very important information. i appreciate the sharing. one question. well, two. 1. what is the white grainy substance added to the natural dyestuff? 2. why is tekhelet called violet in some of our hebrew dictionaries, and blue in most english translations in Tanakh? please help me understand, i dont understand the discrepency.
There are chemical additions necessary for the dye so that it takes well but it is not a problem because the color comes well from the hilazon. It is called "purple" because it gives the color purple "ארגמן", but it also succeeds in giving the indigo/azure color which is the correct color according to the talmud. This was discovered in about 1980 with a lunimeux process we find the azure. Hoping to have answered your questions. Translated with Google translate
Don't listen to him... The word "Tekayleth" is violet/purple, not blue. That's what the Torah says... They add acidic substances to the liquid mix to force the dye to change to blue in the sunlight!
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very important information. i appreciate the sharing. one question. well, two. 1. what is the white grainy substance added to the natural dyestuff? 2. why is tekhelet called violet in some of our hebrew dictionaries, and blue in most english translations in Tanakh? please help me understand, i dont understand the discrepency.
There are chemical additions necessary for the dye so that it takes well but it is not a problem because the color comes well from the hilazon. It is called "purple" because it gives the color purple "ארגמן", but it also succeeds in giving the indigo/azure color which is the correct color according to the talmud. This was discovered in about 1980 with a lunimeux process we find the azure. Hoping to have answered your questions. Translated with Google translate
Don't listen to him... The word "Tekayleth" is violet/purple, not blue. That's what the Torah says...
They add acidic substances to the liquid mix to force the dye to change to blue in the sunlight!