Jeremiah 10:9
Old Testament • 17 words with Strong's data
"Silver spread into plates is brought from Tarshish, and gold from Uphaz, the work of the workman, and of the hands of the founder: blue and purple is their clothing: they are all the work of cunning men."
Word-by-Word Analysis
כֶּסֶף
keçeph
silver (from its pale color); by implication, money
פַּח
pach
a (metallic) sheet (as pounded thin); also a spring net (as spread out like a lamina)
בּוֹא
bôwʼ
to go or come (in a wide variety of applications)
תַּרְשִׁישׁ
Tarshîysh
Tarshish, a place on the Mediterranean, hence, the ephithet of a merchant vessel (as if for or from that port); also the name of a Persian and of an I...
זָהָב
zâhâb
gold, figuratively, something gold-colored (i.e. yellow), as oil, a clear sky
מַעֲשֶׂה
maʻăseh
an action (good or bad); generally, a transaction; abstractly, activity; by implication, a product (specifically, a poem) or (generally) property
יָד
yâd
a hand (the open one (indicating power, means, direction, etc.),
צָרַף
tsâraph
to fuse (metal), i.e. refine (literally or figuratively)
תְּכֵלֶת
tᵉkêleth
the cerulean mussel, i.e. the color (violet) obtained therefrom or stuff dyed therewith
אַרְגָּמָן
ʼargâmân
purple (the color or the dyed stuff)
לְבוּשׁ
lᵉbûwsh
a garment (literally or figuratively); by implication (euphemistically) a wife
מַעֲשֶׂה
maʻăseh
an action (good or bad); generally, a transaction; abstractly, activity; by implication, a product (specifically, a poem) or (generally) property
חָשַׁב
châshab
properly, to plait or interpenetrate, i.e. (literally) to weave or (generally) to fabricate; figuratively, to plot or contrive (usually in a malicious...
אֱנוֹשׁ
ʼĕnôwsh
a man in general (singly or collectively)
Key Terms in This Verse
פַּח pach
a (metallic) sheet (as pounded thin); also a spring net (as spread out like a lamina)
Study H6341 →לְבוּשׁ lᵉbûwsh
a garment (literally or figuratively); by implication (euphemistically) a wife
Study H3830 →תַּרְשִׁישׁ Tarshîysh
Tarshish, a place on the Mediterranean, hence, the ephithet of a merchant vessel (as if for or from that port); also the name of a Persian and of an Israelite
Study H8659 →חָשַׁב châshab
properly, to plait or interpenetrate, i.e. (literally) to weave or (generally) to fabricate; figuratively, to plot or contrive (usually in a malicious sense); hence (from the mental effort) to think, ...
Study H2803 →תְּכֵלֶת tᵉkêleth
the cerulean mussel, i.e. the color (violet) obtained therefrom or stuff dyed therewith
Study H8504 →Cross References
Their idols are silver and gold, the work of men’s hands.
Then I lifted up mine eyes, and looked, and behold a certain man clothed in linen, whose loins were girded with fine gold of Uphaz:
For the king had at sea a navy of Tharshish with the navy of Hiram: once in three years came the navy of Tharshish, bringing gold, and silver, ivory, and apes, and peacocks.
The workman melteth a graven image, and the goldsmith spreadeth it over with gold, and casteth silver chains.
Tarshish was thy merchant by reason of the multitude of all kind of riches; with silver, iron, tin, and lead, they traded in thy fairs.
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