There waswhite cloth,חוּרcottonכַּרְפַּסand blue,וּתְכֵלֶתfastenedאָחוּזwith cordsבְּחַבְלֵיof fine linenבוּץand purpleוְאַרְגָּמָןtoעַלringsגְּלִילֵיof silverכֶסֶףandוְcolumnsעַמּוּדֵיof marble;שֵׁשׁcouchesמִטּוֹתof goldזָהָבand silverוָכֶסֶףonעַלa pavementרִצְפַתof porphyry,בַּהַטmarble,וָשֵׁשׁmother-of-pearl,וְדַרand dark stone.וְסֹחָרֶת
Esther 1:6
Study it in the app“There was white cloth, cotton and blue, fastened with cords of fine linen and purple to rings of silver and columns of marble; couches of gold and silver on a pavement of porphyry, marble, mother-of-pearl, and dark stone.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Esther 1:6, word by word
- white clothחוּרchur
white cloth
White cloth, white linen.
Where else “chur” appears- cottonכַּרְפַּסkarpas
cotton, fine cloth
A fine cloth of cotton or linen; its identification is uncertain. The word appears only once.
Where else “karpas” appears- and blueתְכֵלֶתtechelet
violet-blue
Thread or cloth dyed violet-blue, a very costly dye.
Where else “techelet” appears- fastenedאָחוּזachuz
be fastened
For something to be joined to another, held up or caught in it.
Where else “achuz” appears- with cordsחַבְלֵיchavle
cord
A rope of twisted fibers, for tying, measuring or letting something down.
Where else “chavle” appears- of fine linenבוּץvuts
fine linen
Fine linen: a fine, white, costly cloth. It is the word of the later books (Chronicles, Esther, Ezekiel) for the cloth Exodus calls by another Hebrew word, also rendered "fine linen."
Where else “vuts” appears- and purpleאַרְגָּמָןargaman
purple
Thread or cloth dyed purple, a costly dark red.
Where else “argaman” appears- ringsגְּלִילֵיgelile
cylinder
A round, hollow piece.
Where else “gelile” appears- of silverכֶסֶףchesef
silver
A white, valuable metal, the one most used after gold.
Where else “chesef” appears- columnsעַמּוּדֵיamude
pillar, column
Pillar, column; also a pillar of cloud or of fire.
Where else “amude” appears- of marbleשֵׁשׁshesh
marble
A white polished stone used to make palace columns.
Where else “shesh” appears- couchesמִטּוֹתmitot
bed
Bed; a couch.
Where else “mitot” appears- of goldזָהָבzahav
gold
Gold.
Where else “zahav” appears- a pavementרִצְפַתritsfat
pavement
A floor made of stone slabs.
Where else “ritsfat” appears- of porphyryבַּהַטbahat
porphyry, fine stone
A fine stone of the pavement of the palace; its identification is uncertain (porphyry, marble or alabaster).
Where else “bahat” appears- mother-of-pearlדַרdar
mother-of-pearl
A shining stone of the pavement of the palace; its identification is uncertain (mother-of-pearl or alabaster).
Where else “dar” appears- and dark stoneסֹחָרֶתsocharet
dark stone
A stone of the pavement of the palace, perhaps dark; its identification is uncertain. The word appears only once.
Where else “socharet” appears
Translation note
Several words of this verse appear only here and their sense is uncertain, above all the names of the fabrics (“white cloth,” “cotton”) and of the stones of the pavement (“porphyry,” “mother-of-pearl,” “dark stone”).
The context
5And when these days were completed, the king made for all the people who were present in Susa, the fortress, from the great to the small, a banquet of seven days in the court of the garden of the king’s palace.
6 · This verse (above)
7And drink was given in vessels of gold, and vessels different from other vessels, and royal wine in abundance, according to the hand of the king.