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title: מֶשֶׁךְ — a drawing · The Tanakh dictionary
description: מֶשֶׁךְ (4901), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 2 times: a drawing. BDB 1906: drawing, drawing up, trail. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# מֶשֶׁךְ

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«מֶשֶׁךְ» in the Tanakh dictionary: **a drawing** — 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:** 4901 · **BDB:** מֶ֫שֶׁךְ

### Glosses

(the).bag (1); price (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

a drawing [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4901/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

drawing, drawing up, trail [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4901/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.\[m.\] a drawing, drawing up, a trail;— cstr. מֶשֶׁךְ חָכְמָה מִפְּנִינִים Jb 28:18 the drawing up (fishing up, i.e. securing after effort) of wisdom is beyond corals. cstr. a trail (of seed), מֶ׳ הַזָּ֑רַע ψ 126:6 bearing the trail of seed; cf. מָשַׁךְ 6.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 2 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (4 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (4 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «מֶשֶׁךְ» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4901/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Job 28:18](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.28.18/)

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רָאמ֣וֹת וְ֭גָבִישׁ לֹ֣א יִזָּכֵ֑ר וּמֶ֥שֶׁךְ חָ֝כְמָ֗ה מִפְּנִינִֽים׃

*Word for word:* corals and crystal not it.is.remembered and.\[the\] price of.wisdom \[is\].more than.corals

*JPS 1917:* No mention shall be made of coral or of crystal; yea, the price of wisdom is above rubies.

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[Psalms 126:6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.126.6/)

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הָ֘ל֤וֹךְ יֵלֵ֨ךְ ׀ וּבָכֹה֮ נֹשֵׂ֪א מֶֽשֶׁךְ־הַ֫זָּ֥רַע בֹּֽ֬א־יָב֥וֹאבְרִנָּ֑ה נֹ֝שֵׂ֗א אֲלֻמֹּתָֽיו׃

*Word for word:* going he.will.go and weeping carrying (the).bag of.(the) seed certainly.(come) he.will.come with a.shout.of.joy carrying sheaves his

*JPS 1917:* Though he goeth on his way weeping that beareth the measure of seed, he shall come home with joy, bearing his sheaves.

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