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title: מֶשִׁי — silk · The Tanakh dictionary
description: מֶשִׁי (4897), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 2 times: silk. BDB 1906: silk. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# מֶשִׁי

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«מֶשִׁי» in the Tanakh dictionary: **silk** — 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:** 2 times · **Key:** 4897 · **BDB:** מֶ֫שִׁי

### Glosses

silk (2)

### Meaning (OSHB)

silk [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4897/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

silk [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4897/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.\[m.\] a costly material for garments, according to Rabb. silk, (so NowArch. i. 124); whether this is based on actual tradition is dub. (etym. unknown);—abs. מ׳ Ez 16:13 (‖ שֵׁשׁ), מֶ֑שִׁי v 10 (‖ id.) Vid., further Thes Sm Da Berthol. 𝔊 τρίχαπτα.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 2 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (9 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (7 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «מֶשִׁי» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4897/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Ezekiel 16:10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/EZK.16.10/)

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וָאַלְבִּישֵׁ֣ךְ רִקְמָ֔ה וָאֶנְעֲלֵ֖ךְ תָּ֑חַשׁ וָאֶחְבְּשֵׁ֣ךְ בַּשֵּׁ֔שׁ וַאֲכַסֵּ֖ךְ מֶֽשִׁי׃

*Word for word:* and I clothed.you multicolored.material and I shod.you leather and I wrapped.your.head with.(the) fine linen and I covered.you silk

*JPS 1917:* 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.

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[Ezekiel 16:13](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/EZK.16.13/)

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וַתַּעְדִּ֞י זָהָ֣ב וָכֶ֗סֶף וּמַלְבּוּשֵׁךְ֙ שֵׁ֤שׁ וָמֶ֙שִׁי֙ וְרִקְמָ֔ה סֹ֧לֶת וּדְבַ֛שׁ וָשֶׁ֖מֶן אָכָ֑לְתְּ וַתִּ֙יפִי֙ בִּמְאֹ֣ד מְאֹ֔ד וַֽתִּצְלְחִ֖י לִמְלוּכָֽה׃

*Word for word:* and you.adorned.yourself gold and silver and clothing your \[was\].fine.linen and silk and multicolored.material fine.flour and honey and oil you.ate and you.were.beautiful with muchness muchness and you.prospered into kingship

*JPS 1917:* Thus wast thou decked with gold and silver; and thy raiment was of fine linen, and silk, and richly woven work; thou didst eat fine flour, and honey, and oil; and thou didst wax exceeding beautiful, and thou wast meet for royal estate.

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