Esther 1:6
Parallel Strong's
Berean Study Bible
Hangings of white and blue linen were fastened with cords of fine white and purple material to silver rings on the marble pillars. Gold and silver couches were arranged on a mosaic pavement of porphyry, marble, mother-of-pearl, and other costly stones.

Young's Literal Translation
white linen, white cotton, and blue, fastened with cords of fine linen and purple on rings of silver, and pillars of marble, couches of gold, and of silver, on a pavement of smaragdus, and white marble, and mother-of-pearl, and black marble—

King James Bible
[Where were] white, green, and blue, [hangings], fastened with cords of fine linen and purple to silver rings and pillars of marble: the beds [were of] gold and silver, upon a pavement of red, and blue, and white, and black, marble.

Hebrew
[Hangings of] white
ח֣וּר ׀ (ḥūr)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 2353: White linen

and violet
וּתְכֵ֗לֶת (ū·ṯə·ḵê·leṯ)
Conjunctive waw | Noun - feminine singular
Strong's 8504: The cerulean mussel, the color, obtained therefrom, stuff dyed therewith

linen
כַּרְפַּ֣ס (kar·pas)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 3768: Byssus, fine vegetable wool

were fastened
אָחוּז֙ (’ā·ḥūz)
Verb - Qal - QalPassParticiple - masculine singular
Strong's 270: To grasp, take hold, take possession

with cords
בְּחַבְלֵי־ (bə·ḥaḇ·lê-)
Preposition-b | Noun - masculine plural construct
Strong's 2256: A rope, a measuring line, a district, inheritance, a noose, a company, a throe, ruin

of fine white
ב֣וּץ (ḇūṣ)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 948: Cotton

and purple
וְאַרְגָּמָ֔ן (wə·’ar·gā·mān)
Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 713: Purple, red-purple

to
עַל־ (‘al-)
Preposition
Strong's 5921: Above, over, upon, against

silver
כֶ֖סֶף (ḵe·sep̄)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 3701: Silver, money

rings
גְּלִ֥ילֵי (gə·lî·lê)
Noun - masculine plural construct
Strong's 1550: A valve of a, folding door, a ring

on the marble
שֵׁ֑שׁ (šêš)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 8336: Bleached stuff, white linen, marble

pillars.
וְעַמּ֣וּדֵי (wə·‘am·mū·ḏê)
Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine plural construct
Strong's 5982: A column, a stand, platform

Gold
זָהָ֣ב (zā·hāḇ)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 2091: Gold, something gold-colored, as oil, a clear sky

and silver
וָכֶ֗סֶף (wā·ḵe·sep̄)
Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 3701: Silver, money

couches
מִטּ֣וֹת ׀ (miṭ·ṭō·wṯ)
Noun - feminine plural construct
Strong's 4296: A bed, for, sleeping, eating, a sofa, litter, bier

were arranged
עַ֛ל (‘al)
Preposition
Strong's 5921: Above, over, upon, against

on a mosaic pavement
רִֽצְפַ֥ת (riṣ·p̄aṯ)
Noun - feminine singular construct
Strong's 7531: A hot stone, a tessellated pavement

of porphyry,
בַּהַט־ (ba·haṭ-)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 923: White marble, alabaster

marble,
וָשֵׁ֖שׁ (wā·šêš)
Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 8336: Bleached stuff, white linen, marble

mother-of-pearl,
וְדַ֥ר (wə·ḏar)
Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 1858: A pearl, pearl-stone, mother-of-pearl, alabaster

and other precious stones.
וְסֹחָֽרֶת׃ (wə·sō·ḥā·reṯ)
Conjunctive waw | Noun - feminine singular
Strong's 5508: A, tile, for, laying borders with

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           
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