Exodus 39:29:2Exod.39.29.W2TAB
שֵׁ֣שׁ
shesh
“fine linen”
- Transliteration
- SHESH
- Extended
- SHEHSH
- IPA
- /ˈʃeːʃ/
Meaning by language
- English
- fine linen
Alphabet Analysis
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot |
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The word
Word in context
- word
SHESH
- phraseyour reading level
SHESH ma-she-ZAR
- clause
ve-et-ha-av-NET SHESH ma-she-ZAR u-te-KHE-let ve-ar-ga-MAN ve-to-LA-at sha-NEE ma-a-SEH ro-KEM
- sentence
ve-et-ha-av-NET SHESH ma-she-ZAR u-te-KHE-let ve-ar-ga-MAN ve-to-LA-at sha-NEE ma-a-SEH ro-KEM ka-a-SHER tsi-VA Yeh-ho-VAH et-mo-SHE
Exegesis
A sequence of vav-conjunctions lists the materials: shesh mashzar {שֵׁ֣שׁ מָשְׁזָ֗ר | šēš māš-zār} ‘fine linen, twisted’, followed by utekhelet, veargaman, vetola'at shani {וּתְכֵ֧לֶת וְאַרְגָּמָ֛ן וְתוֹלַ֥עַת שָׁנִ֖י | wə-ṯə-kē-lêt wə-ʾar-gā-mān wə-ṯō-la-ʿat šā-nî} ‘and blue, purple, and scarlet’.
Root and etymology
Rootš-š
“fine linen, whiteness”
In context — Exodus 39:29
And the sash of finely twisted linen and blue and purple and scarlet, the work of an embroiderer, as the LORD commanded Moses.
About this coordinate
Exodus 39:29:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of Exodus 39:29, so the Hebrew word שֵׁ֣שׁ (shesh) can be cited, linked and studied at exactly this position rather than somewhere in the verse. In the Biblical Knowledge Coordinate System the same position is written Exod.39.29.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (Exod.39.29.W2.S1) and character.