argevan
אַרְגְּוָן
AramaicH0711“purple”
Appears 3 times · tap a cell to see the verses
Dan 5:7Dan 5:16Dan 5:29
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אַרְגָּמָןHebrew“purple”Argaman is the standard Hebrew word for the costly red-purple dye taken from Mediterranean sea-snails, and for the wool or cloth colored with it. It is by far the most common spelling of this word in the Bible, appearing dozens of times, mostly in the instructions for building the Tabernacle. A shorter, Aramaic-flavored spelling of the same word, argevan, shows up a handful of times in Daniel and once in Chronicles; it names exactly the same dye and cloth, not a different one.
אַרְגְּוָןHebrew“purple”Argevan is simply a byform spelling of argaman, the common Hebrew word for costly red-purple dye and the cloth colored with it. It occurs once, in Solomon's letter to Huram in Chronicles, written with this shorter, Aramaic-shaped spelling instead of the usual one. The word itself names the very same dye and fabric; only the spelling has shifted.
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