Exodus 28:5

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

And they shall take gold, and blue, and purple, and scarlet, and 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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King James Version with Strong's Numbers

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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, with cunning work.

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 of purple, of scarlet, and fine twined linen, with cunning work.
Exod 39:1-3
3 verses
86%
1And of the blue, and purple, and scarlet, they made cloths of service, to do service in the holy place, and made the holy garments for Aaron; as the LORD 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, with cunning work.
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 may make Aaron's garments to consecrate 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 broidered coat, 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 badgers' skins, and shittim wood,
Exod 28:14-15
2 verses
82%
14And two chains of pure gold at the ends; of wreathen work shalt thou make them, and fasten the wreathen chains to the ouches.
15And thou shalt make the breastplate of judgment with cunning work; after the work of the ephod thou shalt make it; of gold, of blue, and of purple, and of scarlet, and of fine twined linen, shalt thou make it.
Exod 28:8
82%
8And the curious girdle of the ephod, which is upon it, shall be of the same, according to the work thereof; even of gold, of blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen.
Exod 39:27-29
3 verses
81%
27And they made coats of fine linen of woven work for Aaron, and for his sons,
28And a mitre of fine linen, and goodly bonnets of fine linen, and linen breeches of fine twined linen,
29And a girdle of fine twined linen, and blue, and purple, and scarlet, of needlework; as the LORD commanded Moses.
Exod 39:8
81%
8And he made the breastplate of cunning work, like the work of the ephod; of gold, blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen.
Exod 26:31
81%
31And thou shalt make a vail of blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen of cunning work: with cherubims 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 curious girdle of his ephod, that was upon it, was of the same, according to the work thereof; of gold, blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen; as the LORD commanded Moses.
Exod 28:39-40
2 verses
79%
39And thou shalt embroider the coat of fine linen, and thou shalt make the mitre of fine linen, and thou shalt make the girdle of needlework.
40And for Aaron's sons thou shalt make coats, and thou shalt make for them girdles, and bonnets shalt thou make for them, for glory and for beauty.
Exod 36:35
79%
35And he made a vail of blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen: with cherubims made he it of cunning work.
Exod 39:24
79%
24And they made upon the hems 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 red skins of rams, and badgers' skins, brought them.
Exod 26:36
77%
36And thou shalt make an hanging for the door of the tent, of blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen, wrought with needlework.
2 Chr 3:14
77%
14And he made the vail of blue, and purple, and crimson, and fine linen, and wrought cherubims 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 cherubims of cunning work 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 curious girdle of the ephod:
Exod 31:10
77%
10And the cloths of service, 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 above the curious girdle 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, both of blue, and of purple, and of scarlet, and of fine linen.
Exod 28:33-34
2 verses
76%
33And beneath upon the hem of it thou shalt make pomegranates of blue, and of purple, and of scarlet, round about the hem thereof; and bells of gold between them round about:
34A golden bell and a pomegranate, a golden bell and a pomegranate, upon the hem of the robe round about.
Exod 36:8
76%
8And every wise hearted man among them that wrought the work of the tabernacle made ten curtains of fine twined linen, and blue, and purple, and scarlet: with cherubims of cunning work made he them.
Exod 36:37
76%
37And he made an hanging for the tabernacle door of blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen, of needlework;
Exod 27:16
75%
16And for the gate of the court shall be an hanging of twenty cubits, of blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen, wrought with needlework: and their pillars shall be four, and their sockets four.
Exod 38:18
75%
18And the hanging for the gate of the court was needlework, 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 cloths of service, to do service 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 blue lace, that it may be upon the mitre; upon the forefront of the mitre it shall be.
Exod 39:41
74%
41The cloths of service to do service in the holy place, and the holy garments for Aaron the priest, and his sons' garments, 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%
7Fine linen with broidered work from Egypt was that which thou spreadest forth to be thy sail; blue and purple from the isles of Elishah was that which covered thee.
Exod 28:42
73%
42And thou shalt make them linen breeches to cover 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 work, of the engraver, and of the cunning 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 work, and of those that devise cunning work.
Exod 25:7
72%
7Onyx stones, and stones to be set in the ephod, and in the breastplate.
Exod 39:31
72%
31And they tied unto it a lace of blue, to fasten it on high upon the mitre; as the LORD commanded Moses.