And they did beat
raqa` (raw-kah')
to pound the earth (as a sign of passion); by analogy to expand (by hammering); by implication, to overlay (with thin sheets of metal)
the gold
zahab (zaw-hawb')
gold, figuratively, something gold-colored (i.e. yellow), as oil, a clear sky -- gold(-en), fair weather.
into
'eth (ayth)
nearness (used only as a preposition or an adverb), near; hence, generally, with, by, at, among, etc.
thin plates
pach (pakh)
a (metallic) sheet (as pounded thin); also a spring net (as spread out like a lamina) -- gin, (thin) plate, snare.
and cut
qatsats (kaw-tsats')
to chop off -- cut (asunder, in pieces, in sunder, off), utmost.
it into wires
pathiyl (paw-theel')
twine -- bound, bracelet, lace, line, ribband, thread, wire.
to work
`asah (aw-saw')
to do or make, in the broadest sense and widest application
tavek (taw'-vek)
a bisection, i.e. (by implication) the centre -- among(-st), between, half, (there-,where-), in(-to), middle, mid(-night), midst (among), out (of), through, with(-in).
it in the blue
tkeleth (tek-ay'-leth)
the cerulean mussel, i.e. the color (violet) obtained therefrom or stuff dyed therewith -- blue.
and in the purple
'argaman (ar-gaw-mawn')
purple (the color or the dyed stuff) -- purple.
and in the scarlet
shaniy (shaw-nee')
crimson, properly, the insect or its color, also stuff dyed with it -- crimson, scarlet (thread).
towla` (to-law')
a maggot (as voracious); specifically the crimson-grub, but used only (in this connection) of the color from it, and cloths dyed therewith -- crimson, scarlet, worm.
and in the fine linen
shesh (shaysh)
bleached stuff, i.e. white linen or (by analogy) marble -- blue, fine (twined) linen, marble, silk.
with cunning
chashab (khaw-shab')
to plait or interpenetrate, i.e. (literally) to weave or (gen.) to fabricate; figuratively, to plot or contrive (usually in a malicious sense); hence (from the mental effort) to think, regard, value, compute
work
ma`aseh (mah-as-eh')
an action (good or bad); generally, a transaction; abstractly, activity; by implication, a product (specifically, a poem) or (generally) property
