<div>a) Shmot 28:7 notes that the two sections of the Ephod are simply to be "chovrot" - attached/joined together.</div>
<div>b) the attachment mechanism doesn't seem to be by a button but by a blue thread/string. so "veyirkasu" doesn't necessarily have to mean "they buttoned".</div>
<div>c) in Modern Hebrew, "l'kafter" is "to button" <br clear="all"><br>-- <br>Yisrael Medad<br>Shiloh<br>Mobile Post Efraim 44830<br>Israel </div>