rikma · embroidery

What it means

rikma (רִקְמָה) is a Hebrew word of the Bible that means “embroidery”.

Cloth worked with threads of many colors.

How to say it

Approximate pronunciation. Vowels sound as in Spanish (a as in father, e as in bed, i as in machine, o as in note, u as in rule); the syllable in bold is stressed. The voice is your device's.

Its senses in the Bible

1. Cloth decorated with colored threads.
2. A variety of colors, like that of the stones gathered for the temple.

From Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906)

How it is translated

The words this translation uses for it, most frequent first.

• embroidered ×6
• embroidery ×3
• colors ×2
• two embroideries ×1

Related words

Words of the same family, by Strong’s numbering.

Where it appears

• Judges×2
• 1 Chronicles×1
• Psalms×1
• Ezekiel×8

• Judges 5:30

  ‘Are they not finding and dividing the spoil? A girl, two girls for each head of a man; spoil of dyed cloth for Sisera, spoil of dyed cloth embroidered; dyed cloth, two embroideries, for the necks of the spoil.’

• 1 Chronicles 29:2

  With all my strength I have prepared for the house of my Elohim the gold for the things of gold, the silver for the things of silver, the bronze for the things of bronze, the iron for the things of iron, and the wood for the things of wood; onyx stones and stones for setting, stones of antimony and of colors, and every precious stone, and marble stones in abundance.

• Psalms 45:14

  In embroidered garments she is led to the king; virgins behind her, her companions, are brought to you.

• Ezekiel 16:10

  And I clothed you with embroidered cloth and shod you with fine leather, and I wrapped you in fine linen and covered you with silk.

• Ezekiel 16:13

  And you were adorned with gold and silver, and your clothing was fine linen and silk and embroidered cloth; fine flour and honey and oil you ate; and you became beautiful exceedingly, and you prospered to royalty.

• Ezekiel 16:18

  And you took your embroidered garments and covered them, and my oil and my incense you set before them.

• Ezekiel 17:3

  and say, ‘Thus says Adonai YHWH: The great eagle, great of wings, long of pinion, full of feathers, which had colors, came to Lebanon and took the top of the cedar.

• Ezekiel 26:16

  And all the chiefs of the sea will come down from their thrones, and remove their robes, and strip off their embroidered garments; with tremblings they will clothe themselves; on the ground they will sit, and tremble every moment, and be appalled at you.

• Ezekiel 27:7

  Fine linen with embroidery from Egypt was your sail, to serve you as a banner; blue and purple from the coastlands of Elishah was your awning.

• Ezekiel 27:16

  Aram was your merchant because of the abundance of your works; with turquoise, purple, embroidery, fine linen, coral, and ruby they paid for your wares.

• Ezekiel 27:24

  They were your traders in luxurious things, in cloaks of blue and embroidery, and in chests of colored fabrics, bound with cords and firm, in your market.

And 1 more times.