Original Language Studio
Ezekiel 27:7
“Fine linen with broidered work from Egypt was that which thou spreadest forth to be thy sail; blue and purple from the isles of Elishah was that which covered thee.” (KJV)
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Lexical meaning
H8336 · Hebrew
- Definition
- bleached stuff, i.e. white linen or (by analogy) marble
- Derivation
- or (for alliteration with H4897 (מֶשִׁי)) שְׁשִׁי; for H7893 (שַׁיִשׁ);
- KJV renderings
- [idiom] blue, fine (twined) linen, marble, silk.
- Grammar
- שֵׁשׁ — cardinal number, feminine, singular, absolute
- Usage
- Occurs 42 times in the Hebrew Bible.Genesis 41:42Exodus 25:4Exodus 26:1Exodus 26:31Exodus 26:36
Theological interpretation (AI)
The card on the left shows lexical data from published sources. Interpretation is separate: ask the Companion to explain how traditions read שֵׁשׁ here.
Hebrew text: Westminster Leningrad Codex (public domain). Morphology & lemmas: Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible, CC BY 4.0 (hb.openscriptures.org). Lexicon: Strong's Hebrew Dictionary (1894, public domain; JSON edition © Open Scriptures, CC BY-SA). Verse numbers follow the Hebrew text, which occasionally differs from English Bibles.