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title: מַשְׂכִּית — show-piece · The Tanakh dictionary
description: מַשְׂכִּית (4906), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 6 times: show-piece. BDB 1906: n.f. show-piece, figure, imagination. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# מַשְׂכִּית

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«מַשְׂכִּית» in the Tanakh dictionary: **show-piece** — 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:** 6 times · **Key:** 4906 · **BDB:** מַשְׂכִּית²

### Glosses

\[the\].imaginations (1); carvings (1); his.carved.image (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

show-piece [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4906/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.f. show-piece, figure, imagination [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4906/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.f. show-piece, figure, imagination;—abs. מ׳ Lv 26:1, sf. מַשְׂכִּיּתוֹ Ez 8:12, מַשְׂכִּתוֹ Pr 18:11; pl. cstr. מַשְׂכִּיּוֹת Pr 25:11 ψ 73:7, sf. מַשְׂכִּיֹּתָם Nu 33:52;— show-piece, specif. carved figure, of idolatrous symbols, Nu 33:52 (P; ‖ צַלְמֵי מַסֵּכֹתָם), אֶכֶן מ׳ Lv 26:1 (‖ מַצֵּבָה etc.), חַדְרֵי מ׳ Ez 8:12 (\>del. Co); elsewhere מ׳ כֶּסֶף Pr 25:11 silver carvings. imagination, conceit, Pr 18:11, מ׳ לֵבָב ψ 73:7.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 6 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 (2 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «מַשְׂכִּית» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4906/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Psalms 73:7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.73.7/)

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יָ֭צָא מֵחֵ֣לֶב עֵינֵ֑מוֹ עָ֝בְר֗וּ מַשְׂכִּיּ֥וֹת לֵבָֽב׃

*Word for word:* it.comes.out from fat eye their they.pass.over \[the\].imaginations of.heart

*JPS 1917:* Their eyes stand forth from fatness; they are gone beyond the imaginations of their heart.

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[Proverbs 25:11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PRO.25.11/)

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תַּפּוּחֵ֣י זָ֭הָב בְּמַשְׂכִּיּ֥וֹת כָּ֑סֶף דָּ֝בָ֗ר דָּבֻ֥ר עַל־אָפְנָֽיו׃

*Word for word:* apples of.gold in carvings of.silver a.word spoken on times its.proper

*JPS 1917:* A word fitly spoken is like apples of gold in settings of silver.

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