BDB721 [H713]

אַרְגָּמָן noun [masculine] purple, red-purple, i.e. purple thread & cloth (Assyrian argamannu COT Exod 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 Lag^{BN 205}; Persian is also cited by PS) — form always as above —

1. purple thread, compare especially Exod 35:25; Exod 39:3; Esth 1:6
\ \ a. mostly Exodus (P) with reference to the hangings of tabernacle, the ephod, etc.; seldom alone; with תְּכֵלֶת, violet (q. v.), תּוֺלַעַת שָׁנִי, (מָשְׁזָב) שֵׁשׁ, (also עִזִּים) Exod 25:4; Exod 26:1; Exod 26:31; Exod 26:36; Exod 27:16; Exod 35:8; Exod 35:25; Exod 35:35; Exod 36:8; Exod 36:35; Exod 36:37; Exod 38:18; Exod 38:23; Exod 39:24 (on text see Di) vExod 39:29 with these + זָהָב Exod 28:5; Exod 28:6; Exod 28:8; Exod 28:15; Exod 39:2; Exod 39:3; Exod 39:5; Exod 39:8 omitted ׳שֵׁשׁ מ Exod 28:33; Exod 39:1 also of temple-hangings, with תְּכֵלֶת, בּוּץ & כַּרְמִיל 2Chr 3:14 compare 2Chr 2:13 (see also 2Chr 2:6 see below אַרְגְּוָן).
\ \ b. as indicating wealth & luxury of Tyre, c. שֵׁשׁ, רִקְמָה, תְּכֵלֶת Ezek 27:7 with רִקְמָה & בּוּץ vEzek 27:16 (as articles of commerce); also in Persia, with בּוּץ Esth 1:6.

2. purple cloth, chiefly of garments, ׳בֶּגֶד א Num 4:13; Judg 8:26 ׳וְתַכְרִיךְ בּוּץ וְא Esth 8:15, לְבוּשָׁהּ ׳שֵׁשׁ וְא Prov 31:22 לְבוּשָׁם ׳תְּכֵלָת וְא Jer 10:9 also ׳מֶרְכָּבוֺ א Song 3:10 in simile, of woman's hair Song 7:6.

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