קַשְׂקֶשֶׂת

Biblical Hebrew · Strong's H7193

scale — used 8 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

scale tree →

Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906

קַשְׂקֶ֑שֶׂת: n.f. scale tree →

The whole BDB entry

n.f. scale of fish, etc.;—of water-animals having סְנַפִּיר וְק׳ fin and scale Dt 14:9, 10 = Lv 11:9, 10, 12; pl. קַשְׂקַשִּׂים, of scale-armour 1 S 17:5; pl. sf. קַשְׂקְשׂתֶיךָ Ez 29:4(×2) (of Pharaoh under fig. of crocodile).

Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 7 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (1 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (1 candidates)

Glosses

MACULA's English glosses of the word in the text, with how often each is used: scale (5); scales (2); of scales (1).

In the verses

Leviticus 11:12 · tree →

כֹּ֣ל אֲשֶׁ֥ר אֵֽין־ל֛וֹ סְנַפִּ֥יר וְקַשְׂקֶ֖שֶׂת בַּמָּ֑יִם שֶׁ֥קֶץ ה֖וּא לָכֶֽם׃

Word for word: all that there.[belong].not to it fin and scale in the waters [is].a.detestable.thing it to you

JPS 1917: Whatsoever hath no fins nor scales in the waters, that is a detestable thing unto you.

Deuteronomy 14:10 · tree →

וְכֹ֨ל אֲשֶׁ֧ר אֵֽין־ל֛וֹ סְנַפִּ֥יר וְקַשְׂקֶ֖שֶׂת לֹ֣א תֹאכֵ֑לוּ טָמֵ֥א ה֖וּא לָכֶֽם׃ס

Word for word: and all that there.[belong].not to it fin and scale not you.will.eat [is].unclean it to you

JPS 1917: and whatsoever hath not fins and scales ye shall not eat; it is unclean unto you.

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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