Ruddy / (Greenish, etc.)

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Ruddy / (Greenish, etc.)

Ruddy / (Greenish, etc.)

A grammatical form used in Hebrew to indicate a hue or shade of a color, often suggesting a lighter, mixed, or intensified variation of the base color.

("If the infection on the garment or in the leather, in the warp or woof, or in any leather article is greenish or reddish, it is a mark of leprosy; it shall be shown to the priest" – Leviticus 13:49. Also: “The orchard, all vivid green, gleamed with joy” – H.N. Bialik, By the Apple Tree, and “It seemed both greenish and bluish, bluish and greenish, drawn like golden threads spun between heaven and earth” – S.Y. Agnon, In the Forest and the City.)

Translation

Expression (Hebrew)

אֲדַמְדַּם (יְרַקְרַק וְכוּ')

Definition (Hebrew)

מִשְׁקָל דִּקְדּוּקִי הַבָּא לְצַיֵּן צֶבַע שֶׁיֵּשׁ בּוֹ גַּוֵּן קַל שֶׁל צֶבַע אַחֵר.

("וְהָיָה הַנֶּגַע יְרַקְרַק אוֹ אֲדַמְדָּם בַּבֶּגֶד אוֹ בָעוֹר אוֹ בַשְּׁתִי אוֹ בָעֵרֶב אוֹ בְכָל כְּלִי עוֹר נֶגַע צָרַעַת הוּא, וְהָרְאָה אֶת הַכֹּהֵן" – וַיִּקְרָא יג מָט, וְכֵן: "הַפַּרְדֵּס כָּלִיל יְרַקְרַק חָרוּץ/ זִיז אוֹר וְגִיל עַל כָּל זָרוּחַ" – ח.נ. בְּיָאלִיק, בְּשֶׁל תַּפּוּחַ, וְכֵן: "מוֹסִיף עֲלֵיהֶם הָאוֹר שֶׁבֵּין שָׁמַיִם לָאָרֶץ, דּוֹמֶה שֶׁהוּא יְרַקְרַק וְהוּא כְּחַלְחַל, כְּחַלְחַל וְהוּא יְרַקְרַק, נִמְשָׁךְ כְּזָהָב שָׁחוּט וְנִטְוָה כְּחוּטִים" – שַׁ"י עַגְנוֹן, בַּיַּעַר וּבָעִיר)

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