Blue
Blue
The word blue appears some 50 times in the Bible. In Hebrew it is (תְּכֵלֶת) tëkeleth[1] and is said to mean blue from brilliant red through deep purple. Some think it is from (שְׁחֶלֶת) shëcheleth[2] which can mean onycha which is an ingredient used in the making of holy incense. The same letters are found in שַׁחַל in a word translated lion or fierce lion.[3]
The Hebrew (תְּכֵלֶת) tëkeleth is similar to the word תַּכְלִית takliyth[4] which is from the word (כָּלָה) kalah[5] meaning to accomplish.
Footnotes
- ↑ 08504 תְּכֵלֶת tëkeleth [tek-ay’-leth] probably for 07827 see also 08503; n f; [BDB-1067a] [{See TWOT on 2510 }] AV-blue 50; 50
- 1) violet, violet stuff
- 1a) violet thread
- 1b) violet stuff or fabric
- 2) (TWOT) blue (covering spectrum from brilliant red through deep purple)
- 1) violet, violet stuff
- ↑ 07827 שְׁחֶלֶת shëcheleth [shekh-ay’-leth] apparently from the same as 07826 through some obscure idea, perhaps that of peeling off by concussion of sound; n f; [BDB-1006b] [{See TWOT on 2363 @@ "2363b" }] AV-onycha 1; 1 (See blue)
- 1) onycha
- 1a) an ingredient used in the holy incense
- 1) onycha
- ↑ 07826 שַׁחַל shachal [shakh’-al] from an unused root probably meaning to roar; n m; [BDB-1006b] [{See TWOT on 2363 @@ "2363a" }] AV-lion 4, fierce lion 3; 7
- 1) lion
- 1a) of Jehovah, wicked men (fig)
- These lions may be the stumblingblock created by wicked me.
- apparently associated with 07827 which we are told is onycha supposedly an ingredient in incense.
- Lion is commonly from אֲרִי <03833>some 79 times or לָבִיא <0738>14 times
- 1) lion
- ↑ 08503 תַּכְלִית takliyth [tak-leeth’] from 03615; n f; [BDB-479a] [{See TWOT on 982 @@ "982f" }] AV-end 2, perfection 2, perfect 1; 5
- 1) end, perfection, consummation, completion, completeness
- 1a) end
- 1b) completeness
- 1) end, perfection, consummation, completion, completeness
- ↑ 03615 כָּלָה kalah [kaw-law’] a primitive root; v; [BDB-477a] [{See TWOT on 982 }] [{See TWOT on 983 }] [{See TWOT on 984 }] AV-consume 57, end 44, finish 20, fail 18, accomplish 12, done 9, spend 8, ended 7, determined 4, away 3, fulfil 3, fainteth 2, destroy 2, left 2, waste 2, misc 13; 206
- 1) to accomplish, cease, consume, determine, end, fail, finish, be complete, be accomplished, be ended, be at an end, be finished, be spent
- 1a) (Qal)
- 1a1) to be complete, be at an end
- 1a2) to be completed, be finished
- 1a3) to be accomplished, be fulfilled
- 1a4) to be determined, be plotted (bad sense)
- 1a5) to be spent, be used up
- 1a6) to waste away, be exhausted, fail
- 1a7) to come to an end, vanish, perish, be destroyed
- 1b) (Piel)
- 1b1) to complete, bring to an end, finish
- 1b2) to complete (a period of time)
- 1b3) to finish (doing a thing)
- 1b4) to make an end, end
- 1b5) to accomplish, fulfil, bring to pass
- 1b6) to accomplish, determine (in thought)
- 1b7) to put an end to, cause to cease
- 1b8) to cause to fail, exhaust, use up, spend
- 1b9) to destroy, exterminate
- 1c) (Pual) to be finished, be ended, be completed
- 1a) (Qal)
- 1) to accomplish, cease, consume, determine, end, fail, finish, be complete, be accomplished, be ended, be at an end, be finished, be spent