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Tarshish ... Uphaz
places where silver and gold are mined (See: rc://en/ta/man/jit/translate-names)
gold from Uphaz made by artificers, the hands of refiners
This can be stated in active form. Also, the refiners are represented here by their "hands" because they do their work with their hands. Alternate translation: "gold from Uphaz that skilled craftsmen and refiners have made" (See: rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-activepassive and rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-metonymy)
artificers
"skilled craftsmen"
refiners
people who heat gold to remove from it anything that is not gold
Their clothes are blue and purple cloth
"The people dress the idols in blue and purple cloth"