Jeremiah 10:9
King James Version
11 Jun 2026
“Silver spread into plates is brought from Tarshish, and gold from Uphaz, the work of the workman, and of the hands of the founder: blue and purple is their clothing: they are all the work of cunning men.”
כֶּסֶף
Silver, money. Keseph. Come buy without money and without price. The most valuable things God offers cannot be purchased. They are received by faith.
מַעֲשֶׂה
are 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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לְבוּשׁ
clothing/ their
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לְבוּשׁ
A garment, a coat. Lebuwsh. God clothed them. He covers what we cannot cover ourselves. Grace is the garment God provides for human shame.
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רָקַע
beaten
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רָקַע
to pound the earth (as a sign of passion); by analogy to expand (by hammering); by implication, to overlay (with thin sheets of metal)
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כֹּל
all of/ them
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כֹּל
properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense)
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תְּכֵלֶת
is violet stuff
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תְּכֵלֶת
the cerulean mussel, i.e. the color (violet) obtained therefrom or stuff dyed therewith
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צָרַף
a metalsmith
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צָרַף
to fuse (metal), i.e. refine (literally or figuratively)
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חָכָם
skillful people
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חָכָם
wise, (i.e. intelligent, skilful or artful)
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חָרָשׁ
a craftsman
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חָרָשׁ
a fabricator or any material
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