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title: חֵשֶׁב — ingenious work · The Tanakh dictionary
description: חֵשֶׁב (2805), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 8 times: ingenious work. BDB 1906: n.m. ingenious work. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# חֵשֶׁב

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«חֵשֶׁב» in the Tanakh dictionary: **ingenious work** — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 2 verses in layers.

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**Used:** 8 times · **Key:** 2805 · **BDB:** חֵ֫שֶׁב

### Glosses

the.girdle (6); girdle (2)

### Meaning (OSHB)

ingenious work [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1495/2805/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.m. ingenious work [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1495/2805/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.m. ingenious work, name of the girdle or band of the ephod (cunningly woven band, RV), only P; always in combin., ח׳ האפ(ו)ד Ex 28:27, 28; 29:5; 39:20, 21 Lv 8:7; ח׳ אֲפֻדָּתוֹ Ex 28:8; 39:5.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 8 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (3 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 2 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (3 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «חֵשֶׁב» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1495/2805/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Exodus 28:8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/EXO.28.8/)

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וְחֵ֤שֶׁב אֲפֻדָּתוֹ֙ אֲשֶׁ֣ר עָלָ֔יו כְּמַעֲשֵׂ֖הוּ מִמֶּ֣נּוּ יִהְיֶ֑ה זָהָ֗ב תְּכֵ֧לֶת וְאַרְגָּמָ֛ן וְתוֹלַ֥עַת שָׁנִ֖י וְשֵׁ֥שׁ מָשְׁזָֽר׃

*Word for word:* and the.girdle its.ephod his which \[will be\].on.it \[will be\] like.its.workmanship from it it.will.be gold violet.stuff and purple and scarlet.stuff of.scarlet and fine.linen twisted

*JPS 1917:* And the skilfully woven band, which is upon it, wherewith to gird it on, shall be like the work thereof and of the same piece: of gold, of blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen.

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[Exodus 39:5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/EXO.39.5/)

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וְחֵ֨שֶׁב אֲפֻדָּת֜וֹ אֲשֶׁ֣ר עָלָ֗יו מִמֶּ֣נּוּ הוּא֮ כְּמַעֲשֵׂהוּ֒ זָהָ֗ב תְּכֵ֧לֶת וְאַרְגָּמָ֛ן וְתוֹלַ֥עַת שָׁנִ֖י וְשֵׁ֣שׁ מָשְׁזָ֑ר כַּאֲשֶׁ֛ר צִוָּ֥ה יְהוָ֖ה אֶת־מֹשֶֽׁה׃

*Word for word:* and the.girdle its.ephod his which \[was\].on it \[was\].from it it \[will be\] like.its.workmanship gold violet.stuff and purple and scarlet.stuff of.scarlet and fine.linen twisted just as he.had.commanded Yahweh (et) Moses

*JPS 1917:* And the skilfully woven band, that was upon it, wherewith to gird it on, was of the same piece and like the work thereof: of gold, of blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen, as the LORD commanded Moses.

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