Word

אַרְגָּמָן

ʼargâmân · H713 · Hebrew · 38 occurrences

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Thing

Purple clothCloth manufacture96 verses

Meanings

reddish-purple

Woven material, dyed reddish-purple with a substance obtained from the murex shellfish

Examples
Exodus 25:4 violet, purple, and scarlet material, fine linen, goat hair,
Exodus 26:1 “Moreover, you shall make the tabernacle with ten curtains of fine twisted linen and violet, purple, and scarlet material; you shall make them with cherubim, the work of a skilled embroiderer.
Exodus 26:31 “You shall also make a veil of violet, purple, and scarlet material, and fine twisted linen; it shall be made with cherubim, the work of a skilled embroiderer.

How it’s used In 7 roles

Every occurrence, grouped by the words it is grammatically related to.

the word studied the word it goes with

Words describing itAdjectives, demonstratives, participles

1 occurrences in 1 groups

שָׁזַרspun 1

Named alongside itApposition

5 occurrences in 2 groups

מַעֲשֶׂהwork, deed 4
מָסָךְscreen 1

What it doesIt is the subject

1 occurrences in 1 groups

מָצָאto find 1

What is done to itIt is the object

2 occurrences in 2 groups

הָיָהto be, to become 1
לָקַחto take, to receive 1

What is said to be itIt is the predicate

3 occurrences in 2 groups

לְבוּשׁclothing 2
דַּלָּהthe poorest, poor people 1

After prepositionsPrepositional phrases

6 occurrences in 3 groups

בin/on/with 5
מִןfrom 2
כlike/as 1

In phrases “… of it”It is the genitive

7 occurrences in 5 groups

רִמּוֹןpomegranate 2
בֶּגֶדgarment, clothes 2
חֶבֶלcord, rope, region 1
תָּוֶךְmiddle 1
תַּכְרִיךְrobe 1

When two words share a role, as in “Paul and Barnabas said”, the verse appears under each, so a section’s counts can add up to more than the number of occurrences.

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In the other Testament 1 word

πορφύρα porphýra · G4209 · scarlet cloth: Greek πορφύρα renders Hebrew אַרְגָּמָן as the direct translation equivalent for purple dye/fabric, both denoting the prestigious red-blue color derived from mollusks and used in royal/priestly textiles.

Semantic domains 1 entry

Cloth001002005003: אַרְגָּמָן designates purple cloth, one of the prized dyed materials — alongside violet and scarlet — specified for the tabernacle's construction (Exodus 25:4, "violet, purple, and scarlet material").

Word family 3 words

Words formed from the same root. They share a form, not always a meaning.

אַרְגָּמָןʼargâmân · H713אַרְגְּוָן ʼargᵉvân · H711 · purple · 3×אַרְגְּוָן ʼargᵉvân · H710 · reddish-purple · 1×

Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon H713. argaman אַרְגָּמָן noun [masculine] purple, red-purple, i.e. purple thread & cloth…

H713. argaman
אַרְגָּמָן noun [masculine] purple, red-purple, i.e. purple thread & cloth (Assyrian argamannu COT Exo 25:4, Arabic , Aramaic , compare אַרְגְּוָן above; etymology dubious; possibly Sanskrit râgaman, adjective red, reddish, from râga, red colour, so Benary compare Thes Add111 Rob-Ges; see MV; Thes earlier, from רגם; but probably loan-word, compare also LagBN 205; Persian is also cited by PS) — form always as above —
1 purple thread, compare especially Exo 35:25; Exo 39:3; Est 1:6;
a. mostly Exodus (P) with reference to the hangings of tabernacle, the ephod, etc.; seldom alone; with תְּכֵלֶת, violet (q. v.), שָׁנִי תּוֺלַעַת, (מָשְׁזָב) שֵׁשׁ, (also עִזִּים) Exo 25:4; Exo 26:1, Exo 26:31, Exo 26:36; Exo 27:16; Exo 35:8, Exo 35:25, Exo 35:35; Exo 36:8, Exo 36:35, Exo 36:37; Exo 38:18, Exo 38:23; Exo 39:24 (on text see Di) Exo 39:29; with these + זָהָב Exo 28:5-6, Exo 28:8, Exo 28:15; Exo 39:2; Exo 39:3; Exo 39:5; Exo 39:8; omitted מ ׳שֵׁשׁ Exo 28:33; Exo 39:1; also of temple-hangings, with בּוּץ תְּכֵלֶת, & כַּרְמִיל2Ch 3:14; compare 2Ch 2:13 (see also 2Ch 2:6 see below אַרְגְּוָן).
b. as indicating wealth & luxury of Tyre, c. תְּכֵלֶת רִקְמָה, שֵׁשׁ, Eze 27:7; with רִקְמָה & בּוּץ Eze 27:16 (as articles of commerce); also in Persia, with בּוּץ Est 1:6.
2 purple cloth, chiefly of garments, א ׳בֶּגֶד Num 4:13; Jdg 8:26; וְא בּוּץ ׳וְתַכְרִיךְ Est 8:15, וְא ׳שֵׁשׁ לְבוּשָׁהּ Pro 31:22; וְא ׳תְּכֵלָת לְבוּשָׁם Jer 10:9; also א ׳מֶרְכָּבוֺ Cant 3:10; in simile, of woman's hair Cant 7:6.

Brown, Driver and Briggs, A Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain

Sources

eRhema lexical overview, based on the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew and the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament (© United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Macula Hebrew and Greek (Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0); released under CC BY-SA 4.0