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title: אָסוּךְ — flask · The Tanakh dictionary
description: אָסוּךְ (610), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 1 times: flask. BDB 1906: flask. With 1 verse in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# אָסוּךְ

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«אָסוּךְ» in the Tanakh dictionary: **flask** — 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:** 610 · **BDB:** אָסוּךְ²

### Glosses

a.jar (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

flask [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1488/610/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

flask [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1488/610/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.\[m.\] flask (for pouring, anointing);—appar. cstr. אָ׳ שֶׁמֶן 2 K 4:2, cf. Köii. 1, 139, 401, 494; yet form unusual and text dub.; Gr מֶסֶךְ, or מִסְכָּה; Klo פַּךְ.

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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 (2 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (1 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «אָסוּךְ» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1488/610/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[2 Kings 4:2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/2KI.4.2/)

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וַיֹּ֨אמֶר אֵלֶ֤יהָ אֱלִישָׁע֙ מָ֣ה אֶֽעֱשֶׂה־לָּ֔ךְ הַגִּ֣ידִי לִ֔י מַה־יֶּשׁ־לָ֖ךְ בַּבָּ֑יִת וַתֹּ֗אמֶר אֵ֣ין לְשִׁפְחָתְךָ֥ כֹל֙ בַּבַּ֔יִת כִּ֖י אִם־אָס֥וּךְ שָֽׁמֶן׃

*Word for word:* and he.said to her Elisha what? will.I.do for you tell to me what? \[is\].there \[belonging\].to you in the house and she.said there.\[belongs\].not to maidservant your anything in the house (dm) (if) a.jar of.oil

*JPS 1917:* And Elisha said unto her: 'What shall I do for thee? tell me; what hast thou in the house?' And she said: 'Thy handmaid hath not any thing in the house, save a pot of oil.'

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