בהט
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Hebrew
| Root |
|---|
| ב־ה־ט (b-h-ṭ) |
Noun
בַּהַט • (báhat) m
- alabaster
- (Biblical Hebrew) a type of expensive red marble
- Tanach, Esther 1:6, with translation of the World English Bible:
- חוּר כַּרְפַּס וּתְכֵלֶת אָחוּז בְּחַבְלֵי־בוּץ וְאַרְגָּמָן עַל־גְּלִילֵי כֶסֶף וְעַמּוּדֵי שֵׁשׁ מִטּוֹת זָהָב וָכֶסֶף עַל רִצְפַת בַּהַט־וָשֵׁשׁ וְדַר וְסֹחָרֶת׃
- There were hangings of white, green, and blue material, fastened with cords of fine linen and purple to silver rings and marble pillars. The couches were of gold and silver, on a pavement of red, white, yellow, and black marble.
References
- H923 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible
- “בהט” in the Hebrew Terms Database of the Academy of Hebrew Language
Further reading
בהט on the Hebrew Wikipedia.Wikipedia he
