Exodus 39:41

Hebrew (Westminster Leningrad Codex) Exodus 39:41 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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the finely worked garments for ministering in the holy place, the holy garments for Aaron the priest, and the garments of his sons, to minister in the priest's office.
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  • World English Bible Public Domain
    the finely worked garments for ministering in the holy place, the holy garments for Aaron the priest, and the garments of his sons, to minister in the priest's office.
  • King James Version Public Domain
    The cloths of service to do service in the holy place, and the holy garments for Aaron the priest, and his sons' garments, to minister in the priest's office.
  • unfoldingWord Literal Text CC BY-SA 4.0
    finely-woven clothing for serving in the Holy Place, the clothing of holiness for Aaron the priest, and the clothing of his sons, to priests.

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
    the finely worked garments for ministering in the holy place, the holy garments for Aaron the priest, and the garments of his sons, to minister in the priest's office.
  • Berean Standard Bible Public Domain
    and the woven garments for ministering in the sanctuary, both the holy garments for Aaron the priest and the garments for his sons to serve as priests.
  • Majority Standard Bible Public Domain
    and the woven garments for ministering in the sanctuary, both the holy garments for Aaron the priest and the garments for his sons to serve as priests.
  • King James Version Public Domain
    The cloths of service to do service in the holy place, and the holy garments for Aaron the priest, and his sons' garments, to minister in the priest's office.
  • American Standard Version (1901) Public Domain
    the finely wrought garments for ministering in the holy place, and the holy garments for Aaron the priest, and the garments of his sons, to minister in the priest's office.
  • Revised Version (1885) Public Domain
    the finely wrought garments for ministering in the holy place, and the holy garments for Aaron the priest, and the garments of his sons, to minister in the priest’s office.
  • Geneva Bible (1599) Public Domain
    Finally, the ministring garmentes to serue in the Sanctuarie, and the holy garmentes for Aaron the Priest, and his sonnes garmentes to minister in the Priestes office.
  • Douay-Rheims (1899) Public Domain
    The vestments also, which the priests, to wit, Aaron and his sons, used in the sanctuary,
  • Young's Literal Translation Public Domain
    the coloured clothes to minister in the sanctuary, the holy garments for Aaron the priest, and the garments of his sons, to act as priest in.
  • Literal Standard Version CC BY-SA 4.0
    the colored clothes to minister in the holy place, the holy garments for Aaron the priest, and the garments of his sons, to act as priest in.
  • Unlocked Literal Bible CC BY-SA 4.0
    They brought the fine woven garments for serving in the holy place, the holy garments for Aaron the priest and his sons, for them to serve as priests.
  • unfoldingWord Literal Text CC BY-SA 4.0
    finely-woven clothing for serving in the Holy Place, the clothing of holiness for Aaron the priest, and the clothing of his sons, to priests.
  • Darby Bible Public Domain
    the garments of service, for service in the sanctuary; the holy garments for Aaron the priest, and his sons' garments, to serve as priests.
  • World Messianic Bible Public Domain
    the finely worked garments for ministering in the holy place, the holy garments for Aaron the priest, and the garments of his sons, to minister in the priest’s office.
  • Webster's Bible Public Domain
    The clothes of service to do service in the holy place, and the holy garments for Aaron the priest, and his sons' garments, to minister in the priest's office.
  • Free Bible Version CC BY-SA 4.0
    and the woven garments for serving in the sanctuary, the holy clothes for Aaron the priest and for his sons to serve as priests.
  • Bible in Basic English Public Domain
    The robes for use in the holy place, and the holy robes for Aaron and his sons when acting as priests.
  • JPS Tanakh (1917) Public Domain
    the plaited garments for ministering in the holy place; the holy garments for Aaron the priest, and the garments of his sons, to minister in the priest's office.

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הַשְּׂרָ֖ד
sᵉrâd
H8278
“the · braided work”
Particle, Definite Article + Noun, Common, Masculine, Singular, Absolute
Part of Speech
Particle + Noun
Type
Common
Gender
Masculine
Number
Singular
State
Absolute
Full BDB Definition

Origin: from H8277

TWOT: 2286a

plaited or braided work
  1. אֶת ʼêth H853 “-” Particle, Direct Object
  2. בִּגְדֵ֥י beged H899 “garments of” Noun, Common, Masculine, Plural, Construct
  3. לְשָׁרֵ֣ת shârath H8334 “to minister” Preposition + Verb, Piel, Infinitive Construct
  4. בַּקֹּ֑דֶשׁ qôdesh H6944 “in/at the · holiness” Preposition, Determined + Noun, Common, Masculine, Singular, Absolute
  5. אֶת ʼêth H853 “-” Particle, Direct Object
  6. בִּגְדֵ֤י beged H899 “garments of” Noun, Common, Masculine, Plural, Construct
  7. הַקֹּ֨דֶשׁ֙ qôdesh H6944 “the · holiness” Particle, Definite Article + Noun, Common, Masculine, Singular, Absolute
  8. לְאַהֲרֹ֣ן ʼAhărôwn H175 “to/for · Aaron” Preposition + Noun, Proper
  9. הַכֹּהֵ֔ן kôhên H3548 “the · priest” Particle, Definite Article + Noun, Common, Masculine, Singular, Absolute
  10. וְאֶת ʼêth H853 “and · -” Conjunction + Particle, Direct Object
  11. בִּגְדֵ֥י beged H899 “garments of” Noun, Common, Masculine, Plural, Construct
  12. בָנָ֖יו bên H1121 “sons · his” Noun, Common, Masculine, Plural, Construct + Suffix, Personal, 3rd Person, Masculine, Singular
  13. לְכַהֵֽן kâhan H3547 “to serve as priest” Preposition + Verb, Piel, Infinitive Construct

About this verse

These counts appear in no published source. They are computed here, from the morphology-tagged text and Lemma’s own curated glosses. What Lemma adds →

14
words
9
distinct lemmas
Pentateuch
section

Notable vocabulary

The rarest word here is הַשְּׂרָ֖ד braided work H8278 — appearing just 4 times in the whole Hebrew Bible.

