Exodus 28:12
Parallel Strong's
Berean Study Bible
Fasten both stones on the shoulder pieces of the ephod as memorial stones for the sons of Israel. Aaron is to bear their names on his two shoulders as a memorial before the LORD.

Young's Literal Translation
‘And thou hast set the two stones on the shoulders of the ephod—stones of memorial to the sons of Israel—and Aaron hath borne their names before Jehovah, on his two shoulders, for a memorial.

King James Bible
And thou shalt put the two stones upon the shoulders of the ephod [for] stones of memorial unto the children of Israel: and Aaron shall bear their names before the LORD upon his two shoulders for a memorial.

Hebrew
Fasten
וְשַׂמְתָּ֞ (wə·śam·tā)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - second person masculine singular
Strong's 7760: Put -- to put, place, set

both
שְׁתֵּ֣י (šə·tê)
Number - fdc
Strong's 8147: Two (a cardinal number)

stones
הָאֲבָנִ֗ים (hā·’ă·ḇā·nîm)
Article | Noun - feminine plural
Strong's 68: A stone

onto
עַ֚ל (‘al)
Preposition
Strong's 5921: Above, over, upon, against

the shoulder pieces
כִּתְפֹ֣ת (kiṯ·p̄ōṯ)
Noun - feminine plural construct
Strong's 3802: The shoulder, side-piece, lateral projection of anything

of the ephod
הָֽאֵפֹ֔ד (hā·’ê·p̄ōḏ)
Article | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 646: A girdle, the ephod, highpriest's shoulder-piece, an image

as memorial
זִכָּרֹ֖ן (zik·kā·rōn)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 2146: Memorial, remembrance

stones
אַבְנֵ֥י (’aḇ·nê)
Noun - feminine plural construct
Strong's 68: A stone

for the sons
לִבְנֵ֣י (liḇ·nê)
Preposition-l | Noun - masculine plural construct
Strong's 1121: A son

of Israel.
יִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל (yiś·rā·’êl)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's 3478: Israel -- 'God strives', another name of Jacob and his desc

Aaron
אַהֲרֹ֨ן (’a·hă·rōn)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's 175: Aaron -- an elder brother of Moses

is to bear
וְנָשָׂא֩ (wə·nā·śā)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 5375: To lift, carry, take

their names
שְׁמוֹתָ֜ם (šə·mō·w·ṯām)
Noun - masculine plural construct | third person masculine plural
Strong's 8034: A name

on
עַל־ (‘al-)
Preposition
Strong's 5921: Above, over, upon, against

his two
שְׁתֵּ֥י (šə·tê)
Number - fdc
Strong's 8147: Two (a cardinal number)

shoulders
כְתֵפָ֖יו (ḵə·ṯê·p̄āw)
Noun - feminine plural construct | third person masculine singular
Strong's 3802: The shoulder, side-piece, lateral projection of anything

as a memorial
לְזִכָּרֹֽן׃ (lə·zik·kā·rōn)
Preposition-l | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 2146: Memorial, remembrance

before
לִפְנֵ֧י (lip̄·nê)
Preposition-l | Noun - common plural construct
Strong's 6440: The face

the LORD.
יְהוָ֛ה (Yah·weh)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's 3068: LORD -- the proper name of the God of Israel

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           
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