Tanach
Shemot 39:2-5 שמות ל״ט:ב׳-ה׳
Part of: PekudeiPekudei, Aliyah 2Chapter 39
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וַיַּעַשׂ אֶת־הָאֵפֹד זָהָב תְּכֵלֶת וְאַרְגָּמָן וְתוֹלַעַת שָׁנִי וְשֵׁשׁ מׇשְׁזָֽר׃
He made the eiphod out of gold, greenish-blue wool, dark red wool, crimson wool, and twisted, fine linen.
He made the eiphod out of gold, greenish-blue wool, dark red wool, crimson wool, and twisted, fine linen.
וַֽיְרַקְּעוּ אֶת־פַּחֵי הַזָּהָב וְקִצֵּץ פְּתִילִם לַעֲשׂוֹת בְּתוֹךְ הַתְּכֵלֶת וּבְתוֹךְ הָֽאַרְגָּמָן וּבְתוֹךְ תּוֹלַעַת הַשָּׁנִי וּבְתוֹךְ הַשֵּׁשׁ מַעֲשֵׂה חֹשֵֽׁב׃
They beat the plates of gold and cut (them) into threads to work them into the greenish-blue wool, into the dark red wool, into the crimson wool, and into the fine linen, the work of a craftsman.
They beat the plates of gold and cut (them) into threads to work them into the greenish-blue wool, into the dark red wool, into the crimson wool, and into the fine linen, the work of a craftsman.
Rashi
כְּתֵפֹת עָֽשׂוּ־לוֹ חֹבְרֹת עַל־שְׁנֵי (קצוותו) [קְצוֹתָיו] חֻבָּֽר׃
They made shoulder straps attached to it, attached at its two corners.
They made shoulder straps attached to it, attached at its two corners.
וְחֵשֶׁב אֲפֻדָּתוֹ אֲשֶׁר עָלָיו מִמֶּנּוּ הוּא כְּמַעֲשֵׂהוּ זָהָב תְּכֵלֶת וְאַרְגָּמָן וְתוֹלַעַת שָׁנִי וְשֵׁשׁ מׇשְׁזָר כַּאֲשֶׁר צִוָּה יְהֹוָה אֶת־מֹשֶֽׁה׃ {ס}
The eiphod’s belt which was on it, was woven with it in the same manner (as the eiphod) (with) gold, greenish-blue wool, dark red wool, crimson wool, and twined, fine linen. just as Adonoy commanded.
The eiphod’s belt which was on it, was woven with it in the same manner (as the eiphod) (with) gold, greenish-blue wool, dark red wool, crimson wool, and twined, fine linen. just as Adonoy commanded.
וירקעו. כמו לְרֹקַע הָאָרֶץ (תהלים קלו, ו), כתרגומו וְרַדִּידוּ טַסִּין, היו מרדדין מן הזהב, אשטנ"דרא בלע"ז (אויזדעהנען), טסין דקות. כאן הוא מלמדך היאך היו טווין את הזהב עם החוטין, מרדדים טסין דקין, וקוצצין מהן פתילים לאורך הטס, לעשות אותן פתילים מעורבים עם כל מין ומין בחשן ואפוד, שנאמר בהן זהב, חוט אחד של זהב עם ששה חוטין של תכלת, וכן עם כל מין ומין, שכל המינין חוטן כפול ששה, והזהב חוט שביעי עם כל אחד ואחד:
They beat. As in: “(לְרוֹקַע) He who spreads the earth,” and as Onkelos translates it: “they hammered out.” They hammered out plates from the gold. Estendre in Old French — “to hammer out into thin plates.” Here [the Torah] teaches you how they spun the gold with the threads: they hammered out thin plates from which they would cut threads along the length of the plate, to make threads [which were] combined with each kind [of material thread] separately for the breastplate and the eiphod whenever “gold” is stated; one thread of gold with six threads of greenish-blue wool and so, too, with each of the other kinds, for the strand of each of the kinds was spun six-fold, and the gold was the seventh thread with each.