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title: מֶשֶׁק — acquisition · The Tanakh dictionary
description: מֶשֶׁק (4943), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 1 times: acquisition. BDB 1906: acquisition, possession. With 1 verse in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# מֶשֶׁק

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«מֶשֶׁק» in the Tanakh dictionary: **acquisition** — 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:** 4943 · **BDB:** מֶ֫שֶׁק

### Glosses

of.the.acquisition (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

acquisition [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4943/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

acquisition, possession [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4943/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.\[m.\] acquisition, possession (?; meaning conject. from context, from analogy of מִמְשָׁק q.v., and of משׁך), only וּבֶן־מֶשֶׁק בֵּיתִי הוּא דַּמֶּשֶׂק אֱלִיעֶזֶר Gn 15:2 (cf. בן 8 (λ), supr. p. 121 b; Ges§ 128, 2, R. 2. c) and the son of acquisition (= he who is to acquire, the heir of) my house is, etc.; מ׳ poss. changed from משׁך (cf. Jb 28:18) for word-play with דמשׂק, Kau and So Gn. Anm. 62, or by copyist’s error, but very dubious. 𝔊 Μασεκ (n.pr., cf. LagBN 78).

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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 (4 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 «מֶשֶׁק» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4943/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Genesis 15:2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/GEN.15.2/)

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וַיֹּ֣אמֶר אַבְרָ֗ם אֲדֹנָ֤י יֱהוִה֙ מַה־תִּתֶּן־לִ֔י וְאָנֹכִ֖י הוֹלֵ֣ךְ עֲרִירִ֑י וּבֶן־מֶ֣שֶׁק בֵּיתִ֔י ה֖וּא דַּמֶּ֥שֶׂק אֱלִיעֶֽזֶר׃

*Word for word:* and he.said Abram Lord my Yahweh what? will.you.give to me and I \[am\].going childless and the.son of.the.acquisition my.household my he \[is\].Damascus Eliezer

*JPS 1917:* And Abram said: 'O Lord GOD, what wilt Thou give me, seeing I go hence childless, and he that shall be possessor of my house is Eliezer of Damascus?'

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