King James Version

2 Chronicles 3:14

And he made the vail of blue, and purple, and crimson, and fine linen, and wrought cherubims thereon.

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וַיַּ֨עַשׂ֙vayaasand doעָשָׂהconjunction, verb, qal, sequential imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “and do”, the next action in the storyH6213to do or make, in the broadest sense and widest applicationaccomplish, advance, appoint, apt, be at, become, bear, bestow, bring forth, bruise, be busy, [idiom] certainly, have the charge of, commit, deal (with), deck, [phrase] displease, do, (ready) dress(-ed), (put in) execute(-ion), exercise, f…אֶתetobject markerאֵתparticle, direct object marker — “object marker”H853properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)(as such unrepresented in English).הַפָּרֹ֔כֶתhaparokhetthe vailפֹּרֶכֶתdefinite article, noun, common, feminine, singular, absolute — “the vail”, the ordinary formH6532a separatrix, i.e. (the sacred) screenvail.תְּכֵ֥לֶתtekheletblueתְּכֵלֶתnoun, common, feminine, singular, absolute — “blue”, the ordinary formH8504the cerulean mussel, i.e. the color (violet) obtained therefrom or stuff dyed therewithblue.וְאַרְגָּמָ֖ןveargamanand purpleאַרְגָּמָןconjunction, noun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “and purple”, the ordinary formH713purple (the color or the dyed stuff)purple.וְכַרְמִ֣ילvekharmiland crimsonכַּרְמִילconjunction, noun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “and crimson”, the ordinary formH3758carmine, a deep redcrimson.וּב֑וּץuvutsand fine linenבּוּץconjunction, noun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “and fine linen”, the ordinary formH948probably cotton (of some sort)fine (white) linen.וַיַּ֥עַלvayaaland ascend upעָלָהconjunction, verb, hiphil, sequential imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “and ascend up”, the next action in the storyH5927to ascend, intransitively (be high) or actively (mount); used in a great variety of senses, primary and secondary, literal and figurativearise (up), (cause to) ascend up, at once, break (the day) (up), bring (up), (cause to) burn, carry up, cast up, [phrase] shew, climb (up), (cause to, make to) come (up), cut off, dawn, depart, exalt, excel, fall, fetch up, get up, (make t…עָלָ֖יוalayvaboveעַלpreposition, suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “above”H5921above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applicationsabove, according to(-ly), after, (as) against, among, and, [idiom] as, at, because of, beside (the rest of), between, beyond the time, [idiom] both and, by (reason of), [idiom] had the charge of, concerning for, in (that), (forth, out) of,…כְּרוּבִֽיםkeruvimcherubכְּרוּבnoun, common, masculine, plural, absolute — “cherub”, the ordinary formH3742a cherub or imaginary figurecherub, (plural) cherubims.

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

And he made the veil of blue, and purple, and crimson, and fine linen, and wrought cherubim thereon.

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American Standard Version (1901)

And he made the veil of blue, and purple, and crimson, and fine linen, and wrought cherubim thereon.

Young’s Literal Translation

And he maketh the vail of blue, and purple, and crimson, and fine linen, and causeth cherubs to go up on it.

World English Bible

He made the veil of blue, purple, crimson, and fine linen, and ornamented it with cherubim.

Darby Translation

And he made the veil of blue, and purple, and crimson, and byssus, and made cherubim upon it.

Douay-Rheims

He made also a veil of violet, purple, scarlet, and silk: and wrought in it cherubims.

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

And he made the veil of blue, and purple, and crimson, and fine linen, and wrought cherubim thereon.

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

And he made the vail of blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine linen, and wove cherubs in it.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Καὶ ἐποίησε τὸ καταπέτασμα ὑακίνθου, καὶ πορφύρας, καὶ κοκκίνου, καὶ βύσσου, καὶ ὕφανεν ἐν αὐτῷ χερουβίμ.

American Standard Version (1901)

Young’s Literal Translation

World English Bible

Darby Translation

Douay-Rheims

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

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