What Does Exodus 39:25 Mean in the King James?
And they made bells of pure gold, and put the bells between the pomegranates upon the hem of the robe, round about between the pomegranates;
The analysis reads the King James wording.
King James Version The King James Version, first published in 1611. Selah Verse shows the standard text.
THE KEY
The Hebrew word for “bells” carries the sense of a beat or step, so the robe’s edge makes movement audible.
THE MEANING
The sacred edge carries both shape and sound: pomegranates mark it visually, while gold bells answer movement with a pulse. What is set apart becomes perceptible in the way it moves through the world.
THE ROOT
פַּעֲמֹן
pa'amon
GROWS FROM
פעמ
p-ʿ-m
To beat or strike; related words also carry the senses of a step or an occasion.
English gives you a small gold object; the Hebrew word carries a beat within it. Because the bells are placed around the robe’s hem, its movement becomes audible.
ALSO GROWS
pa'am: A beat, step, or occasion.
פַּעַם
The bell’s name shares the language of a step, linking its sound to the wearer’s movement.
pe'amim: Times or occasions; in some contexts, steps.
פְּעָמִים
The repeated bells around the hem give the robe’s movement a recurring rhythm.
THE PATTERN
The edge of what is set apart becomes perceptible through sound, inscription, or touch.
A golden bell and a pomegranate, a golden bell and a pomegranate, upon the hem of the robe round about.In that day shall there be upon the bells of the horses, HOLINESS UNTO THE LORD; and the pots in the LORD’s house shall be like the bowls before the altar.And, behold, a woman, which was diseased with an issue of blood twelve years, came behind him, and touched the hem of his garment:THE THREAD
A golden bell and a pomegranate, a golden bell and a pomegranate, upon the hem of the robe round about.This verse gives the garment design that Exodus 39:25 carries out: bell and pomegranate repeat around the same hem. The bells are part of the robe’s structure, making its movement sound.
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