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Tekhelet

Tekhelet (Hebrew: תְּכֵלֶת təḵēleṯ) is a blue dye that historically held great significance in ancient Mediterranean civilizations. It is mentioned in the Hebrew Bible and is accordingly commonplace in Jewish culture, wherein it features prominently to color the fringes (called tzitzit) of several Jewish religious garments, such as the tallit. The dye…

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Biblical references

History

Color

Source – Identifying the ḥillazon

Current status of the tekhelet commandment

Tying methods

Tekhelet in Jewish culture

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Tekhelet

Nodes112
Edges111
Triples81
Avg. degree1.98
Density0.017857
Components1

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Tekhelet

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related to Biblical references · 17
Tekhelet → All Biblical, Chronicles, Cyprus, Elishah, Esther, Ezekiel, Hebrew, Israel, King, Masoretic Text, Mordechai, Numbers, Of, Persia, Six, Solomon's Temple, Tyrian
related to Current status of the tekhelet commandment · 13
Tekhelet → Beit Halevi, Hexaplex, However, Maharil, Nevertheless, Others, Rabbis, Radbaz, Radziner, Some, The, Torah, Yeshuot Malko
related to Source – Identifying the ḥillazon · 12
Tekhelet → Another, Bible, Deut, Dye, Haifa, Hebrews, It, Its, Rabbinic, Tyre, Various, While
related to Color · 11
Tekhelet → Aquila, In, Josephus, Koine Greek, Latin, Modern, Philo, Septuagint, Symmachus, The, Vulgate
related to history · 9
Tekhelet → Ahai, Amarna, BCE, Data, Egypt, In, New Kingdom, Tanhuma, The
related to Tekhelet in Jewish culture · 5
Tekhelet → Besides, Israel, Jewish, Judaism, The
has method · 4
Tekhelet → It, Maimonides, The, There
related to External links · 2
Tekhelet → Explanation, Ptil Tekhelet
related to Gallery · 2
Tekhelet → It, Structural

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dye blue hexaplex trunculus ḥillāzon color indigo source sea one purple ancient used also snails sources however jewish tzitzit snail

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SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
from sunlightinstance ofdiscovered that if a solution of the dye was exposed to ultraviolet light0.80text
blue instead of purple was consistently producedinstance ofdiscovered that if a solution of the dye was exposed to ultraviolet light0.80text
the cuttlefish.Another Talmudic requirement is that the dye cannot fadeinstance ofperhaps including other candidate species0.80text
and the H. trunculus dye does not fadeinstance ofperhaps including other candidate species0.80text
can only be removed from wool with bleach.The Talmud states that the ḥillāzon is preferably kept alive while the dye is extractedinstance ofperhaps including other candidate species0.80text
as killing it causes the dye to degradeinstance ofperhaps including other candidate species0.80text
Tekhelethas methodThere0.60section
Tekhelethas methodMaimonides0.60section
Tekhelethas methodIt0.60section
Tekhelethas methodThe0.60section
Tekheletrelated to Biblical referencesOf0.60section
Tekheletrelated to Biblical referencesMasoretic Text0.60section

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