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Exodus 35:6
“And blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine linen, and goats’ hair,” (KJV)
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Lexical meaning
תְּכֵלֶתtᵉkêleth · tek-ay'-leth
H8504 · Hebrew
H8504 · Hebrew
- Definition
- the cerulean mussel, i.e. the color (violet) obtained therefrom or stuff dyed therewith
- Derivation
- probably for H7827 (שְׁחֶלֶת);
- KJV renderings
- blue.
- Grammar
- וּ — conjunction
- תְכֵ֧לֶת — common noun, feminine, singular, absolute
- Usage
- Occurs 49 times in the Hebrew Bible.Exodus 25:4Exodus 26:1Exodus 26:4Exodus 26:31Exodus 26:36
Theological interpretation (AI)
The card on the left shows lexical data from published sources. Interpretation is separate: ask the Companion to explain how traditions read תְּכֵלֶת here.
Hebrew text: Westminster Leningrad Codex (public domain). Morphology & lemmas: Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible, CC BY 4.0 (hb.openscriptures.org). Lexicon: Strong's Hebrew Dictionary (1894, public domain; JSON edition © Open Scriptures, CC BY-SA). Verse numbers follow the Hebrew text, which occasionally differs from English Bibles.