Ῥοΐσκοι

pomegranate-tassels

Translated by David Whitehead20 Aug 2010Vetting: high4 revisions

1 note · 15 words
[Meaning] gold-woven embellishments, [sc. shaped] like pomegranates,1 intended to decorate the robe of the priest.

Greek original · Adler’s text

Ῥοΐσκοι· κόμποι χρυσοΰφαντοι, ὅμοιοι ῥοιαῖς, εἰς κόσμον δὲ ὄντες τῆς τοῦ ἱερέως στολῆς.

Betacode
*(roi/+skoi: ko/mpoi xrusou/+fantoi, o(/moioi r(oiai=s, ei)s ko/smon de\ o)/ntes th=s tou= i(ere/ws stolh=s.

Notes (1)

  1. 'gl[ossa] sacra' (Adler). The headword, here in the nominative plural, occurs several times in the Septuagint (esp. Exodus 28.33-34, 36.31-33).
  2. 1See under rho 191. ↩

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Revision history4 revisions · last 25 May 2016
  1. Revised — David Whitehead
  2. Revised — David Whitehead
  3. expanded note — David Whitehead
  4. cosmetics, status — Catharine Roth
  5. Translated — David Whitehead

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