Shared distinctive vocabulary

הַשְּׂרָ֖ד braided work H8278 occurs in 4 verses of the Hebrew Bible. Also found in:

Grammatical profile

  • 2 verbs
  • 9 nouns
  • 3 particles

Verb forms

  • לְשָׁרֵ֣ת Piel · Infinitive Construct
  • לְכַהֵֽן Piel · Infinitive Construct

Repetition

Words recur within this verse — often emphatic in Hebrew:

  • בִּגְדֵ֥י garment H899 ×3
  • בַּקֹּ֑דֶשׁ holiness H6944 ×2

Cross-references

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Topical passages linked to Exodus 39:41 in the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge — connected by theme and wording, ordered by reader-vote popularity; previews shown in the World English Bible.

  • Exodus 28:2 You shall make holy garments for Aaron your brother, for glory and for beauty.
  • Exodus 31:10 the finely worked garments--the holy garments for Aaron the priest--the garments of his sons to minister in the priest's office,
  • Exodus 39:1 Of the blue, purple, and scarlet, they made finely worked garments, for ministering in the holy place, and made the holy garments for Aaron; as Yahweh commanded Moses.

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Hebrew and Greek witnesses Masoretic Hebrew ↔ Greek Septuagint

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Hebrew Exodus 39:41 Masoretic · Westminster Leningrad Codex

אֶת בִּגְדֵ֥י הַשְּׂרָ֖ד לְשָׁרֵ֣ת בַּקֹּ֑דֶשׁ אֶת בִּגְדֵ֤י הַקֹּ֨דֶשׁ֙ לְאַהֲרֹ֣ן הַכֹּהֵ֔ן וְאֶת בִּגְדֵ֥י בָנָ֖יו לְכַהֵֽן

the finely worked garments for ministering in the holy place, the holy garments for Aaron the priest, and the garments of his sons, to minister in the priest's office.

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)
    יָת לְבוּשֵׁי שִׁמוּשָׁא לְשַׁמָשָׁא בְקוּדְשָׁא יָת לְבוּשֵׁי קוּדְשָׁא לְאַהֲרֹן כַּהֲנָא וְיָת לְבוּשֵׁי בְנוֹהִי לְשַׁמָשָׁא:

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    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)
    יַת לְבוּשֵׁי שִׁמוּשָׁא לְשַׁמָשָׁא בְּקוּדְשָׁא יַת לְבוּשֵׁי קוּדְשָׁא לְאַהֲרן כַּהֲנָא וְיַת לְבוּשֵׁי בְּנוֹי לְשַׁמָּשָׁא

    and the vestments of ministration for ministering in the sanctuary, the holy vestments of Aharon the priest, and the vestments of his sons, to minister.

    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.

Commentary

Notes on Exodus 39:41 from classic Christian and Jewish commentators (each source and its license shown beneath its notes). The classic Christian expositions comment on the surrounding passage and are grouped to its opening verse, so a note may address several verses; the Jewish commentaries on the Tanakh (Rashi and others) are per-verse, so they appear only where the commentator wrote on this verse.

Lemma curates 59 commentaries, every one of them public domain or Creative Commons licensed, each selected and text-cleaned for this edition rather than reprinted as found. About our sources →

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers

(41) The cloths of service . . . and the holy garments.—There is no “and” in the original. Translate, the cloths of service to do service in the holy place—the holy garments for Aaron the priest, and his sons’ garments. The second and third clauses are exegetical of the first. (See Note on Exo_31:10.)

A Bible Commentary for English Readers, edited by Charles John Ellicott (1878–1897) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.

The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

gen. ed. J. J. S. Perowne

41. the plaited (?) garments] as v. 1, Exo_31:10, Exo_35:19.

(even) the holy garments] the ‘and’ has come in by some error: it is not in the Hebrew at all.

The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges (gen. ed. J. J. S. Perowne; Cambridge University Press, 1878–1918) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.

Lesson kit

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Exodus, in the Pentateuch, opens this verse with 14 words (9 distinct Hebrew lemmas). Its most distinctive word is sᵉrâd (“braided work”). A historical commentator’s framing appears above. Read the whole chapter for the surrounding context.

Discussion questions

  1. How does “braided work” (sᵉrâd) shape what this verse is saying?
  2. How does Exodus 31:10, which shares the word «braided work», read alongside this verse?
  3. What does the repetition of “garment” (3× in this one verse) do in this verse?
  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. «לְשָׁרֵ֣ת» is a Piel Infinitive Construct verb. How does that grammatical form shape the action described?
  6. Compare how Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers and The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges read this verse. Where do they agree or differ?

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