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CHAPTER 12 THE COLORS
CHAPTER 12 THE COLORS 163
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• admoni (reddish)
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• adamdam (pale red—or, conversely, strong red)
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• shashar (red)
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• chachlili (reddish)
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• sharok (sorrel, light brown to brownish orange)
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• argaman (purple)
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• shani (scarlet, crimson)
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• chum (brown)
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• tzhaov (yellow, golden, derived from zahav, or “gold” in Hebrew)
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• zahov (golden)—not biblical
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• sagol (violet)—not biblical
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• yerakon (green)—in modern Hebrew, yarok 25
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• yerakrak (pale green, or, conversely, strong green—controversy exists)
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• barud (grizzled, grayish)—appears in Zechariah 6:3, 6; and Genesis
31: 10, 12, with debatable interpretations; some interpret it to mean
“spotted,” “pied”
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• chamutz (reddish brown, crimson)
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• afel (dark)
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• kasuf (silvery)—not biblical

Comments
1. Biblical scholars have differed on whether a repeated syllable at the end of a color
name means stronger color or paler color (like in yerakrak, adamdam, and so
on). Since in most other Hebrew words, a repeated syllable intends to convey an

intensified impression, the former interpretation is probably the correct one.
2. “Red” has many other names that are less frequently used in biblical text, and
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therefore were not given here. Probably due to its close relationship to dam
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(blood), adom is by far the most commonly used name for “red,” both in
the Bible and in modern speech.

Is there any relationship between the sum of the numerical values of the letters com-
prising names of colors in the Hebrew language (henceforth denoted “color’s numerical

value,” CNV ) and the corresponding scientifically validated color wave frequencies?
This outrageous proposition from fantasy world is now being statistically
examined.