קַשְׂקֶשֶׂת

«קַשְׂקֶשֶׂת» in the Tanakh dictionary: scale — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 2 verses in layers.

Used: 8 times · Key: 7193 · BDB: קַשְׂקֶ֑שֶׂת

Glosses

scale (5); scales (2); of.scales (1)

Meaning (OSHB)

scale tree →

Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.f. scale tree →

The whole BDB entry

n.f. scale of fish, etc.;—of water-animals having סְנַפִּיר וְק׳ fin and scale Dt 14:9, 10 = Lv 11:9, 10, 12; pl. קַשְׂקַשִּׂים, of scale-armour 1 S 17:5; pl. sf. קַשְׂקְשׂתֶיךָ Ez 29:4(×2) (of Pharaoh under fig. of crocodile).

Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 7 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (1 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (1 candidates)

Trees and pragmatics

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

In the verses

Leviticus 11:12

כֹּ֣ל אֲשֶׁ֥ר אֵֽין־ל֛וֹ סְנַפִּ֥יר וְקַשְׂקֶ֖שֶׂת בַּמָּ֑יִם שֶׁ֥קֶץ ה֖וּא לָכֶֽם׃

Word for word: all that there.[belong].not to it fin and scale in the waters [is].a.detestable.thing it to you

JPS 1917: Whatsoever hath no fins nor scales in the waters, that is a detestable thing unto you.

Deuteronomy 14:10

וְכֹ֨ל אֲשֶׁ֧ר אֵֽין־ל֛וֹ סְנַפִּ֥יר וְקַשְׂקֶ֖שֶׂת לֹ֣א תֹאכֵ֑לוּ טָמֵ֥א ה֖וּא לָכֶֽם׃ס

Word for word: and all that there.[belong].not to it fin and scale not you.will.eat [is].unclean it to you

JPS 1917: and whatsoever hath not fins and scales ye shall not eat; it is unclean unto you.

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