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title: כִּישׁוֹר — distaff · The Tanakh dictionary
description: כִּישׁוֹר (3601), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 1 times: distaff. BDB 1906: distaff. With 1 verse in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# כִּישׁוֹר

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«כִּישׁוֹר» in the Tanakh dictionary: **distaff** — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 1 verse in layers.

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**Used:** 1 times · **Key:** 3601 · **BDB:** כִּישׁוֹר²

### Glosses

distaff (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

distaff [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1499/3601/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

distaff [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1499/3601/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.\[m.\] distaff (etym. dub.; perhaps, if meaning correct, from כשׁר (cf. Sta§ 216 LagBN 182) = be straight, because it stands erect, De Str; 𝔖 ܟܰܫܺܝܪܽܘܬܳܐ industry; whence 𝔗 כּוּשְׁרָא, and likewise 𝔗 כּוּנְשְׁרָא, also Pr 3:8, (for Heb. שׁר), where Levy Wirbelsäule, Str ad loc. Jastr navel; but Str doubts etymological connexion with כישׁור);—only in יָדֶיהָ שִׁלְּחָה בַכִּישׁוֹ֑ר Pr 31:19 (‖ פָּֽלָךְ׃ whirl of spindle).—As above De Now Str RV SS al.; \> Ki AW Thes RobGes whirl of spindle (AV spindle); vid. פֶּלֶךְ.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (3 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (2 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «כִּישׁוֹר» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1499/3601/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Proverbs 31:19](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PRO.31.19/)

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יָ֭דֶיהָ שִׁלְּחָ֣ה בַכִּישׁ֑וֹר וְ֝כַפֶּ֗יהָ תָּ֣מְכוּ פָֽלֶךְ׃

*Word for word:* hands her she.stretches.out on the distaff and palms her they.grasp \[the\].spindle

*JPS 1917:* She layeth her hands to the distaff, and her hands hold the spindle.

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