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Exodus 36:35

And he made a vail of blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen: with cherubims made he it of cunning work.

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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.תְּכֵ֧לֶתtekheletblueתְּכֵלֶתnoun, common, feminine, singular, absolute — “blue”, the ordinary formH8504the cerulean mussel, i.e. the color (violet) obtained therefrom or stuff dyed therewithblue.וְאַרְגָּמָ֛ןveargamanand purpleאַרְגָּמָןconjunction, noun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “and purple”, the ordinary formH713purple (the color or the dyed stuff)purple.וְתוֹלַ֥עַתvetolaatand crimsonתּוֹלָעconjunction, noun, common, feminine, singular, construct — “and crimson”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH8438the crimson-grub, but used only (in this connection) of the colorfrom it, and cloths dyed therewithcrimson, scarlet, worm.שָׁנִ֖יshanicrimsonשָׁנִיnoun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “crimson”, the ordinary formH8144crimson, properly, the insect or its color, also stuff dyed with itcrimson, scarlet (thread).וְשֵׁ֣שׁvesheshand marbleשֵׁשׁconjunction, adjective, cardinal, feminine, singular, absolute — “and marble”, the ordinary formH8336bleached stuff, i.e. white linen or (by analogy) marble[idiom] blue, fine (twined) linen, marble, silk.מָשְׁזָ֑רmashezartwineשָׁזַרverb, hophal, passive participle, absolute — “twine”, a verb used as a describing wordH7806to twist (a thread of straw)twine.מַעֲשֵׂ֥הmaasehbusinessמַעֲשֶׂהnoun, common, masculine, singular, construct — “business”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH4639an action (good or bad); generally, a transaction; abstractly, activity; by implication, a product (specifically, a poem) or (generally) propertyact, art, [phrase] bakemeat, business, deed, do(-ing), labor, thing made, ware of making, occupation, thing offered, operation, possession, [idiom] well, (handy-, needle-, net-) work(ing, -manship), wrought.חֹשֵׁ֛בchoshevregardחָשַׁבverb, qal, participle, absolute — “regard”, a verb used as a describing wordH2803properly, to plait or interpenetrate, i.e. (literally) to weave or (generally) to fabricate; figuratively, to plot or contrive (usually in a malicious sense); hence (from the mental effort) to think, regard, value, compute(make) account (of), conceive, consider, count, cunning (man, work, workman), devise, esteem, find out, forecast, hold, imagine, impute, invent, be like, mean, purpose, reckon(-ing be made), regard, think.עָשָׂ֥הasahdoעָשָׂהverb, qal, perfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “do”, a completed actionH6213to 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…אֹתָ֖הּotahobject markerאֵתparticle, direct object marker, suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, feminine, singular — “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).כְּרֻבִֽיםkeruvimcherubכְּרוּבnoun, 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 scarlet, and fine twined linen; with the cherubim the work of the skilful workman made he it.

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American Standard Version (1901)

And he made the veil of blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen: with cherubim, the work of the skilful workman, made he it.

Young’s Literal Translation

And he maketh the vail of blue, and purple, and scarlet, and twined linen, work of a designer he hath made it, [with] cherubs;

World English Bible

He made the veil of blue, purple, scarlet, and fine twined linen, with cherubim. He made it the work of a skillful workman.

Darby Translation

And he made the veil of blue, and purple, and scarlet, and twined byssus: of artistic work he made it [with] cherubim.

Douay-Rheims

He made also a veil of violet, and purple, scarlet, and fine twisted linen, varied and distinguished with embroidery:

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

And he made the veil of blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen; with the cherubim the work of the skilful workman made he it.

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

and the tires of fine linen, and the mitre of fine linen, and the drawers of fine linen twined;

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

καὶ τὰς κιδάρεις ἐκ βύσσου, καὶ τὴν μίτραν ἐκ βύσσου, καὶ τὰ περισκελῆ ἐκ βύσσου κεκλωσμένης,