sealskin

Everyday

1. The skin of a seal, used for coats, bags and purses. tree →
2. Made of sealskin, as in a sealskin purse. tree →

In the lessons

in the tales, sealskin is a fine, magic or precious skin that creatures and dwarfs wear or use

Examples

• The old man wore a coat of sealskin. tree →
• "Sealskin, are they?" said the moth. tree →
• The little purse was made of soft sealskin. tree →

Note

nothing for maths

In Jewish tradition

Used for the outermost covering of the Tabernacle tent. The Hebrew word is tachash, and the translators were unsure what animal it meant.

Interpretation. Tradition debates what the tachash was. Some sages say it was a special colourful animal that existed only for the building of the Tabernacle, while others think it was a kind of skin or leather.

Examples

• and rams' skins dyed red, and sealskins, and acacia-wood; (Torah EXO.25.5, JPS 1917) tree →
• And he made a covering for the tent of rams' skins dyed red, and a covering of sealskins above. (Torah EXO.36.19, JPS 1917) tree →
• and the covering of rams' skins dyed red, and the covering of sealskins, and the veil of the screen; (Torah EXO.39.34, JPS 1917) tree →
• I clothed thee also with richly woven work, and shod thee with sealskin, and I wound fine linen about thy head, and covered thee with silk. (Prophets EZK.16.10, JPS 1917) tree →

Note

nothing for maths