Esther 1:6

“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.”

Esther 1:6 · direct translation from the Hebrew
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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.

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