שֵׁשׁ

Biblical Hebrew

alabaster — used 3 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

alabaster tree →

Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906

שֵׁשׁ²: n.m. id. tree →

The whole BDB entry

n.m. id.;—עַמּוּדֵי שׁ׳ Ct 5:15 (in fig.), Est 1:6 a, material of pavement v 6 b (v. בַּ֫הַט).—I. שֵׁשׁ, v. שׁדשׁ.

Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 2 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses (15 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 0 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (11 candidates)

Glosses

MACULA's English glosses of the word in the text, with how often each is used: of marble (2); marble (1).

In the verses

Song of Songs 5:15 · tree →

שׁוֹקָיו֙ עַמּ֣וּדֵי שֵׁ֔שׁ מְיֻסָּדִ֖ים עַל־אַדְנֵי־פָ֑ז מַרְאֵ֙הוּ֙ כַּלְּבָנ֔וֹן בָּח֖וּר כָּאֲרָזִֽים׃

Word for word: legs his [are].pillars of.marble founded on bases of.pure.gold appearance his [is].like (the) Lebanon [it.is].chosen like (the) cedars

JPS 1917: His legs are as pillars of marble, set upon sockets of fine gold; his aspect is like Lebanon, excellent as the cedars.

Esther 1:6 · tree →

ח֣וּר ׀ כַּרְפַּ֣ס וּתְכֵ֗לֶת אָחוּז֙ בְּחַבְלֵי־ב֣וּץ וְאַרְגָּמָ֔ן עַל־גְּלִ֥ילֵי כֶ֖סֶף וְעַמּ֣וּדֵי שֵׁ֑שׁ מִטּ֣וֹת ׀ זָהָ֣ב וָכֶ֗סֶף עַ֛ל רִֽצְפַ֥ת בַּהַט־וָשֵׁ֖שׁ וְדַ֥ר וְסֹחָֽרֶת׃

Word for word: white.cloth cotton and violet.material [was].held with cords of.fine.linen and purple on rods of.silver and pillars of.marble couches of.gold and silver [were].on a.pavement of.porphyry and marble and mother-of-pearl and paving.stone

JPS 1917: there were hangings of white, fine cotton, and blue, bordered with cords of fine linen and purple, upon silver rods and pillars of marble; the couches were of gold and silver, upon a pavement of green, and white, and shell, and onyx marble.

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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