King James Version

Exodus 29:6

And thou shalt put the mitre upon his head, and put the holy crown upon the mitre.

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וְשַׂמְתָּ֥vesamtaand putשׂוּםconjunction, verb, qal, sequential perfect, 2nd person, masculine, singular — “and put”, a completed action in a sequenceH7760to put (used in a great variety of applications, literal, figurative, inferentially, and elliptically)[idiom] any wise, appoint, bring, call (a name), care, cast in, change, charge, commit, consider, convey, determine, [phrase] disguise, dispose, do, get, give, heap up, hold, impute, lay (down, up), leave, look, make (out), mark, [phrase]…הַמִּצְנֶ֖פֶתhamitsnefetthe diademמִצְנֶפֶתdefinite article, noun, common, feminine, singular, absolute — “the diadem”, the ordinary formH4701a tiara, i.e. official turban (of a king or high priest)diadem, mitre.עַלalaboveעַלpreposition — “above”H5921above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applicationsabove, according to(-ly), after, (as) against, among, and, [idiom] as, at, because of, beside (the rest of), between, beyond the time, [idiom] both and, by (reason of), [idiom] had the charge of, concerning for, in (that), (forth, out) of,…רֹאשׁ֑וֹroshvoheadרֹאשׁnoun, common, masculine, singular, construct, suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “head”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH7218the head (as most easily shaken), whether literal or figurative (in many applications, of place, time, rank, itc.)band, beginning, captain, chapiter, chief(-est place, man, things), company, end, [idiom] every (man), excellent, first, forefront, (be-)head, height, (on) high(-est part, (priest)), [idiom] lead, [idiom] poor, principal, ruler, sum, top.וְנָתַתָּ֛venatataand giveנָתַןconjunction, verb, qal, sequential perfect, 2nd person, masculine, singular — “and give”, a completed action in a sequenceH5414to give, used with greatest latitude of application (put, make, etc.)add, apply, appoint, ascribe, assign, [idiom] avenge, [idiom] be (healed), bestow, bring (forth, hither), cast, cause, charge, come, commit, consider, count, [phrase] cry, deliver (up), direct, distribute, do, [idiom] doubtless, [idiom] wi…אֶתetobject markerאֵתparticle, direct object marker — “object marker”H853properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)(as such unrepresented in English).נֵ֥זֶרnezerconsecrationנֶזֶרnoun, common, masculine, singular, construct — “consecration”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH5145properly, something set apart, i.e. (abstractly) dedication (of a priet or Nazirite); hence (concretely) unshorn locks; also (by implication) a chaplet (especially of royalty)consecration, crown, hair, separation.הַקֹּ֖דֶשׁhaqodeshthe consecratedקֹדֶשׁdefinite article, noun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “the consecrated”, the ordinary formH6944a sacred place or thing; rarely abstract, sanctityconsecrated (thing), dedicated (thing), hallowed (thing), holiness, ([idiom] most) holy ([idiom] day, portion, thing), saint, sanctuary.עַלalaboveעַלpreposition — “above”H5921above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applicationsabove, according to(-ly), after, (as) against, among, and, [idiom] as, at, because of, beside (the rest of), between, beyond the time, [idiom] both and, by (reason of), [idiom] had the charge of, concerning for, in (that), (forth, out) of,…הַמִּצְנָֽפֶתhamitsnafetthe diademמִצְנֶפֶתdefinite article, noun, common, feminine, singular, absolute — “the diadem”, the ordinary formH4701a tiara, i.e. official turban (of a king or high priest)diadem, mitre.

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

And thou shalt set the mitre upon his head, and put the holy crown upon the mitre.

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American Standard Version (1901)

and thou shalt set the mitre upon his head, and put the holy crown upon the mitre.

Young’s Literal Translation

and hast set the mitre on his head, and hast put the holy crown on the mitre,

World English Bible

You shall set the turban on his head, and put the holy crown on the turban.

Darby Translation

And thou shalt put the turban upon his head, and fasten the holy diadem to the turban,

Douay-Rheims

And thou shalt put the mitre upon his head, and the holy plate upon the mitre,

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

And thou shalt set the mitre upon his head, and put the holy crown upon the mitre.

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

And thou shalt put the mitre on his head; and thou shalt put the plate, even the Holiness, on the mitre.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Καὶ ἐπιθήσεις τὴν μίτραν ἐπὶ τὴν κεφαλὴν αὐτοῦ, καὶ ἐπιθήσεις τὸ πέταλον τὸ ἁγίασμα ἐπὶ τὴν μίτραν.