Exodus - 35:26



26 All the women whose heart stirred them up in wisdom spun the goats' hair.

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Explanation and meaning of Exodus 35:26.

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And all the women whose heart stirred them up in wisdom spun the goats hair .
And all the women whose heart moved them in wisdom spun goats' hair.
and all the women whose heart hath lifted them up in wisdom, have spun the goats' hair.
And those women who had the knowledge, made the goats' hair into cloth.
and the hair of goats, donating everything of their own accord.
Omnes quoque mulieres quas excitavit cor ipsarum, intelligenter neverunt pilos caprinos.

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Historical Commentaries

Scholarly Analysis and Interpretation.

And all the women (f) whose heart stirred them up in wisdom spun goats' [hair].
(f) That is, who were good spinners.

And all the women whose heart stirred them up in wisdom,.... To be ingenious in their business, and to study to do it in a curious manner, and to do that which others could not:
spun goats' hair; some join the phrase, "in wisdom", in the preceding clause with this, neglecting the accent "Athnach", which divides them, thus, "in wisdom spun goats' hair"; and which, without being separated from the preceding clause, may be understood and repeated in this: for, as Aben Ezra says, to spin goats' hair was an art that required excellent wisdom; and so Jarchi: in the eastern countries there is a sort of goats' hair very bright and fine, and hangs to the ground, and the beauty of it is equal almost to that of silk, and is never sheared, but combed off, and the women of the country spin it; and at this day a great trade is driven with it at Angora and Aleppo (c).
(c) Calmet in the word "Hair".

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