מַסֵּכָה

Biblical Hebrew

woven stuff — used 2 times in the Hebrew Bible. Below: its meanings with their sources, MACULA's glosses, and 2 verses word for word and in JPS 1917.

Meaning

OpenScriptures lexical index

woven stuff tree →

Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906

מַסֵּכָה⁴: n.f. woven stuff, web tree →

The whole BDB entry

n.f. woven stuff, web, especially as covering;—abs. הַמּ׳ הַנְּסוּכָה עַל־ Is 25:7 the web that is woven over all the nations (i.e. mourning-veil, symb. of distress; ‖ הַלּוֹט הַלּוֹט); = bed-covering 28:20 (in fig.). Perhaps also לִנְסֹךְ מ׳ 30:1 weave a web (‖ לַעֲשׂוֹת עֵצָה, ref. to negotiations with Egypt (So 𝔙 Aq Ew De Che Di; > 𝔊 Ges Hi Kn Brd Du pour a libation; מ׳ not elsewhere = נֶסֶךְ).

Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 2 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses (7 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 2 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (4 candidates)

Glosses

MACULA's English glosses of the word in the text, with how often each is used: stuff (2).

In the verses

Isaiah 28:20 · tree →

כִּֽי־קָצַ֥ר הַמַּצָּ֖ע מֵֽהִשְׂתָּרֵ֑עַ וְהַמַּסֵּכָ֥ה צָ֖רָה כְּהִתְכַּנֵּֽס׃

Word for word: (dm) it.is.[too].short the bed for stretching.oneself and the.woven stuff it.is.narrow just as.wraps.oneself.up

JPS 1917: For the bed is too short for a man to stretch himself; and the covering too narrow when he gathereth himself up.

Isaiah 25:7 · tree →

וּבִלַּע֙ בָּהָ֣ר הַזֶּ֔ה פְּנֵֽי־הַלּ֥וֹט ׀ הַלּ֖וֹט עַל־כָּל־הָֽעַמִּ֑ים וְהַמַּסֵּכָ֥ה הַנְּסוּכָ֖ה עַל־כָּל־הַגּוֹיִֽם׃

Word for word: and he.will.swallow.up on the mountain (the) this the.surface of the.covering [which] covers over all the peoples and the.woven stuff [which is].woven over all the nations

JPS 1917: And He will destroy in this mountain the face of the covering that is cast over all peoples, and the veil that is spread over all nations.

On Mova

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Sources. The words, their counts, glosses and the word-for-word renderings: MACULA Hebrew (the Westminster Leningrad Codex; Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0). Meanings: the OpenScriptures lexical index (CC BY 4.0), Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906 and Jastrow 1903 (public domain, via Sefaria); Targum Onkelos from Sefaria (public domain). Translation: JPS 1917 (public domain, from eBible.org).

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