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כִּישׁוֹר

«כִּישׁוֹר» in the Tanakh dictionary: distaff — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 1 verse in layers.

Used: 1 times · Key: 3601 · BDB: כִּישׁוֹר²

Glosses

distaff (1)

Meaning (OSHB)

distaff tree →

Meaning (BDB 1906)

distaff tree →

The whole BDB entry

n.[m.] distaff (etym. dub.; perhaps, if meaning correct, from כשׁר (cf. Sta§ 216 LagBN 182) = be straight, because it stands erect, De Str; 𝔖 ܟܰܫܺܝܪܽܘܬܳܐ industry; whence 𝔗 כּוּשְׁרָא, and likewise 𝔗 כּוּנְשְׁרָא, also Pr 3:8, (for Heb. שׁר), where Levy Wirbelsäule, Str ad loc. Jastr navel; but Str doubts etymological connexion with כישׁור);—only in יָדֶיהָ שִׁלְּחָה בַכִּישׁוֹ֑ר Pr 31:19 (‖ פָּֽלָךְ׃ whirl of spindle).—As above De Now Str RV SS al.; > Ki AW Thes RobGes whirl of spindle (AV spindle); vid. פֶּלֶךְ.

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 (3 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (2 candidates)

Trees and pragmatics

Every English meaning of «כִּישׁוֹר» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

In the verses

Proverbs 31:19

יָ֭דֶיהָ שִׁלְּחָ֣ה בַכִּישׁ֑וֹר וְ֝כַפֶּ֗יהָ תָּ֣מְכוּ פָֽלֶךְ׃

Word for word: hands her she.stretches.out on the distaff and palms her they.grasp [the].spindle

JPS 1917: She layeth her hands to the distaff, and her hands hold the spindle.

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