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title: שָׁבַץ — weave in chequer · The Tanakh dictionary
description: שָׁבַץ (7660), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 2 times: weave in chequer. BDB 1906: vb.Pi. weave in chequer plaited work. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# שָׁבַץ

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«שָׁבַץ» in the Tanakh dictionary: **weave in chequer** — 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:** 7660 · **BDB:** שָׁבַץ

### Glosses

set (1); you.will.weave (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

weave in chequer [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1513/7660/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

vb.Pi. weave in chequer plaited work [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1513/7660/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** vb.Pi. prob. weave in chequer or plaited work (NH שָׁבַץ ornament a vessel with a pattern; Syriac (lexx.). ܫܒܰܨ immiscuit, ܫܒܳܨܳܐ commixtio: v. also LagBN 143);— Pf. 2 ms. וְשִׁבַּצְתָּ֫ Ex 28:39 (P), and thou shalt chequer (or plait) the tunic (in) byssus. Pt. mpl. מְשֻׁבָּצִים זָהָב Ex 28:20 (P), inwoven (i.e. set in a chequered or plaited mounting) with gold (-thread) shall they be (of gems).

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

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «שָׁבַץ» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1513/7660/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Exodus 28:39](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/EXO.28.39/)

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וְשִׁבַּצְתָּ֙ הַכְּתֹ֣נֶת שֵׁ֔שׁ וְעָשִׂ֖יתָ מִצְנֶ֣פֶת שֵׁ֑שׁ וְאַבְנֵ֥ט תַּעֲשֶׂ֖ה מַעֲשֵׂ֥ה רֹקֵֽם׃

*Word for word:* and you.will.weave the tunic fine.linen and you.will.make a.turban of.fine.linen and a.sash you.will.make \[the\].work of.a.worker.in.colors

*JPS 1917:* And thou shalt weave the tunic in chequer work of fine linen, and thou shalt make a mitre of fine linen, and thou shalt make a girdle, the work of the weaver in colours.

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[Exodus 28:20](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/EXO.28.20/)

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וְהַטּוּר֙ הָרְבִיעִ֔י תַּרְשִׁ֥ישׁ וְשֹׁ֖הַם וְיָשְׁפֵ֑ה מְשֻׁבָּצִ֥ים זָהָ֛ב יִהְי֖וּ בְּמִלּוּאֹתָֽם׃

*Word for word:* and the row (the) fourth \[will.be\].a.chrysolite and an.onyx and a.jasper set gold they.will.be in settings their

*JPS 1917:* and the fourth row a beryl, and an onyx, and a jasper; they shall be inclosed in gold in their settings.

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