che.shev denotes the crafted or decorated component associated with the ephod, including the part on which the breastpiece is placed.

The attested use concerns a crafted component of the ephod: it is described as made with gold, blue, purple, scarlet worm, and twisted linen, and it marks the area above which the breastpiece is secured. In clothing Aaron, the same construct-form noun occurs where the ephod is girded or fastened.

1. Crafted component of the ephod · dominant

   All occurrences are masculine singular construct forms joined to “the ephod.” In Exodus 28:8 the APB renders the clause “The artwork of its ephod that is upon it,” then describes its materials; Exodus 28:28 places the breastpiece “upon the artwork of the ephod.” The parallel construction accounts in Exodus 39:5 and Exodus 39:21 repeat these respective descriptions, while Exodus 29:5 and Leviticus 8:7 place the term in the action of girding or fastening the ephod.

   Exodus 28:8Exodus 28:28Exodus 29:5Exodus 39:5Exodus 39:21Leviticus 8:7

In the Anselm Project Bible: The APB commonly presents the relevant ephod component as “artwork” in Exodus 28:8, Exodus 28:27, Exodus 28:28, Exodus 39:5, Exodus 39:20, and Exodus 39:21, but uses “band” and “decorated band” in Exodus 29:5 and Leviticus 8:7. These are verse-level renderings rather than separate lexical definitions.