אַרְגָּמָן

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.