מֶשִׁי
Used: 2 times · Key: 4897 · BDB: מֶ֫שִׁי
Glosses
silk (2)
Meaning (OSHB)
silk tree →
Meaning (BDB 1906)
silk tree →
The whole BDB entry
n.[m.] a costly material for garments, according to Rabb. silk, (so NowArch. i. 124); whether this is based on actual tradition is dub. (etym. unknown);—abs. מ׳ Ez 16:13 (‖ שֵׁשׁ), מֶ֑שִׁי v 10 (‖ id.) Vid., further Thes Sm Da Berthol. 𝔊 τρίχαπτα.
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 (9 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (7 candidates)
Trees and pragmatics
Every English meaning of «מֶשִׁי» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.
In the verses
וָאַלְבִּישֵׁ֣ךְ רִקְמָ֔ה וָאֶנְעֲלֵ֖ךְ תָּ֑חַשׁ וָאֶחְבְּשֵׁ֣ךְ בַּשֵּׁ֔שׁ וַאֲכַסֵּ֖ךְ מֶֽשִׁי׃
Word for word: and I clothed.you multicolored.material and I shod.you leather and I wrapped.your.head with.(the) fine linen and I covered.you silk
JPS 1917: I clothed thee also with richly woven work, and shod thee with sealskin, and I wound fine linen about thy head, and covered thee with silk.
וַתַּעְדִּ֞י זָהָ֣ב וָכֶ֗סֶף וּמַלְבּוּשֵׁךְ֙ שֵׁ֤שׁ וָמֶ֙שִׁי֙ וְרִקְמָ֔ה סֹ֧לֶת וּדְבַ֛שׁ וָשֶׁ֖מֶן אָכָ֑לְתְּ וַתִּ֙יפִי֙ בִּמְאֹ֣ד מְאֹ֔ד וַֽתִּצְלְחִ֖י לִמְלוּכָֽה׃
Word for word: and you.adorned.yourself gold and silver and clothing your [was].fine.linen and silk and multicolored.material fine.flour and honey and oil you.ate and you.were.beautiful with muchness muchness and you.prospered into kingship
JPS 1917: Thus wast thou decked with gold and silver; and thy raiment was of fine linen, and silk, and richly woven work; thou didst eat fine flour, and honey, and oil; and thou didst wax exceeding beautiful, and thou wast meet for royal estate.
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