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שֵׁשׁ

«שֵׁשׁ» in the Tanakh dictionary: alabaster — 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: 3 times · Key: lemma:שֵׁשׁ · BDB: שֵׁשׁ²

Glosses

of.marble (2); marble (1)

Meaning (OSHB)

alabaster tree →

Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.m. id. tree →

The whole BDB entry

n.m. id.;—עַמּוּדֵי שׁ׳ Ct 5:15 (in fig.), Est 1:6 a, material of pavement v 6 b (v. בַּ֫הַט).—I. שֵׁשׁ, v. שׁדשׁ.

Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 2 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses (15 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 0 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (11 candidates)

Trees and pragmatics

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

In the verses

Song of Songs 5:15

שׁוֹקָיו֙ עַמּ֣וּדֵי שֵׁ֔שׁ מְיֻסָּדִ֖ים עַל־אַדְנֵי־פָ֑ז מַרְאֵ֙הוּ֙ כַּלְּבָנ֔וֹן בָּח֖וּר כָּאֲרָזִֽים׃

Word for word: legs his [are].pillars of.marble founded on bases of.pure.gold appearance his [is].like (the) Lebanon [it.is].chosen like (the) cedars

JPS 1917: His legs are as pillars of marble, set upon sockets of fine gold; his aspect is like Lebanon, excellent as the cedars.

Esther 1:6

ח֣וּר ׀ כַּרְפַּ֣ס וּתְכֵ֗לֶת אָחוּז֙ בְּחַבְלֵי־ב֣וּץ וְאַרְגָּמָ֔ן עַל־גְּלִ֥ילֵי כֶ֖סֶף וְעַמּ֣וּדֵי שֵׁ֑שׁ מִטּ֣וֹת ׀ זָהָ֣ב וָכֶ֗סֶף עַ֛ל רִֽצְפַ֥ת בַּהַט־וָשֵׁ֖שׁ וְדַ֥ר וְסֹחָֽרֶת׃

Word for word: white.cloth cotton and violet.material [was].held with cords of.fine.linen and purple on rods of.silver and pillars of.marble couches of.gold and silver [were].on a.pavement of.porphyry and marble and mother-of-pearl and paving.stone

JPS 1917: there were hangings of white, fine cotton, and blue, bordered with cords of fine linen and purple, upon silver rods and pillars of marble; the couches were of gold and silver, upon a pavement of green, and white, and shell, and onyx marble.

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