn H7416 “and · pomegranate” Conjunction + Noun, Common, Masculine, Singular, Absolute
  2. פַּעֲמֹ֣ן paʻămôn H6472 “bell” Noun, Common, Masculine, Singular, Absolute
  3. וְרִמֹּ֔ן rimmôwn H7416 “and · pomegranate” Conjunction + Noun, Common, Masculine, Singular, Absolute
  4. עַל ʻal H5921 “upon” Preposition
  5. שׁוּלֵ֥י shûwl H7757 “skirts of” Noun, Common, Masculine, Plural, Construct
  6. הַמְּעִ֖יל mᵉʻîyl H4598 “the · robe” Particle, Definite Article + Noun, Common, Masculine, Singular, Absolute
  7. סָבִ֑יב çâbîyb H5439 “round about” Noun, Common, Both, Singular, Absolute
  8. לְשָׁרֵ֕ת shârath H8334 “to minister” Preposition + Verb, Piel, Infinitive Construct
  9. כַּאֲשֶׁ֛ר ʼăsher H834 “like/as · which” Preposition + Particle, Relative
  10. צִוָּ֥ה tsâvâh H6680 “to command” Verb, Piel, Perfect, 3rd Person, Masculine, Singular
  11. יְהוָ֖ה Yᵉhôvâh H3068 “LORD” Noun, Proper
  12. אֶת ʼêth H853 “-” Particle, Direct Object
  13. מֹשֶֽׁה Môsheh H4872 “Moses” Noun, Proper

About this verse

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14
words
12
distinct lemmas
Pentateuch
section

Notable vocabulary

The rarest word here is פַּעֲמֹ֤ן bell H6472 — appearing just 7 times in the whole Hebrew Bible.

Shared distinctive vocabulary

פַּעֲמֹ֤ן bell H6472 occurs in 4 verses of the Hebrew Bible. Also found in:

Grammatical profile

  • 2 verbs
  • 9 nouns
  • 1 preposition
  • 2 particles

Verb forms

  • לְשָׁרֵ֕ת Piel · Infinitive Construct
  • צִוָּ֥ה Piel · Perfect

Repetition

Words recur within this verse — often emphatic in Hebrew:

  • פַּעֲמֹ֤ן bell H6472 ×2
  • וְרִמֹּן֙ pomegranate H7416 ×2

Cross-references

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Topical passages linked to Exodus 39:26 in the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge — connected by theme and wording, ordered by reader-vote popularity; previews shown in the World English Bible.

  • Exodus 28:34 a golden bell and a pomegranate, a golden bell and a pomegranate, on the hem of the robe round about.
  • Deuteronomy 22:12 You shall make you fringes on the four borders of your cloak, with which you cover yourself.
  • Song of Solomon 4:3 Your lips are like scarlet thread. Your mouth is lovely. Your temples are like a piece of a pomegranate behind your veil.
  • Song of Solomon 4:13 Your shoots are an orchard of pomegranates, with precious fruits: Henna with spikenard plants,
  • Song of Solomon 6:7 Your temples are like a piece of a pomegranate behind your veil.
  • Matthew 9:20 Behold, a woman who had an issue of blood for twelve years came behind him, and touched the tassels of his garment;

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Hebrew and Greek witnesses Masoretic Hebrew ↔ Greek Septuagint

The same verse in the two great witnesses to the Old Testament, shown verse-for-verse.

These are two independent witnesses, not word-aligned to each other, and the Septuagint is shown in lemma (dictionary) form.

Hebrew Exodus 39:26 Masoretic · Westminster Leningrad Codex

פַּעֲמֹ֤ן וְרִמֹּן֙ פַּעֲמֹ֣ן וְרִמֹּ֔ן עַל שׁוּלֵ֥י הַמְּעִ֖יל סָבִ֑יב לְשָׁרֵ֕ת כַּאֲשֶׁ֛ר צִוָּ֥ה יְהוָ֖ה אֶת מֹשֶֽׁה

a bell and a pomegranate, a bell and a pomegranate, around the skirts of the robe, to minister in, as Yahweh commanded Moses.

World English Bible · Public Domain

Hebrew: Westminster Leningrad Codex (CC BY 4.0). Greek: Septuagint (public domain); English from a public-domain English Septuagint. How the Septuagint differs from the Hebrew →

Targum (Aramaic paraphrase)

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The Targum is the ancient Jewish Aramaic paraphrase of the Hebrew Scriptures — an interpretive translation, not the Hebrew text itself. Onkelos (literal) and Pseudo-Jonathan (expansive) render the Torah, and Jonathan the Prophets. Coverage is partial: where no permissively-licensed English translation exists for a verse, only the Aramaic is shown. This is verse-level text, not a word-by-word alignment to the Hebrew.

  1. Targum Onkelos Torah (Genesis–Deuteronomy)
    זַגָא וְרִמוֹנָא זַגָא וְרִמוֹנָא עַל שִׁפּוֹלֵי מְעִילָא סְחוֹר סְחוֹר לְשַׁמָשָׁא כְּמָא דִי פַקִיד יְיָ יָת משֶׁה:

    (no public-domain English translation for this verse)

    Targum Onkelos — Aramaic: “Onkelos Genesis” (public domain); “Onkelos Exodus” (public domain); “Onkelos Leviticus” (public domain); “Onkelos Numbers” (public domain); “Onkelos Deuteronomy” (public domain). English: “Sefaria Community Translation” (CC0 1.0 (public-domain dedication)); “J.W. Etheridge. The Targums of Onkelos and Jonathan Ben Uzziel on the Pentateuch. London: Longmans, Green, 1862” (public domain). Text via Sefaria.

  2. Targum Pseudo-Jonathan Torah (Genesis–Deuteronomy)
    חִיזוֹרָא וְרוֹמָנָא חִיזוֹרָא וְרוֹמָנָא כּוּלְהוֹן שַׁבְעִין וּתְרֵין עַל שִׁפּוּלֵי מִנְטַר מְעִילָא חֲזוֹר חֲזוֹר לְשַׁמָּשָׁא הֵיכְמָא דְפַקֵּיד יְיָ יַת משֶׁה

    a bell and a pomegranate, a bell and a pomegranate, all of them seventy upon the bottom of the upper robe round about to minister in; as the Lord commanded Mosheh.

    Targum Pseudo-Jonathan — Aramaic: “Targum Jonathan on Genesis” (public domain); “Targum Jonathan on Exodus” (public domain); “Targum Jonathan on Leviticus” (public domain); “Targum Jonathan on Numbers” (public domain); “Targum Jonathan on Deuteronomy” (public domain). English: “The Targum of Jonathan ben Uzziel, trans. J. W. Etheridge, London, 1862” (public domain). Text via Sefaria.

Lesson kit

Teaching starters — assembled from the data on this page, not authored interpretation. Every prompt links to the verse data it draws on. Edit before teaching.

Exodus, in the Pentateuch, opens this verse with 14 words (12 distinct Hebrew lemmas). Its most distinctive word is paʻămôn (“bell”). Read the whole chapter for the surrounding context.

Discussion questions

  1. The word paʻămôn carries the sense “bell.” How does it shape the verse?
  2. Exodus 28:33 shares the word «bell» with this verse. How do the two illuminate each other?
  3. “bell” occurs 2× in this one verse. What is the effect of the repetition?
  4. The translations on this page render this verse differently — a whole-verse word diff, not a word-by-word alignment. What might account for the different wordings?
  5. The verb «לְשָׁרֵ֕ת» is Piel Infinitive Construct. How does its form color the action?

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