Lexical Summary tekeleth: violet, violet thread Original Word: תְּכֵלֶתTransliteration: tekeleth Phonetic Spelling: (tek-ay'-leth) Part of Speech: Noun Feminine Short Definition: violet, violet thread Meaning: the cerulean mussel, the color, obtained therefrom, stuff dyed therewith Strong's Concordance blue Probably for shcheleth; the cerulean mussel, i.e. The color (violet) obtained therefrom or stuff dyed therewith -- blue. see HEBREW shcheleth Brown-Driver-Briggs H8504. tekeleth תְּכֵ֫לֶת48 noun feminine violet, i.e. violet thread and stuff; ᵐ5 usually υἄκινθος, υἀκίθινος; see ThatcherHast. DB COLOURS (Late Hebrew = Biblical Hebrew; תִּכְלָא ᵑ7); — 1 violet thread (spun, Exodus 35:25; woven, 39:3): a. in Exodus (P) of hangings of tabernacle, ephod, etc., ׳ת + שָׁנִי תּוֺלַעַת אַרְגָּמָן, (q. v.; often also זהב שֵׁשׁ,), Exodus 25:4; 26:1; 28:5-6, 33; 35:25 20t.; of temple hangings (+ בּוּץ כַּרְמִיל, אַרְגְּוָן, אַרְגָּמָן,) 2 Chronicles 2:6; 2:13; 2:14; loops or cords of ׳ת (alone) Exodus 26:4; 28:28, 31, 37; 36:11; 39:21-22, 31; Numbers 15:38 (all P). b. palace hangings in Shushan + חוּר Esther 1:6. 2 violet stuff, fabric.; ת ׳לְבוּשֵׁי Ezekiel 23:6, וְרִקְמָה ת ׳גְּלוֺמֵי 27:24; ׳ת לְבוּשָׁם וְאַרְגָּמָן Jeremiah 10:9; also in trade Ezekiel 27:7 (+ בְּרִקְמָה שֵׁשׁ אַרְגָּמָן,), compare ת ׳בֶּגֶד for covering sacred utensils Numbers 4:6-7, 9, 11, 12 (P). |
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