King James Version

Exodus 28:17

And thou shalt set in it settings of stones, even four rows of stones: the first row shall be a sardius, a topaz, and a carbuncle: this shall be the first row.

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וּמִלֵּאתָ֥umiletaand be at an endמָלֵאconjunction, verb, piel, sequential perfect, 2nd person, masculine, singular — “and be at an end”, a completed action in a sequenceH4390to fill or (intransitively) be full of, in a wide application (literally and figuratively)accomplish, confirm, [phrase] consecrate, be at an end, be expired, be fenced, fill, fulfil, (be, become, [idiom] draw, give in, go) full(-ly, -ly set, tale), (over-) flow, fulness, furnish, gather (selves, together), presume, replenish, s…בוֹ֙vvoinבוֹ֙preposition, suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “in”inמִלֻּ֣אַתmiluatsettingמִלֻּאָהnoun, common, feminine, singular, construct — “setting”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH4396a filling, i.e. setting (of gems)enclosing, setting.אֶ֔בֶןevenstoneאֶבֶןnoun, common, feminine, singular, absolute — “stone”, the ordinary formH68a stone[phrase] carbuncle, [phrase] mason, [phrase] plummet, (chalk-, hail-, head-, sling-) stone(-ny), (divers) weight(-s).אַרְבָּעָ֖הarbaahfourאַרְבַּעadjective, cardinal, masculine, singular, absolute — “four”, the ordinary formH702fourfour.טוּרִ֣יםturimrowטוּרnoun, common, masculine, plural, absolute — “row”, the ordinary formH2905a row; hence, a wallrow.אָ֑בֶןavenstoneאֶבֶןnoun, common, feminine, singular, absolute — “stone”, the ordinary formH68a stone[phrase] carbuncle, [phrase] mason, [phrase] plummet, (chalk-, hail-, head-, sling-) stone(-ny), (divers) weight(-s).ט֗וּרturrowטוּרnoun, common, masculine, singular, construct — “row”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH2905a row; hence, a wallrow.אֹ֤דֶםodemsardiusאֹדֶםnoun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “sardius”, the ordinary formH124redness, i.e. the ruby, garnet, or some other red gemsardius.פִּטְדָה֙pitdahtopazפִּטְדָהnoun, common, feminine, singular, absolute — “topaz”, the ordinary formH6357a gem, probably the topaztopaz.וּבָרֶ֔קֶתuvareqetand carbuncleבָּרֶקֶתconjunction, noun, common, feminine, singular, absolute — “and carbuncle”, the ordinary formH1304a gem (as flashing), perhaps the emeraldcarbuncle.הַטּ֖וּרhaturthe rowטוּרdefinite article, noun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “the row”, the ordinary formH2905a row; hence, a wallrow.הָאֶחָֽדhaechadthe firstאֶחָדdefinite article, adjective, cardinal, masculine, singular, absolute — “the first”, the ordinary formH259properly, united, i.e. one; or (as an ordinal) firsta, alike, alone, altogether, and, any(-thing), apiece, a certain, (dai-) ly, each (one), [phrase] eleven, every, few, first, [phrase] highway, a man, once, one, only, other, some, together,

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

And thou shalt set in it settings of stones, four rows of stones: a row of carnelian, topaz, and smaragd shall be the first row;

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American Standard Version (1901)

And thou shalt set in it settings of stones, four rows of stones: a row of sardius, topaz, and carbuncle shall be the first row;

Young’s Literal Translation

'And thou hast set in it settings of stone, four rows of stone; a row of sardius, topaz, and carbuncle [is] the first row;

World English Bible

You shall set in it settings of stones, four rows of stones: a row of ruby, topaz, and beryl shall be the first row;

Darby Translation

And thou shalt set in it settings of stones — four rows of stones: [one] row, a sardoin, a topaz, and an emerald — the first row;

Douay-Rheims

And thou shalt set in it four rows of stones: in the first row shall be a sardius stone, and a topaz, and an emerald:

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

And thou shalt set in it settings of stones, four rows of stones: a row of carnelian, topaz, and smaragd shall be the first row;

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

And thou shalt interweave with it a texture of four rows of stone; there shall be a row of stones, a sardius, a topaz, an emerald, the first row.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Καὶ καθυφανεῖς ἐν αὐτῷ ὕφασμα κατάλιθον τετράστιχον· στίχος λίθων ἔσται, σάρδιον, τοπάζιον, καὶ σμαράγδος, ὁ στίχος ὁ εἷς.