2 Chronicles 3:14

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

And he made the veil of blue, and purple, and crimson, and fine linen, and wrought cherubim thereon.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וַיַּ֙עַשׂ֙ אֶת־הַפָּרֹ֔כֶת תְּכֵ֥לֶת וְאַרְגָּמָ֖ן וְכַרְמִ֣יל וּב֑וּץ וַיַּ֥עַל עָלָ֖יו כְּרוּבִֽים

Transliteration

And wə-yaʿaś ʾet-ha-pārōket təkēlet and-ʾargāmān and-karmîl and-bûṣ and wə-yaʿal upon-it kərûbîm

Grammar Details

*wə-yaʿaś*: conjunction + Qal imperfect 3rd masculine singular - and he made
*ʾet*: direct object marker
*ha-pārōket*: definite article + noun feminine singular - the veil/curtain
*təkēlet*: noun feminine singular - blue/violet material
*wə-ʾargāmān*: conjunction + noun masculine singular - and purple material
*wə-karmîl*: conjunction + noun masculine singular - and crimson material
*û-bûṣ*: conjunction + noun masculine singular - and fine linen
*wə-yaʿal*: conjunction + Hiphil imperfect 3rd masculine singular - and he put/worked
*ʿālāyw*: preposition + 3rd masculine singular suffix - upon it
*kərûbîm*: noun masculine plural - cherubim

Word Meanings

*ha-pārōket*: veil/curtain/screen
*təkēlet*: blue/violet/blue-purple material
*ʾargāmān*: purple/red-purple material
*karmîl*: crimson/scarlet material
*bûṣ*: fine linen/byssus
*wə-yaʿal*: put on/worked on/raised up

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Referenced Verses

Heb 9:3 : 3 And after the second veil, the tabernacle which is called the Holy of holies;
Heb 10:20 : 20 by the way which he dedicated for us, a new and living way, through the veil, that is to say, his flesh;
Exod 26:31-35 : 31 And thou shalt make a veil of blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen: with cherubim the work of the skilful workman shall it be made: 32 and thou shalt hang it upon four pillars of acacia overlaid with gold; their hooks [shall be] of gold, upon four sockets of silver. 33 And thou shalt hang up the veil under the clasps, and shalt bring in thither within the veil the ark of the testimony: and the veil shall separate unto you between the holy place and the most holy. 34 And thou shalt put the mercy-seat upon the ark of the testimony in the most holy place. 35 And thou shalt set the table without the veil, and the candlestick over against the table on the side of the tabernacle toward the south: and thou shalt put the table on the north side.
Matt 27:51 : 51 And behold, the veil of the temple was rent in two from the top to the bottom; and the earth did quake; and the rocks were rent;

Similar Verses (AI)

These verses are found using AI-powered semantic similarity based on meaning and context. Results may occasionally include unexpected connections.

