H4897

מֶ֫שִׁי

me.shiH:N-M

silk

1) a costly material for garment 1a) perhaps silk

Full Brown-Driver-Briggs lexicon entry

מֶ֫שִׁי noun [masculine] a costly material for garments, according to Rabb silk, (so NowArchaeology i. 124); whether this is based on actual tradition is dubious (etymology unknown); — absolute ׳מ Ezek 16:13 (|| שֵׁשׁ), מֶ֑שִׁי vEzek 16:10 (|| id.) See, further Thes Sm Da Berthol. ᵐ5 τρίχαπτα.


מֻשִׁי see מוּשִׁי.


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