Genesis 38:28
וַ יְהִי בְ לִדְתָּהּ וַ יִּתֶּן יָד וַ תִּקַּח הַ מְיַלֶּדֶת וַ תִּקְשֹׁר עַל יָדֹו שָׁנִי לֵ אמֹר זֶה יָצָא רִאשֹׁנָה
And he is in her bearing, and he is giving a hand, and the One-who-bears is taking and is tying1205 upon his hand a scarlet-one,1206 to say, `This one has gone out a first one.`
| 1206 | Strong’s #8144 Shani. A noun, scarlet thing, crimson thing. Refers to an insect. There is no “thread” mentioned in this text. Of uncertain derivation; crimson, properly, the insect or its color, also stuff dyed with it |