וּֽכְכָל־כֹּחִ֞י הֲכִינ֣וֹתִי לְבֵית־אֱלֹהַ֗י הַזָּהָ֣ב ׀ לַ֠זָּהָב וְהַכֶּ֨סֶף לַכֶּ֜סֶף וְהַנְּחֹ֣שֶׁת לַנְּחֹ֗שֶׁת הַבַּרְזֶל֙ לַבַּרְזֶ֔ל וְהָעֵצִ֖ים לָעֵצִ֑ים אַבְנֵי־שֹׁ֨הַם וּמִלּוּאִ֜ים אַבְנֵי־פ֣וּךְ וְרִקְמָ֗ה וְכֹ֨ל אֶ֧בֶן יְקָרָ֛ה וְאַבְנֵי־שַׁ֖יִשׁ לָרֹֽב׃
At sa buong lakas ko ay naghanda ako para sa bahay ng aking Diyos: ang ginto para sa mga bagay na ginto, at ang pilak para sa mga bagay na pilak, at ang tanso para sa mga bagay na tanso, ang bakal para sa mga bagay na bakal, at ang kahoy para sa mga bagay na kahoy; mga batong onix at mga batong pangkalupkop, mga batong maitim na kumikinang at may sari-saring kulay, at lahat ng uri ng mamahaling bato, at mga batong marmol nang sagana.
Esther Rabbah
“Hangings of white [ḥur], green [karpas] and blue [tekhelet], fastened with cords of fine linen and purple wool on silver rods and marble pillars, couches of gold and silver, on a floor of alabaster, marble, mother-of-pearl, and onyx” (Esther 1:6).
“Ḥur, karpas, and tekhelet” – Akelas translated it: White [ḥur] and green [karpas] linen. Rav Beivai said: sky-blue [tekhelet]. Rabbi Yitzḥak said: Like garments that free men wear. “Fastened with cords of fine linen and purple wool” – Rabbi Shmuel bar Naḥman said: Come and see what the clothing of that wicked one was like; everyone hangs [curtains] with cords of [simple] wool and cords of [simple] linen, and this wicked one [hangs curtains] with cords of fine linen and purple wool. “On silver rods” – Rabbi Ḥiyya the Great and Rabbi Shimon ben Ḥalafta: One said: They were furled like the curtain of a cabinet. The other said: They were folded like the sails of a ship.
“And pillars of marble,” – the quarry [from which the marble came] was not revealed to any creature other than to [those from] this wicked kingdom. They objected: But is it not written [regarding the materials assembled for the construction of the Temple]: “And all precious stones and marble stones in abundance” (I Chronicles 29:2)? Solomon would place a gem on one side and a gem on the other side with the marble stones between them. It was easier for Aḥashverosh to craft pillars of silver and gold than to bring pillars of marble from Perak Onsin to Media. If you say that they were cut [into small pieces and reassembled], Rabbi Mattana said: I slept on the capital of one of them, and it was the width of my height with arms and legs extended.
“Ḥur, karpas, and tekhelet” – Akelas translated it: White [ḥur] and green [karpas] linen. Rav Beivai said: sky-blue [tekhelet]. Rabbi Yitzḥak said: Like garments that free men wear. “Fastened with cords of fine linen and purple wool” – Rabbi Shmuel bar Naḥman said: Come and see what the clothing of that wicked one was like; everyone hangs [curtains] with cords of [simple] wool and cords of [simple] linen, and this wicked one [hangs curtains] with cords of fine linen and purple wool. “On silver rods” – Rabbi Ḥiyya the Great and Rabbi Shimon ben Ḥalafta: One said: They were furled like the curtain of a cabinet. The other said: They were folded like the sails of a ship.
“And pillars of marble,” – the quarry [from which the marble came] was not revealed to any creature other than to [those from] this wicked kingdom. They objected: But is it not written [regarding the materials assembled for the construction of the Temple]: “And all precious stones and marble stones in abundance” (I Chronicles 29:2)? Solomon would place a gem on one side and a gem on the other side with the marble stones between them. It was easier for Aḥashverosh to craft pillars of silver and gold than to bring pillars of marble from Perak Onsin to Media. If you say that they were cut [into small pieces and reassembled], Rabbi Mattana said: I slept on the capital of one of them, and it was the width of my height with arms and legs extended.