Esther 1:6 BSB — MannaFest

Esther 1:6

Hangings of white and blue linen were fastened with cords of fine white and purple material to silver rings on the marble pillars. Gold and silver couches were arranged on a mosaic pavement of porphyry, marble, mother-of-pearl, and other costly stones.

BSB

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ASV

There were hangings of white cloth, of green, and of blue, fastened with cords of fine linen and purple to silver rings and pillars of marble: the couches were of gold and silver, upon a pavement of red, and white, and yellow, and black marble.

KJV

Where were white, green, and blue, hangings, fastened with cords of fine linen and purple to silver rings and pillars of marble: the beds were of gold and silver, upon a pavement of red, and blue, and white, and black, marble.

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Commentary

2 voices

John Gill

1697–1771

Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763)

Where were white, green, and blue hangings,.... Or curtains of fine linen, as the Targum, which were of these several colours; the first letter of the word for "white" is larger than usual, to denote the exceeding whiteness of them. The next word is "carpas", which Ben Melech observes is a dyed colour, said to be green.

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The Nineteenth Century1 voice

Adam Clarke

1762–1832

Commentary on the Bible (1832)

White, green, and blue hangings - It was customary, on such occasions, not only to hang the place about with elegant curtains of the above colors, as Dr. Shaw and others have remarked, but also to have a canopy of rich stuffs suspended on cords from side to side of the place in which they feasted. And such courts were ordinarily paved with different coloured marbles, or with tiles painted, as above specified. And this was the origin of the Musive or Mosaic work, well known among the Asiatics, and borrowed from them by the Greeks and the Romans.

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Original language & word study

21 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
ח֣וּר׀	chur	white material	H2353 →
כַּרְפַּ֣ס	kar.Pas	cotton	H3768 →
וּתְכֵ֗לֶת	u.te.Khe.let	and violet material	H8504 →
אָחוּז֙	'a.Chuz	[was] held	H270 →
בְּחַבְלֵי־	be.chav.lei-	with cords of	H2256 →
ב֣וּץ	vutz	fine linen	H948 →
וְאַרְגָּמָ֔ן	ve.'ar.ga.Man	and purple	H713 →
עַל־	'al-	on	H5921 →
גְּלִ֥ילֵי	ge.Li.lei	rods of	H1550 →
כֶ֖סֶף	Khe.sef	silver	H3701 →
וְעַמּ֣וּדֵי	ve.'a.Mu.dei	and pillars of	H5982 →
שֵׁ֑שׁ	Shesh	marble	H8336 →
מִטּ֣וֹת׀	mi.Tot	couches of	H4296 →
זָהָ֣ב	za.Hav	gold	H2091 →
וָכֶ֗סֶף	va.Khe.sef	and silver	H3701 →
עַ֛ל	'al	on	H5921 →
רִֽצְפַ֥ת	ritz.Fat	a pavement of	H7531 →
בַּהַט־	ba.hat-	porphyry	H923 →
וָשֵׁ֖שׁ	va.Shesh	and marble	H8336 →
וְדַ֥ר	ve.Dar	and mother-of-pearl	H1858 →
וְסֹחָֽרֶת׃	ve.so.Cha.ret	and paving stone	H5508 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

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They lie down beside every altar on garments taken in pledge. And in the house of their God, they drink wine obtained through fines.
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  If he is a poor man, you must not go to sleep with the security in your possession;
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  If you take your neighbor’s cloak as collateral, return it to him by sunset,
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  You drink wine by the bowlful and anoint yourselves with the finest oils, but you fail to grieve over the ruin of Joseph.
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Amos 6:4
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- Amos 3:12
  This is what the LORD says: “As the shepherd snatches from the mouth of the lion two legs or a piece of an ear, so the Israelites dwelling in Samaria will be rescued having…
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Esther 7:8
Just as the king returned from the palace garden to the banquet hall, Haman was falling on the couch where Esther was reclining. The king exclaimed, “Would he actually assault the queen while I…
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- Esther 6:12
  Then Mordecai returned to the king’s gate. But Haman rushed home, with his head covered in grief.
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Ezekiel 23:41
You sat on a couch of luxury with a table spread before it, on which you had set My incense and My oil,
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- Isaiah 65:11
  But you who forsake the LORD, who forget My holy mountain, who set a table for Fortune and fill bowls of mixed wine for Destiny,
- Ezekiel 44:16
  They alone shall enter My sanctuary and draw near to My table to minister before Me. They will keep My charge.
- Jeremiah 44:17
  Instead, we will do everything we vowed to do: We will burn incense to the Queen of Heaven and offer drink offerings to her, just as we, our fathers, our kings, and our officials…

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