Exodus 28:5

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

And they shall take the gold, and the blue, and the purple, and the scarlet, and the fine linen.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וְהֵם֙ יִקְח֣וּ אֶת־הַזָּהָ֔ב וְאֶת־הַתְּכֵ֖לֶת וְאֶת־הָֽאַרְגָּמָ֑ן וְאֶת־תּוֹלַ֥עַת הַשָּׁנִ֖י וְאֶת־הַשֵּֽׁשׁ׃ פ

Transliteration

And they shall take ʾet-hazzāhāb and ʾet-hattəkēlet and ʾet-hāʾargāmān and ʾet-tôlaʿat haššānî and ʾet-haššēš.

Grammar Details

*wəhēm*: conjunction + personal pronoun, 3rd person masculine plural - and they
*yiqḥû*: qal imperfect, 3rd person masculine plural - they shall take
*ʾet-hazzāhāb*: direct object marker + definite article + noun masculine singular - the gold
*wəʾet-hattəkēlet*: conjunction + direct object marker + definite article + noun feminine singular - and the blue
*wəʾet-hāʾargāmān*: conjunction + direct object marker + definite article + noun masculine singular - and the purple
*wəʾet-tôlaʿat*: conjunction + direct object marker + noun feminine singular construct - and the worm of
*haššānî*: definite article + noun masculine singular - the scarlet
*wəʾet-haššēš*: conjunction + direct object marker + definite article + noun masculine singular - and the fine linen

Word Meanings

*hazzāhāb*: gold
*hattəkēlet*: blue, blue-purple dye
*hāʾargāmān*: purple, purple-red dye
*tôlaʿat haššānî*: scarlet, crimson, scarlet material (literally: worm of scarlet)
*haššēš*: fine linen, byssus

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American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

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Divine name rendering: Frequently renders the Tetragrammaton as Jehovah in the Old Testament, following ASV tradition.
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Referenced Verses

Exod 25:3-4 : 3 And this is the offering which ye shall take of them: gold, and silver, and brass, 4 and blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine linen, and goats' [hair],
Exod 39:2-3 : 2 And he made the ephod of gold, blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen. 3 And 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.

Similar Verses (AI)

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

Exod 28:6
92%
6And they shall make the ephod of gold, of blue, and purple, scarlet, and fine twined linen, the work of the skilful workman.
Exod 39:1-3
3 verses
86%
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.
Exod 28:2-4
3 verses
85%
2And thou shalt make holy garments for Aaron thy brother, for glory and for beauty.
3And thou shalt speak unto all that are wise hearted, whom I have filled with the spirit of wisdom, that they make Aaron's garments to sanctify him, that he may minister unto me in the priest's office.
4And these are the garments which they shall make: a breastplate, and an ephod, and a robe, and a coat of checker work, a mitre, and a girdle: and they shall make holy garments for Aaron thy brother, and his sons, that he may minister unto me in the priest's office.
Exod 35:6
84%
6and blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine linen, and goats' [hair],
Exod 25:3-5
3 verses
84%
3And this is the offering which ye shall take of them: gold, and silver, and brass,
4and blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine linen, and goats' [hair],
5and rams' skins dyed red, and sealskins, and acacia wood,
Exod 28:14-15
2 verses
82%
14and two chains of pure gold; like cords shalt thou make them, of wreathen work: and thou shalt put the wreathen chains on the settings.
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 28:8
82%
8And the skilfully woven band, which is upon it, wherewith to gird it on, shall be like the work thereof [and] of the same piece; of gold, of blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen.
Exod 39:27-29
3 verses
81%
27And they made the coats of fine linen of woven work for Aaron, and for his sons,
28and the mitre of fine linen, and the goodly head-tires of fine linen, and the linen breeches of fine twined linen,
29and the girdle of fine twined linen, and blue, and purple, and scarlet, the work of the embroiderer; as Jehovah commanded Moses.
Exod 39:8
81%
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 26:31
81%
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 28:31
80%
31And thou shalt make the robe of the ephod all of blue.
Exod 39:5
79%
5And the skilfully woven band, that was upon it, wherewith to gird it on, was of the same piece [and] like the work thereof; of gold, of blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen; as Jehovah commanded Moses.
Exod 28:39-40
2 verses
79%
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.
40And for Aaron's sons thou shalt make coats, and thou shalt make for them girdles, and head-tires shalt thou make for them, for glory and for beauty.
Exod 36:35
79%
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.
Exod 39:24
79%
24And they made upon the skirts of the robe pomegranates of blue, and purple, and scarlet, [and] twined [linen].
Exod 39:22
78%
22And he made the robe of the ephod of woven work, all of blue;
Exod 35:23
78%
23And every man, with whom was found blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine linen, and goats' [hair], and rams' skins dyed red, and sealskins, brought them.
Exod 26:36
77%
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 3:14
77%
14And he made the veil of blue, and purple, and crimson, and fine linen, and wrought cherubim thereon.
Exod 26:1
77%
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 29:5
77%
5And thou shalt take the garments, and put upon Aaron the coat, and the robe of the ephod, and the ephod, and the breastplate, and gird him with the skilfully woven band of the ephod;
Exod 31:10
77%
10and the finely wrought garments, and the holy garments for Aaron the priest, and the garments of his sons, to minister in the priest's office,
Exod 28:28
77%
28And they shall bind the breastplate by the rings thereof unto the rings of the ephod with a lace of blue, that it may be upon the skilfully woven band of the ephod, and that the breastplate be not loosed from the ephod.
Exod 35:25
76%
25And all the women that were wise-hearted did spin with their hands, and brought that which they had spun, the blue, and the purple, the scarlet, and the fine linen.
Exod 28:33-34
2 verses
76%
33And upon the skirts of it thou shalt make pomegranates of blue, and of purple, and of scarlet, round about the skirts thereof; and bells of gold between them round about:
34a golden bell and a pomegranate, a golden bell and a pomegranate, upon the skirts of the robe round about.
Exod 36:8
76%
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.
Exod 36:37
76%
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 27:16
75%
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 38:18
75%
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 35:19
75%
19the finely wrought garments, for ministering in the holy place, the holy garments for Aaron the priest, and the garments of his sons, to minister in the priest's office.
Exod 28:37
75%
37And thou shalt put it on a lace of blue, and it shall be upon the mitre; upon the forefront of the mitre it shall be.
Exod 39:41
74%
41the finely wrought garments for ministering in the holy place, and the holy garments for Aaron the priest, and the garments of his sons, to minister in the priest's office.
Num 4:13
74%
13And they shall take away the ashes from the altar, and spread a purple cloth thereon:
Ezek 27:7
74%
7Of fine linen with broidered work from Egypt was thy sail, that it might be to thee for an ensign; blue and purple from the isles of Elishah was thine awning.
Exod 28:42
73%
42And thou shalt make them linen breeches to cover the flesh of their nakedness; from the loins even unto the thighs they shall reach:
Exod 38:16
73%
16All the hangings of the court round about were of fine twined linen.
Exod 35:35
73%
35Them hath he filled with wisdom of heart, to work all manner of workmanship, of the engraver, and of the skilful workman, and of the embroiderer, in blue, and in purple, in scarlet, and in fine linen, and of the weaver, even of them that do any workmanship, and of those that devise skilful works.
Exod 25:7
72%
7onyx stones, and stones to be set, for the ephod, and for the breastplate.
Exod 39:31
72%
31And they tied unto it a lace of blue, to fasten it upon the mitre above; as Jehovah commanded Moses.