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title: עֶשֶׁת — plate · The Tanakh dictionary
description: עֶשֶׁת (6247), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 1 times: plate. BDB 1906: plate. With 1 verse in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# עֶשֶׁת

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«עֶשֶׁת» in the Tanakh dictionary: **plate** — 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:** 6247 · **BDB:** עֶ֫שֶׁת

### Glosses

\[are\].a.plate (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

plate [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1506/6247/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

plate [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1506/6247/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.\[m.\] plate (as smooth, shiny? NH id., lump or bar of metal);—cstr. ע׳ שֵׁן Ct 5:14 a plate of ivory (Löw in Buhl Lex Bu).

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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 (6 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (6 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «עֶשֶׁת» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1506/6247/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Song of Songs 5:14](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/SNG.5.14/)

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יָדָיו֙ גְּלִילֵ֣י זָהָ֔ב מְמֻלָּאִ֖ים בַּתַּרְשִׁ֑ישׁ מֵעָיו֙ עֶ֣שֶׁת שֵׁ֔ן מְעֻלֶּ֖פֶת סַפִּירִֽים׃

*Word for word:* hands his \[are\].rods of.gold filled with (the) chrysolite parts his.lower \[are\].a.plate of.ivory covered sapphires

*JPS 1917:* His hands are as rods of gold set with beryl; his body is as polished ivory overlaid with sapphires.

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