רֶשֶׁת

n.f. Ex 27:5 net;—abs. רֶשֶׁת Ho 5:1 + 11 times; רָ֑שֶׁת Pr 1:17; cstr. רֶשֶׁת Ex 27:4; 38:4; sf. רִשְׁתִּי Ho 7:12 + 2 times; רִשְׁתּוֹ ψ 10:9; 35:8; רִשְׁתָּם Ez 19:8 ψ 35:7;— net: for catching (birds, etc.) חִנָּם מְזֹרָה הָרָ֑שֶׁת Pr 1:17 to no purpose is the net spread in the eyes of any bird; elsewhere fig. (1) of judgment of י׳, all c. פרשׂ: Ho 7:12 (‖ כְּעוֹף הַשָּׁמַיִם אוֹרִידֵם), Ez 12:13; 17:20 (both ‖ מְצוּדָתִי), 32:3 (of י׳ catching Pharaoh, under fig. of sea-monster; ‖ ii. חֵרֶם); (2) of nations capturing king of Israel under fig. of lion 19:8 (c. פרשׂ; ‖ שַׁחְתָּם); (3) of priests and rulers (as entangling people in sin) Ho 5:1 (‖ פַּח). spread for feet of man (fig.): (1) by י׳ La 1:13 (c. פָּרַשׂ); (2) by wicked (= plot) Pr 29:5 (c. פרשׂ), ψ 140:6 (c. id.; ‖ טָמַן פַּח), 10:9; 25:15, שֻׁלַּח בְּרֶשֶׁת בְּרַגְלָיו Jb 18:8 (‖ שְׂבָכָה); elsewhere c. טמן ψ 9:16 (‖ שַׁחַת), 31:5; 35:7 (שַׁחַת רִשְׁתָּם), v 8; c. הֵכִין 57:7 (‖ שִׁיחָה). brazen network for altar of tabern. הָרֶשֶׁת Ex 27:4, 5; מִכְבָּר מַעֲשֵׂה ר׳ נְחשֶׁת 27:4 = 38:4 (all P).—On Inf. רֶשֶׁת, v. ירשׁ supr.