What Does Leviticus 8:7 Mean in the King James?
And he put upon him the coat, and girded him with the girdle, and clothed him with the robe, and put the ephod upon him, and he girded him with the curious girdle of the ephod, and bound it unto him therewith.
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 ephod’s name and the final act of fastening it onto Aaron grow from the same Hebrew root, joining the garment and its securing in one movement.
THE MEANING
You see a role take shape on a body through what is placed, worn, and fastened around it. Here, Aaron’s vestments are conferred one by one, and the final act binds the ephod to him.
THE ROOT
וַיֶּאְפֹּד
vayyeʾpod
GROWS FROM
א־פ־ד
to put on or gird with an ephod; to fasten it on
English gives the garment its name as “ephod” and renders the final verb “bound”; Hebrew shares their root shape. The garment and the act of securing it belong to one lexical family: the final motion makes Aaron ephoded with the ephod.
ALSO GROWS
ʾēphōd: ephod, a priestly vestment
אֵפוֹד
This is the garment named just before the verse uses the related verb for fastening it on.
vayyeʾpod: he fastened or girded it on him
וַיֶּאְפֹּד
This is the verse’s closing action, formed from the same root as the ephod itself.
וַיַּחְגֹּר
vayyaḥgōr
GROWS FROM
ח־ג־ר
to gird or fasten a belt around the body
The verse uses this root twice as Aaron’s garments are secured around him. English can make “girded” sound like a small clothing detail; the root brings forward the repeated act of binding the layers in place.
ALSO GROWS
ḥagor: belt or girdle
חֲגוֹר
This noun names the belt used to fasten clothing around the body.
ḥagur: girded or belted
חָגוּר
This form describes the secured state that the repeated action produces.
וַיַּלְבֵּשׁ
vayyalbēš
GROWS FROM
ל־ב־שׁ
to put on, wear, or clothe
The coat and robe are each introduced through the same clothing verb. The root also forms words for garments, tying the act of being clothed to the actual covering worn on the body.
ALSO GROWS
levush: garment or clothing
לְבוּשׁ
This noun grows from the same root as the action of clothing Aaron.
malbush: clothing or attire
מַלְבּוּשׁ
This related word keeps the root’s connection between wearing and what is worn.
THE PATTERN
What is conferred becomes visible through clothing placed on the body and secured there.
I will greatly rejoice in the LORD, my soul shall be joyful in my God; for he hath clothed me with the garments of salvation, he hath covered me with the robe of righteousness, as a bridegroom decketh himself with ornaments, and as a bride adorneth herself with her jewels.But the father said to his servants, Bring forth the best robe, and put it on him; and put a ring on his hand, and shoes on his feet:For as many of you as have been baptized into Christ have put on Christ.THE THREAD
And thou shalt take the garments, and put upon Aaron the coat, and the robe of the ephod, and the ephod, and the breastplate, and gird him with the curious girdle of the ephod:This verse names the ephod within the same ordered sequence of garments given to Aaron. In Leviticus, the final verb for fastening him uses the ephod’s own root, so the garment named here becomes the action that secures it to his body.
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