Exodus 39:3
King James Version
6 Jun 2026
“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.”
חָשַׁב
properly, to plait or interpenetrate, i.e. (literally) to weave or (generally) to fabricate; figuratively, to plot or contrive (usually in a malicious sense); hence (from the mental effort) to think, regard, value, compute
מַעֲשֶׂה
the work of
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מַעֲשֶׂה
an action (good or bad); generally, a transaction; abstractly, activity; by implication, a product (specifically, a poem) or (generally) property
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תּוֹלָע
the scarlet stuff of
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תּוֹלָע
the crimson-grub, but used only (in this connection) of the colorfrom it, and cloths dyed therewith
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פַּח
the thin plates of
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פַּח
a (metallic) sheet (as pounded thin); also a spring net (as spread out like a lamina)
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פָּתִיל
threads
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פָּתִיל
twine
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