Exod 36:35-37
3 verses
92%
35And he made the veil of blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen: with cherubim, the work of the skilful workman, made he it.
36And he made thereunto four pillars of acacia, and overlaid them with gold: their hooks were of gold: and he cast for them four sockets of silver.
37And he made a screen for the door of the Tent, of blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen, the work of the embroiderer;
Exod 26:31
89%
31And thou shalt make a veil of blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen: with cherubim the work of the skilful workman shall it be made:
Exod 26:1
83%
1Moreover thou shalt make the tabernacle with ten curtains; of fine twined linen, and blue, and purple, and scarlet, with cherubim the work of the skilful workman shalt thou make them.
Exod 36:8-9
2 verses
83%
8And all the wise-hearted men among them that wrought the work made the tabernacle with ten curtains; of fine twined linen, and blue, and purple, and scarlet, with cherubim, the work of the skilful workman, [Bezalel] made them.
9The length of each curtain was eight and twenty cubits, and the breadth of each curtain four cubits: all the curtains had one measure.
Exod 26:36
80%
36And thou shalt make a screen for the door of the Tent, of blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen, the work of the embroiderer.
2 Chr 3:10-13
4 verses
80%
10And in the most holy house he made two cherubim of image work; and they overlaid them with gold.
11And the wings of the cherubim were twenty cubits long: the wing of the one [cherub] was five cubits, reaching to the wall of the house; and the other wing was [likewise] five cubits, reaching to the wing of the other cherub.
12And the wing of the other cherub was five cubits, reaching to the wall of the house; and the other wing was five cubits [also], joining to the wing of the other cherub.
13The wings of these cherubim spread themselves forth twenty cubits: and they stood on their feet, and their faces were toward the house.
Exod 39:1-3
3 verses
80%
1And of the blue, and purple, and scarlet, they made finely wrought garments, for ministering in the holy place, and made the holy garments for Aaron; as Jehovah commanded Moses.
2And he made the ephod of gold, blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen.
3And they did beat the gold into thin plates, and cut it into wires, to work it in the blue, and in the purple, and in the scarlet, and in the fine linen, the work of the skilful workman.
2 Chr 3:7
79%
7He overlaid also the house, the beams, the thresholds, and the walls thereof, and the doors thereof, with gold; and graved cherubim on the walls.
2 Chr 3:15
78%
15Also he made before the house two pillars of thirty and five cubits high, and the capital that was on the top of each of them was five cubits.
Exod 39:8
78%
8And he made the breastplate, the work of the skilful workman, like the work of the ephod; of gold, of blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen.
Exod 38:18
78%
18And the screen for the gate of the court was the work of the embroiderer, of blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen: and twenty cubits was the length, and the height in the breadth was five cubits, answerable to the hangings of the court.
Exod 28:5-6
2 verses
77%
5And they shall take the gold, and the blue, and the purple, and the scarlet, and the fine linen.
6And they shall make the ephod of gold, of blue, and purple, scarlet, and fine twined linen, the work of the skilful workman.
Exod 39:22
77%
22And he made the robe of the ephod of woven work, all of blue;
Exod 35:6
77%
6and blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine linen, and goats' [hair],
Exod 38:9
77%
9And he made the court: for the south side southward the hangings of the court were of fine twined linen, a hundred cubits;
Exod 25:4
77%
4and blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine linen, and goats' [hair],
1 Kgs 6:27-29
3 verses
76%
27And he set the cherubim within the inner house; and the wings of the cherubim were stretched forth, so that the wing of the one touched the one wall, and the wing of the other cherub touched the other wall; and their wings touched one another in the midst of the house.
28And he overlaid the cherubim with gold.
29And he carved all the walls of the house round about with carved figures of cherubim and palm-trees and open flowers, within and without.
Exod 27:16
76%
16And for the gate of the court shall be a screen of twenty cubits, of blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen, the work of the embroiderer; their pillars four, and their sockets four.
Exod 39:34
76%
34and the covering of rams' skins dyed red, and the covering of sealskins, and the veil of the screen;
Exod 36:14-15
2 verses
76%
14And he made curtains of goats' [hair] for a tent over the tabernacle: eleven curtains he made them.
15The length of each curtain was thirty cubits, and four cubits the breadth of each curtain: the eleven curtains had one measure.
Exod 28:15
75%
15And thou shalt make a breastplate of judgment, the work of the skilful workman; like the work of the ephod thou shalt make it; of gold, of blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen, shalt thou make it.
Exod 39:24
75%
24And they made upon the skirts of the robe pomegranates of blue, and purple, and scarlet, [and] twined [linen].
1 Kgs 6:35
75%
35And he carved [thereon] cherubim and palm-trees and open flowers; and he overlaid them with gold fitted upon the graven work.
Exod 37:7
75%
7And he made two cherubim of gold; of beaten work made he them, at the two ends of the mercy-seat;
1 Kgs 6:23-24
2 verses
74%
23And in the oracle he made two cherubim of olive-wood, {H6086} each ten cubits high.
24And five cubits was the one wing of the cherub, and five cubits the other wing of the cherub: from the uttermost part of the one wing unto the uttermost part of the other were ten cubits.
Exod 28:39
74%
39And thou shalt weave the coat in checker work of fine linen, and thou shalt make a mitre of fine linen, and thou shalt make a girdle, the work of the embroiderer.
Exod 38:16
74%
16All the hangings of the court round about were of fine twined linen.
Num 3:26
74%
26and the hangings of the court, and the screen for the door of the court, which is by the tabernacle, and by the altar round about, and the cords of it for all the service thereof.
Exod 36:11
74%
11And he made loops of blue upon the edge of the one curtain from the selvedge in the coupling: likewise he made in the edge of the curtain that was outmost in the second coupling.
Exod 28:31
74%
31And thou shalt make the robe of the ephod all of blue.
Exod 39:27
73%
27And they made the coats of fine linen of woven work for Aaron, and for his sons,
2 Chr 3:5
73%
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Exod 35:35
73%
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Exod 39:29
73%
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Exod 37:9
73%
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Num 4:6
73%
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Ezek 41:18
73%
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