Exodus 39:29:5Exod.39.29.W5TAB

וְאַרְגָּמָ֛ן

veargaman

and purple

Transliteration
ve-ar-ga-MAN
Extended
veh-ar-gah-MAAN
IPA
/wə.ʔar.ga.ˈmaːn/

Meaning by language

English
and purple

Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it

Result
וְ + אַרְ + גָּ + מָ֛ן
ve + ar + ga + man
veargaman

Alphabet Analysis

Vavv as in vine; marks long ō / ū
Shevavocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable
Alephsilent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points
Patachshort 'ah' as in father
Reshr guttural, like the French r
Shevasilent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable
Gimelg as in good
Qametslong 'ah'
Memm as in mother
Qametslong 'ah'
Nun Sofitfinal form of Nun — at word end

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Word in context

  1. word

    ve-ar-ga-MAN

  2. phraseyour reading level

    u-te-KHE-let ve-ar-ga-MAN

  3. clause

    ve-et-ha-av-NET SHESH ma-she-ZAR u-te-KHE-let ve-ar-ga-MAN ve-to-LA-at sha-NEE ma-a-SEH ro-KEM

  4. sentence

    ve-et-ha-av-NET SHESH ma-she-ZAR u-te-KHE-let ve-ar-ga-MAN ve-to-LA-at sha-NEE ma-a-SEH ro-KEM ka-a-SHER tsi-VA Yeh-ho-VAH et-mo-SHE

Exegesis

A sequence of vav-conjunctions lists the materials: shesh mashzar {שֵׁ֣שׁ מָשְׁזָ֗ר | šēš māš-zār} ‘fine linen, twisted’, followed by utekhelet, veargaman, vetola'at shani {וּתְכֵ֧לֶת וְאַרְגָּמָ֛ן וְתוֹלַ֥עַת שָׁנִ֖י | wə-ṯə-kē-lêt wə-ʾar-gā-mān wə-ṯō-la-ʿat šā-nî} ‘and blue, purple, and scarlet’.

Root and etymology

Rootʾ-r-g

to weave

In contextExodus 39:29

And the sash of finely twisted linen and blue and purple and scarlet, the work of an embroiderer, as the LORD commanded Moses.

About this coordinate

Exodus 39:29:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of Exodus 39:29, so the Hebrew word וְאַרְגָּמָ֛ן (veargaman) 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.39.29.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (Exod.39.29.W5.S1) and character.