forepart
part of speech
noun
meaning for a pupil
The front part of something. tree →
sense in the lessons
In the Tanakh and Jewish tradition: It is the front side of the priest's ephod, where the gold chains and rings were attached to hold the breastplate. Interpretation: The ephod and breastplate are read by tradition as part of the high priest's holy dress, which carried the names of the twelve tribes before God.
examples
- And the other two ends of the two wreathen chains they put on the two settings, and put them on the shoulder-pieces of the ephod, in the forepart thereof. (Torah EXO.39.18, JPS 1917) tree →
- And the other two ends of the two wreathen chains thou shalt put on the two settings, and put them on the shoulder-pieces of the ephod, in the forepart thereof. (Torah EXO.28.25, JPS 1917) tree →
- And they made two rings of gold, and put them on the two shoulder-pieces of the ephod underneath, in the forepart thereof, close by the coupling thereof, above the skilfully woven band of the ephod. (Torah EXO.39.20, JPS 1917) tree →
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Trees and pragmatics
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