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title: שֵׁשׁ — alabaster · The Tanakh dictionary
description: שֵׁשׁ (lemma:שֵׁשׁ), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 3 times: alabaster. BDB 1906: n.m. id. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# שֵׁשׁ

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«שֵׁשׁ» in the Tanakh dictionary: **alabaster** — 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:** 3 times · **Key:** lemma:שֵׁשׁ · **BDB:** שֵׁשׁ²

### Glosses

of.marble (2); marble (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

alabaster [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1513/lemma_3a_5e9_5b5_5c1_5e9_5c1/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.m. id. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1513/lemma_3a_5e9_5b5_5c1_5e9_5c1/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.m. id.;—עַמּוּדֵי שׁ׳ Ct 5:15 (in fig.), Est 1:6 a, material of pavement v 6 b (v. בַּ֫הַט).—I. שֵׁשׁ, v. שׁדשׁ.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 2 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses (15 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 0 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (11 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «שֵׁשׁ» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1513/lemma_3a_5e9_5b5_5c1_5e9_5c1/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Song of Songs 5:15](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/SNG.5.15/)

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שׁוֹקָיו֙ עַמּ֣וּדֵי שֵׁ֔שׁ מְיֻסָּדִ֖ים עַל־אַדְנֵי־פָ֑ז מַרְאֵ֙הוּ֙ כַּלְּבָנ֔וֹן בָּח֖וּר כָּאֲרָזִֽים׃

*Word for word:* legs his \[are\].pillars of.marble founded on bases of.pure.gold appearance his \[is\].like (the) Lebanon \[it.is\].chosen like (the) cedars

*JPS 1917:* His legs are as pillars of marble, set upon sockets of fine gold; his aspect is like Lebanon, excellent as the cedars.

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[Esther 1:6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/EST.1.6/)

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ח֣וּר ׀ כַּרְפַּ֣ס וּתְכֵ֗לֶת אָחוּז֙ בְּחַבְלֵי־ב֣וּץ וְאַרְגָּמָ֔ן עַל־גְּלִ֥ילֵי כֶ֖סֶף וְעַמּ֣וּדֵי שֵׁ֑שׁ מִטּ֣וֹת ׀ זָהָ֣ב וָכֶ֗סֶף עַ֛ל רִֽצְפַ֥ת בַּהַט־וָשֵׁ֖שׁ וְדַ֥ר וְסֹחָֽרֶת׃

*Word for word:* white.cloth cotton and violet.material \[was\].held with cords of.fine.linen and purple on rods of.silver and pillars of.marble couches of.gold and silver \[were\].on a.pavement of.porphyry and marble and mother-of-pearl and paving.stone

*JPS 1917:* there were hangings of white, fine cotton, and blue, bordered with cords of fine linen and purple, upon silver rods and pillars of marble; the couches were of gold and silver, upon a pavement of green, and white, and shell, and onyx marble.

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