Esther · אֶסְתֵּר

Esther 1:6

חוּר֩ כַּרְפַּ֨ס וּתְכֵ֜לֶת אָח֣וּז בְּחַבְלֵי בוּץ֩ וְאַרְגָּמָ֨ן עַל גְּלִילֵ֣י כֶ֣סֶף וְעַמּוּדֵ֣י שֵׁ֡שׁ מִטּ֣וֹת זָהָ֣ב וָכֶ֡סֶף עַ֣ל רִצְפַ֣ת בַּהַט וָשֵׁ֣שׁ וְדַ֣ר וְסֹחָ֔רֶת׃
ḥvr karpas vtkelet ʾaḥvz bḥabley bvṣ vʾargaman ʿal gliyley kesef vʿamvdey shesh miṭvot zahab vakesef ʿal riṣpat bahaṭ vashesh vdar vsoḥaret
King James Version (KJV)

Where were white, green, and blue, hangings, fastened with cords of fine linen and purple to silver rings and pillars of marble: the beds were of gold and silver, upon a pavement of red, and blue, and white, and black, marble.

Modern English

There were white cotton curtains and violet hangings fastened with cords of fine linen and purple to silver rods and marble pillars, and also couches of gold and silver on a mosaic pavement of porphyry, marble, mother-of-pearl, and precious stones.

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