What Does Exodus 39:3 Mean?

“And they did beat”

to pound the earth (as a sign of passion); by analogy to expand (by hammering); by implication, to overlay (with thin sheets of metal)

“into”

properly, nearness (used only as a preposition or an adverb), near; hence, generally, with, by, at, among, etc

“thin plates”

a (metallic) sheet (as pounded thin)

“the gold”

gold, figuratively, something gold-colored (i.e., yellow), as oil, a clear sky

“and cut”

to chop off (literally or figuratively)

“it into wires”

twine

“to work”

to do or make, in the broadest sense and widest application

a bisection, i.e., (by implication) the center

“it in the blue”

the cerulean mussel, i.e., the color (violet) obtained therefrom or stuff dyed therewith

a bisection, i.e., (by implication) the center

“and in the purple”

purple (the color or the dyed stuff)

a bisection, i.e., (by implication) the center

a maggot (as voracious); specifically (often with ellipsis of h8144) the crimson-grub, but used only (in this connection) of the color from it, and cl

“and in the scarlet”

crimson, properly, the insect or its color, also stuff dyed with it

a bisection, i.e., (by implication) the center

“and in the fine linen”

bleached stuff, i.e., white linen or (by analogy) marble

“work”

an action (good or bad); generally, a transaction; abstractly, activity; by implication, a product (specifically, a poem) or (generally) property

“with cunning”

properly, to plait or interpenetrate, i.e., (literally) to weave or (generally) to fabricate; figuratively, to plot or contrive (usually in a maliciou