תכלת
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Hebrew
Etymology
| Root |
|---|
| ת־כ־ל (t-k-l) |
Cognate with Aramaic תְּכִלְתָּא (təḵiltā), Akkadian 𒋠𒍝𒆳𒆳𒊏 (takiltu).
Noun
תְּכֵלֶת • (t'chélet) f
- biblical blue
- (archaic) wool dyed biblical blue
- (Modern Israeli Hebrew) the feminine form of תכול (tekhol, “azure”)
See also
| לָבָן (laván) | אפור／אָפֹר (afór) | שחור／שָׁחֹר (shakhór) |
| אדום／אָדֹם (adóm); אַרְגָּמָן (argamán) | כתום／כָּתֹם (katóm); חוּם (khum) | צהוב／צָהֹב (tsahóv); קרֶם (krem) |
| ליים (láym) | ירוק／יָרֹק (yarók) | ירוק נענע／יָרֹק נַעְנַע (yarók nána) |
| צִיאָן (tsi'án) | תְּכֵלֶת (t'khélet) | כחול／כָּחֹל (kakhól) |
| סגול／סָגֹל (sagól); אִינְדִּיגוֹ (índigo) | מָגֶ׳נְטָה (madjénta); סגול／סָגֹל (sagól) | ורוד／וָרֹד (varód) |
References
- “תכלת” in the Hebrew Terms Database of the Academy of Hebrew Language
- H8504 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible
Further reading
תכלת on the Hebrew Wikipedia.Wikipedia he
