H8144

שני

שני
shanaya

Masculine noun · Of uncertain derivation

Of uncertain derivation; crimson, properly, the insect or its color, also stuff dyed with it:—crimson, scarlet (thread).

Outline

  1. scarlet, crimson
    1. properly, the insect 'coccus ilicis', the dried body of the female yielding colouring matter from which is made the dye used for cloth to colour it scarlet or crimson

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