What is the word "Vermillion" in Aramaic?
"Vermillion" a special particular word for red , in the Bible.
סָסְגּוֹן / סָסְגּוֹנָא (sāsgōn / sāsgawnā; also transliterated sasgona, ssgwn, or similar; Syriac ܣܣܓܘܢܐ).
This is the primary attested Aramaic term glossed as “vermillion” (or a shiny/dark reddish color) in the Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon.
It appears in Jewish Literary Aramaic Targumim (e.g., Onkelos and Pseudo-Jonathan), Palestinian Targumic Aramaic, Syriac, and Late Jewish Literary Aramaic.
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It is used in the Targums and Syriac Peshitta to render the biblical Hebrew taḥash(the mysterious skins for the Tabernacle coverings in Exodus),where scholarly translations and lexica often take it as referring to the color (vermillion/shiny dark)rather than a specific animal.
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Some traditional explanations (e.g., in the Talmud and Rashi) folk-etymologize it as “rejoicing in its colors” (sas + gona/gevanim), linking it to multicolored or radiant hues, and the word has Iranian connections (cf. gwn “color”). Interpretations of the exact shade vary somewhat (vermillion/reddish, shiny dark, or occasionally blueish/purple in some Syriac contexts), but the standard lexical gloss is vermillion.
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Note that Aramaic (like other languages) has broader terms for red or scarlet dyes/pigments, but sāsgawnā is the specific classical term associated with vermillion. The biblical Hebrew word translated “vermilion” in English Bibles (shashar, a red ochre/pigment in Jeremiah 22:14 and Ezekiel 23:14) is distinct and of different origin.
It's the color of a skin adjacent to a sacrifice.
Animal is unspecified.
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