Lexicon
מִלֻּאָה
mil.lu.ah
H4396
H:N-F Hebrew

setting

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mil.lu.ah denotes the settings in which the breastpiece stones are placed, including gold settings.

The attested use concerns settings associated with the rows of stones: a singular construct form occurs with a setting of stones, while plural construct forms occur where the stones are described in their settings of gold.

Senses in use

  1. Settings for rows of stones · dominant

    In Exodus 28:17, the singular construct noun occurs in the instruction to fill the item with a setting of stones and four rows. In Exodus 28:20 and Exodus 39:13, plural construct forms occur in the description of the fourth row; the APB renders the surrounding clauses with stones "in their settings."

In the Anselm Project Bible: The APB renders the surrounding construction as "a setting of stones" in Exodus 28:17 and as stones "in their settings" in Exodus 28:20 and Exodus 39:13. The precise English correspondence remains partly uncertain.

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