H2833 H2833
breastpiece — the sacred pouch on the high priest's chest, set with twelve gemstones and the Urim and Thummim
Choshen designates the high-priestly breastpiece (or 'breastplate of judgment'), one of the most elaborately described ritual objects in the Torah. All 25 occurrences fall within the Priestly source in Exodus and Leviticus, concentrated in the instructions for the tabernacle vestments (Exod 28) and their execution (Exod 39). The breastpiece was a square pouch, a span on each side, woven from the same gold-threaded, multicolored fabric as the ephod. Its face bore twelve precious stones in four rows, each engraved with the name of one of Israel's tribes — a visible memorial carried 'over Aaron's heart' when he entered the Holy Place (Exod 28:29). Inside the pouch rested the Urim and Thummim, the instruments of divine oracular consultation, which is why the breastpiece bore the formal title choshen hammishpat, 'the breastpiece of judgment' (Exod 28:15, 30). Gold chains fastened it to the ephod's shoulder-pieces, and a blue cord secured its lower edge to the ephod's sash. Spanish 'pectoral,' French 'pectoral,' and German 'Brustschild' all convey the chest-worn sacral object.
Senses
1. breastpiece, breastplate of judgment — The sacred pouch-like ornament worn on the high priest's chest, set with four rows of three precious stones representing the twelve tribes and containing the Urim and Thummim for oracular inquiry. Called choshen hammishpat ('breastpiece of judgment') in Exod 28:15, 30. It was attached to the ephod by gold chains at the shoulders and a blue ribbon at the waist (Exod 28:22-28; 39:8-21). Every occurrence belongs to the Priestly tabernacle instructions or their fulfillment (Exod 25:7; 28:4-30; 29:5; 35:9, 27; 39:8-21; Lev 8:8). Spanish and French 'pectoral' and German 'Brustschild' confirm a single referent. 25×
AR["الصَّدْرَةَ", "الصَّدْرَةُ", "الصَّدْرَةِ", "الصُّدرَةَ", "الصُّدرَةُ", "الصُّدرَةِ", "صُدرَةٌ", "وَ-لِ-الصُّدرَةِ", "وَ-لِلحوشَنِ"]·ben["এবং-বক্ষপত্রের-জন্য", "এবং-সেই-বুকপাটার-জন্য", "বক্ষবন্ধনী", "বক্ষবন্ধনীর", "বুকপাটা", "সেই-বুকপাটা", "সেই-বুকপাটার"]·DE["Brustschild", "das-Brustschild", "und-fuer-der-Brustschild"]·EN["and-for-the-breastpiece", "breastpiece", "the-breastpiece"]·FR["et-pour-le-pectoral", "le-pectoral", "pectoral"]·heb["ה-חושן", "ו-ל-חושן", "חושן"]·HI["और-सीनाबन्द-के-लिए", "और-सीनेबंद", "चपरास", "चपरास-के", "सीनाबन्द"]·ID["dan-untuk-tutup dada", "dan-untuk-tutup-dada", "tutup-dada", "tutup-dada-itu"]·IT["e-per-il-pettorale", "il-pettorale", "pettorale"]·jav["lan-kanggé-tatahan-dhadha.", "lan-kanggé-tutup-dhadha.", "lan-kanggé-tutup-dhadha;", "pending-punika", "tatahan-dhadha", "tatahan-dhadha-punika", "tatahan-dhadha-punika.", "tutup-dhadha"]·KO["그-흑판", "그-흑판을", "그-흑판의", "그-흑판이", "그-흙판", "그-흙판을", "그-흙판의", "그-흙판이", "그리고-에-흑판", "그리고-흑판을-위한", "흑판과"]·PT["e-para-o-peitoral", "o-hoshen", "o-peitoral", "peitoral"]·RU["и-для-нагрудника", "и-для-наперсника", "нагрудник", "нагрудника", "нагруднике", "наперсник", "наперсника", "наперснике"]·ES["el-pectoral", "pectoral", "y-para-el-pectoral"]·SW["kifuko-cha-kifuani", "na-kwa-kifuko-cha-kifuani", "za-kifuko-cha-kifuani"]·TR["-göğüs-plakası", "-göğüs-plakasını", "-göğüs-plakasının", "göğüslük", "göğüslüğü", "göğüslüğün", "ve-göğüs-plakası-için", "ve-göğüsllük-için"]·urd["-سینہ-بند", "اور-سینہ-بند-کے-لیے", "سینہ-بند", "سینہ-بند-کے"]
Exod 25:7, Exod 28:4, Exod 28:15, Exod 28:22, Exod 28:23, Exod 28:23, Exod 28:24, Exod 28:26, Exod 28:28, Exod 28:28, Exod 28:29, Exod 28:30 (+13 more)
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BDB / Lexicon Reference
† חֹ֫שֶׁן n.m. the breast-piece or sacred pouch, containing the אורים ותמים, worn on the breast of the high priest when he ministered in the Holy Place to bring the tribes for memorial before. י׳. It was made of the same material as the ephod (v. אֵפוֹד), a span square; set in front with twelve jewels in four rows, engraved with the names of the twelve tribes. It was firmly fastened to the…