Exodus 27:16
Forsooth in the large entry of the porch shall be made a curtain of twenty cubits, of jacinth, and purple, and of red silk twice-dyed, and of bis folded again, by embroidery work; it shall have four pillars, with so many bases.This verse in the real world
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- רָקַםrâqamto variegate color, i.e. embroider; by implication, to fabricate
- שָׁזַרshâzarto twist (a thread of straw)
- מָסָךְmâçâka cover, i.e. veil
- שֵׁשׁshêshbleached stuff, i.e. white linen or (by analogy) marble
- אֶדֶןʼedena basis (of a building, a column, etc.)
- אַרְגָּמָןʼargâmânpurple (the color or the dyed stuff)
- שָׁנִיshânîycrimson, properly, the insect or its color, also stuff dyed with it
- תּוֹלָעtôwlâʻthe crimson-grub, but used only (in this connection) of the colorfrom it, and cloths dyed
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