Exodus 39:3 — King James Version← Study notes
“And they did beat the gold into thin plates, and cut it into wires, to work it in the blue, and in the purple, and in the scarlet, and in the fine linen, with cunning work.”
Exodus 39:3 — Hebrew Interlinear
Hebrew · Exodus 39:318 words
וַיְרַקְּעוּwayəraqəʿûAnd pound
אֶתʾet—
פַּחֵיpaḥêSheet
הַזָּהָבhazāhāvThe gold
וְקִצֵּץwəqiṣēṣAnd chop off
פְּתִילִםpətîlimTwine
לַעֲשׂוֹתlaʿăśwōtTo do
בְּתוֹךְbətwōḵəIn bisection
הַתְּכֵלֶתhatəḵēletThe mussel
וּבְתוֹךְûvətwōḵəAnd in bisection
הָאַרְגָּמָןhāʾarəgāmānThe purple
וּבְתוֹךְûvətwōḵəAnd in bisection
תּוֹלַעַתtwōlaʿatMaggot
הַשָּׁנִיhašānîThe crimson
וּבְתוֹךְûvətwōḵəAnd in bisection
הַשֵּׁשׁhašēšThe bleached
מַעֲשֵׂהmaʿăśēhAction
חֹשֵׁבḥōšēvPlait
ℹWords read right to left. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.
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