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תְּכֵלֶת

«תְּכֵלֶת» in the Tanakh dictionary: violet — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 2 verses in layers.

Used: 49 times · Key: 8504 · BDB: תְּכֵ֫לֶת

Glosses

violet.stuff (19); of.violet.stuff (16); stuff (6)

Meaning (OSHB)

violet tree →

Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.f. violet violet thread stuff tree →

The whole BDB entry

n.f. violet, i.e. violet thread and stuff; 𝔊; usually ὑάκινθος, ὑακίνθινος; v. ThatcherHast.DB Colours (NH = BH; 𝔗 תִּכְלָא, תַּכְלָא, תְּכֵילְתָּא);— violet thread (spun, Ex 35:25; woven, 39:3): in Ex (P) of hangings of tabern., ephod, etc., ת׳ + אַרְגָּמָן, תּוֹלַעַת שָׁנִי (q.v.; often also שֵׁשׁ, זהב), Ex 25:4; 26:1; 28:5, 6; 28:33; 35:25 + 20 times; of temple hangings (+ אַרְגָּמָן, אַרְגְּוָן, כַּרְמִיל, בּוּץ) 2 Ch 2:6, 13, 14; loops or cords of ת׳ (alone) Ex 26:4; 28:28, 31, 37; 36:11; 39:21, 22, 31; Nu 15:38 (all P). palace hangings in Shushan, + חוּר Est 1:6. violet stuff, fabric; לְבוּשֵׁי ת׳ Ez 23:6, גְּלוֹמֵי ת׳ וְרִקְמָה 27:24; ת׳ וְאַרְגָּמָן לְבוּשָׁם Je 10:9; also in trade Ez 27:7 (+ אַרְגָּמָן, שֵׁשׁ בְּרִקְמָה), cf. בֶּגֶד ת׳ for covering sacred utensils Nu 4:6, 7, 9, 11, 12 (P).

Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 28 of its verses cited, 2 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (2 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (2 candidates)

Trees and pragmatics

Every English meaning of «תְּכֵלֶת» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

In the verses

Exodus 28:31

וְעָשִׂ֛יתָ אֶת־מְעִ֥יל הָאֵפ֖וֹד כְּלִ֥יל תְּכֵֽלֶת׃

Word for word: and you.will.make (et) the.robe of the.ephod an.entirety of.violet.stuff

JPS 1917: And thou shalt make the robe of the ephod all of blue.

Exodus 39:22

וַיַּ֛עַשׂ אֶת־מְעִ֥יל הָאֵפֹ֖ד מַעֲשֵׂ֣ה אֹרֵ֑ג כְּלִ֖יל תְּכֵֽלֶת׃

Word for word: and he.made (et) the.robe of the.ephod [the].work of.a.weaver an.entirety of.violet.stuff

JPS 1917: And he made the robe of the ephod of woven work, all of blue;

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