חַסְפַּס

[חַסְפַּס] verb only Passive participle (scaled off) scale-like (apparent reduplication from *חסף for חספסף, see Ew^{§ 158 c} Ol^{§§ 214, 276} Ges^{«GKC:55»§ 55}, 6 Sta^{§ 291}; Kö^{i, 250} thinks euphon. for מְחֻסְפָּף; to be compare are Arabic , have scab, itch (Frey; but = ס ?); Aramaic חַסְפָּא potsherd, חַסְפְּנִיתָא scale (of fish), scurf; Ethiopic scabiosus fuit Di⁵⁸⁷ and Exod 16:14) — hence מְחֻסְפָּס scaled off, scale-like as Syrver ᵑ7 Thes Rob-Ges MV SS VB; — of the manna דַּק מְחֻסְפָּ֔ס דַּק כַּכְּפֹר Exod 16:14 a fine, scale-like thing, fine as the hoar-frost.

חֲסַף noun [masculine] clay, potsherd (ᵑ7 id.; Christian-Palestinian Aramaic clay vessel, plural potsherds Schulth⁶⁸, Syriac potsherd; ᵑ7 חצְבָא, Late Hebrew חָצָב clay vessel; Assyrian —aƒbu, id., jar (PS¹²³⁸), whence Arabic pottery Frä¹⁶⁹, but Sabean חסף jar, acc to Hom^ZMG Hom^{xivi (1892), 532}; compare Ethiopic jar (transposed; Di¹²⁶⁵); see Biblical Hebrew [חַסְפַּם]); — ׳ח absolute Dan 2:41 (יְ פֶּחָר ׳ח), חֲסַ֑ף vDan 2:33. vDan 2:42 construct טִינָא ׳ח vDan 2:41. vDan 2:43 emphatic חַסְפָּא vDan 2:34. vDan 2:35. vDan 2:43.v: 45.