ח֣וּר ׀ כַּרְפַּ֣ס וּתְכֵ֗לֶת אָחוּז֙ בְּחַבְלֵי־ב֣וּץ וְאַרְגָּמָ֔ן עַל־גְּלִ֥ילֵי כֶ֖סֶף וְעַמּ֣וּדֵי שֵׁ֑שׁ מִטּ֣וֹת ׀ זָהָ֣ב וָכֶ֗סֶף עַ֛ל רִֽצְפַ֥ת בַּהַט־וָשֵׁ֖שׁ וְדַ֥ר וְסֹחָֽרֶת׃
װײַסע צײַג, דינע לײַנען, און בלאָע װאָל, זײַנען געװען באַפֿעסטיקט מיט שנורן פֿון פֿײַנלײַנען און פּורפּל אױף זילבערנע שטאַנגען און זײַלן פֿון מירמלשטײן; מיט גילדערנע און זילבערנע לענבעטלעך אױף אַ פֿלאַסטערונג פֿון אַלאַבאַסטער און מירמלשטײן, און פּערלמוטער, און פֿלעקמירמל.
Megillah
White [hur], fine cotton [karpas] and blue. What is hur? Rav said: Fine lace-work (harei harei). Shmuel said: He spread for them carpets of white silk. Karpas: R. Yose b. Haninah said: [this means] cushions of velvet (karim shel pasim).
Megillah
“On silver rods and pillars of marble; the couches were of gold and silver.” It has been taught: R. Judah said: For those who were worthy of silver, silver, and for those who were worthy of gold, gold. R. Nehemiah said to him: If that were so, he would have caused jealousy at the banquet! No; the couches themselves were of silver and their feet of gold
Megillah
Green [bahat] and white marble. R. Assi said: [This means] stones that cause their owners hard labor; And so it says, “As the stones of a crown, which take many trials to dig up from the land” (Zechariah 9:6).