Lexicon
טֹ֫הַר
to.har
H2892A
H:N-M Hebrew

purity

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to.har denotes the clear, pure quality used for the sky-blue appearance beneath God's feet.

The single attested use describes a clear, pure quality in the comparison of what was beneath God's feet to the blue of the sky in Exodus 24:10.

Senses in use

  1. Clear, pure sky-blue appearance · dominant

    In Exodus 24:10, the masculine singular absolute noun occurs in the description of what was under God's feet, compared with sapphire brickwork and the blue of the sky. The APB renders the scene as “something like sapphire brickwork and like the clear blue of the sky,” though the translation does not mark the noun's exact English equivalent.

In the Anselm Project Bible: In Exodus 24:10, the APB presents the scene with “the clear blue of the sky.” Its exact rendering of the noun cannot be isolated with certainty.

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