פָּתִיל

The rings of the breastpiece shall be tied to the rings of the ephod with a cord of blue yarn, so that the breastpiece is above the waistband of the ephod and does not swing out from the ephod.

They hammered out thin sheets of gold and cut threads from them to interweave with the blue, purple, and scarlet yarn, and fine linen—the work of a skilled craftsman.

Then they fastened to it a blue cord to mount it on the turban, just as the LORD had commanded Moses.

“What pledge should I give you?” he asked.She answered, “Your seal and your cord, and the staff in your hand.” So he gave them to her and slept with her, and she became pregnant by him.

While the men were hidden in her room, she called out, “Samson, the Philistines are here!”But he snapped the bowstrings like a strand of yarn seared by a flame. So the source of his strength remained unknown.