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title: מֵישַׁךְ — Meshak · The Tanakh dictionary
description: מֵישַׁךְ (4335), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 1 times: Meshak. BDB 1906: n.pr.m. With 1 verse in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# מֵישַׁךְ

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«מֵישַׁךְ» in the Tanakh dictionary: **Meshak** — 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:** 4335 · **BDB:** מֵישַׁךְ

### Glosses

Meshach (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

Meshak [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4335/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.pr.m. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4335/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.pr.m. (according to DlBaer, Dan. xi for Mîsha-aku ‘who is what Aku (the moon-god) is?’ cf. מִישָׁאֵל, p. 567);—the new (Bab.) name given to Mishael, Dn 1:7 (+ Aramaic 2:49 and c. 3).

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (4 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 0 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (4 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «מֵישַׁךְ» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4335/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Daniel 1:7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/DAN.1.7/)

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וַיָּ֧שֶׂם לָהֶ֛ם שַׂ֥ר הַסָּרִיסִ֖ים שֵׁמ֑וֹת וַיָּ֨שֶׂם לְדָֽנִיֵּ֜אל בֵּ֣לְטְשַׁאצַּ֗ר וְלַֽחֲנַנְיָה֙ שַׁדְרַ֔ךְ וּלְמִֽישָׁאֵ֣ל מֵישַׁ֔ךְ וְלַעֲזַרְיָ֖ה עֲבֵ֥ד נְגֽוֹ עֲבֵ֥ד נְגֽוֹ׃

*Word for word:* and he.assigned to them the.chief of the.officials names and he.assigned to Daniel Belteshazzar and to Hananiah Shadrach and to Mishael Meshach and to Azariah Abednego Abednego

*JPS 1917:* And the chief of the officers gave names unto them: unto Daniel he gave the name of Belteshazzar; and to Hananiah, of Shadrach; and to Mishael, of Meshach; and to Azariah, of Abed-nego.

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