Esther 1:6
Text Analysis
Strong'sHebrewEnglishMorphology
2353 [e]ח֣וּר ׀
ḥūr
[There were] whiteN-ms
3768 [e]כַּרְפַּ֣ס
kar-pas
linenN-ms
8504 [e]וּתְכֵ֗לֶת
ū-ṯə-ḵê-leṯ,
and blue linen [curtains]Conj-w | N-fs
270 [e]אָחוּז֙
’ā-ḥūz
fastenedV-Qal-QalPassPrtcpl-ms
2256 [e]בְּחַבְלֵי־
bə-ḥaḇ-lê-
with cordsPrep-b | N-mpc
948 [e]ב֣וּץ
ḇūṣ
of fine linenN-ms
713 [e]וְאַרְגָּמָ֔ן
wə-’ar-gā-mān,
and purpleConj-w | N-ms
5921 [e]עַל־
‘al-
onPrep
1550 [e]גְּלִ֥ילֵי
gə-lî-lê
rodsN-mpc
3701 [e]כֶ֖סֶף
ḵe-sep̄
silverN-ms
5982 [e]וְעַמּ֣וּדֵי
wə-‘am-mū-ḏê
and pillarsConj-w | N-mpc
8336 [e]שֵׁ֑שׁ
šêš;
marbleN-ms
4296 [e]מִטּ֣וֹת ׀
miṭ-ṭō-wṯ
[and the] couchesN-fpc
2091 [e]זָהָ֣ב
zā-hāḇ
[were] of goldN-ms
3701 [e]וָכֶ֗סֶף
wā-ḵe-sep̄,
and silverConj-w | N-ms
5921 [e]עַ֛ל
‘al
onPrep
7531 [e]רִֽצְפַ֥ת
riṣ-p̄aṯ
a [mosaic] pavementN-fsc
923 [e]בַּהַט־
ba-haṭ-
of alabasterN-ms
8336 [e]וָשֵׁ֖שׁ
wā-šêš
and turquoiseConj-w | N-ms
1858 [e]וְדַ֥ר
wə-ḏar
and whiteConj-w | N-ms
5508 [e]וְסֹחָֽרֶת׃
wə-sō-ḥā-reṯ.
and black marbleConj-w | N-fs





















Hebrew Texts
אסתר 1:6 Hebrew OT: Westminster Leningrad Codex
ח֣וּר ׀ כַּרְפַּ֣ס וּתְכֵ֗לֶת אָחוּז֙ בְּחַבְלֵי־ב֣וּץ וְאַרְגָּמָ֔ן עַל־גְּלִ֥ילֵי כֶ֖סֶף וְעַמּ֣וּדֵי שֵׁ֑שׁ מִטֹּ֣ות ׀ זָהָ֣ב וָכֶ֗סֶף עַ֛ל רִֽצְפַ֥ת בַּהַט־וָשֵׁ֖שׁ וְדַ֥ר וְסֹחָֽרֶת׃

אסתר 1:6 Hebrew OT: WLC (Consonants Only)
חור ׀ כרפס ותכלת אחוז בחבלי־בוץ וארגמן על־גלילי כסף ועמודי שש מטות ׀ זהב וכסף על רצפת בהט־ושש ודר וסחרת׃

אסתר 1:6 Paleo-Hebrew OT: WLC (Font Required)
חור ׀ כרפס ותכלת אחוז בחבלי־בוץ וארגמן על־גלילי כסף ועמודי שש מטות ׀ זהב וכסף על רצפת בהט־ושש ודר וסחרת׃

אסתר 1:6 Hebrew Bible
חור כרפס ותכלת אחוז בחבלי בוץ וארגמן על גלילי כסף ועמודי שש מטות זהב וכסף על רצפת בהט ושש ודר וסחרת׃

Parallel Verses
New American Standard Bible
There were hangings of fine white and violet linen held by cords of fine purple linen on silver rings and marble columns, and couches of gold and silver on a mosaic pavement of porphyry, marble, mother-of-pearl and precious stones.

King James Bible
Where were white, green, and blue, hangings, fastened with cords of fine linen and purple to silver rings and pillars of marble: the beds were of gold and silver, upon a pavement of red, and blue, and white, and black, marble.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
White and violet linen hangings were fastened with fine white and purple linen cords to silver rods on marble columns. Gold and silver couches were arranged on a mosaic pavement of red feldspar, marble, mother-of-pearl, and precious stones.
Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

white.

Exodus 26:1,31,32,36,37 Moreover you shall make the tabernacle with ten curtains of fine …

blue. or, violet.

Esther 8:15 And Mordecai went out from the presence of the king in royal apparel …

the beds. These were couches, covered with gold and silver cloth, on which the guests reclined; for the Orientals do not sit, but recline at their meals.

Esther 7:8 Then the king returned out of the palace garden into the place of …

Ezekiel 23:41 And sat on a stately bed, and a table prepared before it, whereupon …

Amos 2:8 And they lay themselves down on clothes laid to pledge by every altar…

Amos 6:4 That lie on beds of ivory, and stretch themselves on their couches, …

red, etc. or, of porphyre, and marble, and alabaster, and stone of blue colour.

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