III. שֵׁשׁ noun masculine[Exod 26:1] byssus (loan-word probably from Egyptian šen-suten Reinischap.DHMVOJ viii (1894), 7 Coptic šens, compare Coptic šent, weave; see M'LeanEncy.Bib. LINEN; on spinning, weaving, and wearing of linen in Egypt ErmanAegypten 594 ff.; Eng. Trans. 448 f.); — always absolute ׳שׁ (שׁשׁי [Ezek 16:13] is error): — byssus, fine Egyptian linen ( בּוּץ, q. v., is later synonym), i.e. the linen thread (spun by women [Exod 35:25]), and the material woven from it: used for garments [Gen 41:42] (E), [Ezek 16:10]; [Ezek 16:13] (שׁשׁי, read שׁשׁ), [Prov 31:22] for sail (in figurative of Tyre as ship) [Ezek 27:7] (brought from Egypt); elsewhere P, of priestly vestments [Exod 28:5]; [Exod 28:39] (twice in verse); [Exod 39:3]; [Exod 39:27]; [Exod 39:28] (twice in verse); also מָשְׁזָר ׳שׁ twisted linen [Exod 28:6]; [Exod 28:8]; [Exod 28:15]; [Exod 39:2]; [Exod 39:5]; [Exod 39:8]; [Exod 39:28]; [Exod 39:29] + v[Exod 39:24] (read ׳וְשֵׁשׁ מ ⅏ ᵐ5 Bae); ׳שׁ of hangings, etc., in tabernacle [Exod 25:4]; [Exod 35:6]; [Exod 35:23]; [Exod 35:25]; [Exod 35:35]; [Exod 38:23], and so מָשְׁזָר ׳שׁ [Exod 26:1]; [Exod 26:31]; [Exod 26:36]; [Exod 27:9]; [Exod 27:16]; [Exod 27:18]; [Exod 36:8]; [Exod 36:35]; [Exod 36:37]; [Exod 38:9]; [Exod 38:16]; [Exod 38:18].
The Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon
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