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title: תְּכֵלֶת — violet · The Tanakh dictionary
description: תְּכֵלֶת (8504), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 49 times: violet. BDB 1906: n.f. violet violet thread stuff. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# תְּכֵלֶת

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«תְּכֵלֶת» in the Tanakh dictionary: **violet** — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 2 verses in layers.

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**Used:** 49 times · **Key:** 8504 · **BDB:** תְּכֵ֫לֶת

### Glosses

violet.stuff (19); of.violet.stuff (16); stuff (6)

### Meaning (OSHB)

violet [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1514/8504/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.f. violet violet thread stuff [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1514/8504/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.f. violet, i.e. violet thread and stuff; 𝔊; usually ὑάκινθος, ὑακίνθινος; v. ThatcherHast.DB Colours (NH = BH; 𝔗 תִּכְלָא, תַּכְלָא, תְּכֵילְתָּא);— violet thread (spun, Ex 35:25; woven, 39:3): in Ex (P) of hangings of tabern., ephod, etc., ת׳ + אַרְגָּמָן, תּוֹלַעַת שָׁנִי (q.v.; often also שֵׁשׁ, זהב), Ex 25:4; 26:1; 28:5, 6; 28:33; 35:25 + 20 times; of temple hangings (+ אַרְגָּמָן, אַרְגְּוָן, כַּרְמִיל, בּוּץ) 2 Ch 2:6, 13, 14; loops or cords of ת׳ (alone) Ex 26:4; 28:28, 31, 37; 36:11; 39:21, 22, 31; Nu 15:38 (all P). palace hangings in Shushan, + חוּר Est 1:6. violet stuff, fabric; לְבוּשֵׁי ת׳ Ez 23:6, גְּלוֹמֵי ת׳ וְרִקְמָה 27:24; ת׳ וְאַרְגָּמָן לְבוּשָׁם Je 10:9; also in trade Ez 27:7 (+ אַרְגָּמָן, שֵׁשׁ בְּרִקְמָה), cf. בֶּגֶד ת׳ for covering sacred utensils Nu 4:6, 7, 9, 11, 12 (P).

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 28 of its verses cited, 2 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (2 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (2 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «תְּכֵלֶת» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1514/8504/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Exodus 28:31](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/EXO.28.31/)

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וְעָשִׂ֛יתָ אֶת־מְעִ֥יל הָאֵפ֖וֹד כְּלִ֥יל תְּכֵֽלֶת׃

*Word for word:* and you.will.make (et) the.robe of the.ephod an.entirety of.violet.stuff

*JPS 1917:* And thou shalt make the robe of the ephod all of blue.

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[Exodus 39:22](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/EXO.39.22/)

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וַיַּ֛עַשׂ אֶת־מְעִ֥יל הָאֵפֹ֖ד מַעֲשֵׂ֣ה אֹרֵ֑ג כְּלִ֖יל תְּכֵֽלֶת׃

*Word for word:* and he.made (et) the.robe of the.ephod \[the\].work of.a.weaver an.entirety of.violet.stuff

*JPS 1917:* And he made the robe of the ephod of woven work, all of blue;

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