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Tekhelet ((ヘブライ語:תכלת), "turquoise" or "blue"; alternate spellings include ''tekelet'', ''t'chelet'', ''techelet'' and ''techeiles'') is a blue dye mentioned 49〔 times in the Hebrew Bible/Tanakh. It was used in the clothing of the High Priest, the tapestries in the Tabernacle, and the tassels (Hebrew: , ''tzitzit'' (:tsiˈtsit), pl. ''tzitziot'') affixed to the corners of one's four-cornered garment, such as the ''tallit'' (garment worn during prayer). According to the Talmud, the dye of ''tekhelet'' was produced from a marine creature known as the ''ḥillazon'' (also spelled ''chilazon'').〔 According to the Tosefta (''Men.'' 9:6), the ''hillazon'' is the exclusive source of the dye. After the destruction of the Temple in Jerusalem by the Romans, the sole use of the ''tekhelet'' (blue) dye was in ''tzitzit''. A ''tzitzit'' is made of four strands, a number of which be tekhelet, which Rashi describes as green as “poireau,” the French word for leek, transliterated into Hebrew. There are three opinions as to how many are to be blue: 2 strings;〔Rashi, Tosafos, Rosh〕 1 string;〔Raavad〕 1 half string.〔Rambam〕 These strands are then threaded and hang down, appearing to be eight. The four strands are passed through a hole 25 to 50 mm away from the corners of the four-cornered cloth. Tekhelet is mentioned in the third paragraph of the daily prayers known as the Sh'ma Yisrael (Hebrew: ; "Hear, () Israel"), citing Bamidbar – Parshas Shelach (Book of Numbers 15:37–41). == Biblical references == Of the 49〔(Tekeleth – Strong's Hebrew# 8504 )〕 or 48 〔〔 uses in the Masoretic Text, one refers to the whole nation of Israel (), 44 refer to the priesthood or temple. The remaining 6 in Esther, Jeremiah and Ezekiel are secular uses; such as when Mordechai puts on "blue and white" "royal clothing" in Esther. The colour could be used in combination with other colours such as 2 Chronicles where the veil of Solomon's Temple is made of blue (''tekhelet''), purple (Hebrew: אַרְגָּמָן ''argaman'') and crimson (Hebrew: כַּרְמִיל ''karmiyl''). may indicate the source of the shellfish to have been the Aegean region.〔Gesenius Hebrew lexicon entry for "Isles of Elisha" – more modern source needed〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Tekhelet」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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