Exodus 39:1:2Exod.39.1.W2TAB
וְהָֽאַרְגָּמָן֙
vehaargaman
“and the purple”
- Transliteration
- ve-ha-ar-ga-MAN
- Extended
- veh-hah-ar-ga-MAAN
- IPA
- /və.haː.ʔar.ɡaˈmaːn/
Meaning by language
- English
- and the purple
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Gimel | g as in good | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Nun Sofit | final form of Nun — at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ve-ha-ar-ga-MAN
- phraseyour reading level
u-min-ha-te-KHE-let ve-ha-ar-ga-MAN
- clause
u-min-ha-te-KHE-let ve-ha-ar-ga-MAN ve-to-LA-at ha-sha-NI a-SU vig-de-se-RAD le-sha-RET ba-KO-desh
- sentence
u-min-ha-te-KHE-let ve-ha-ar-ga-MAN ve-to-LA-at ha-sha-NI a-SU vig-de-se-RAD le-sha-RET ba-KO-desh va-ya-a-SU et-big-DE ha-KO-desh a-SHER le-a-ha-RON ka-a-SHER tsi-VA Ye-ho-VAH et-mo-SHE
Exegesis
The verse begins with the coordinative prepositional phrase u-min {וּמִן־ | ū-min} ‘and from’, introducing a tricolon of materials: ha-tekhelet {הַתְּכֵלֶת | hattə̆-kē-leṯ} ‘blue dye’, ve-hargaman {וְהָאַרְגָּמָן | wə-hā-ʾar-gā-mān} ‘purple dye’, ve-tolaʿat {וְתוֹלַעַת | wə-tō-la-ʿaṯ} ‘crimson dye’, and ha-shani {הַשָּׁנִי | ha-šā-nî} ‘scarlet’.
Root and etymology
Rootʾ-r-g
“to weave”
In context — Exodus 39:1
And from the blue, the purple, and the scarlet they made garments of service for ministering in the sanctuary, and they made the holy garments for Aaron, as the LORD commanded Moses.
About this coordinate
Exodus 39:1:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of Exodus 39:1, so the Hebrew word וְהָֽאַרְגָּמָן֙ (vehaargaman) can be cited, linked and studied at exactly this position rather than somewhere in the verse. In the Biblical Knowledge Coordinate System the same position is written Exod.39.1.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (Exod.39.1.W2.S1) and character.