Lexical Definition

‎דְּמֶשֶׁק‎ dᵉmesheq (dem-eh'-shek) silk ^H:N-M
by orthographical variation from ‎דַּמֶּשֶׂק‎

in Damascus.

• damask (as a fabric of Damascus)

1) damask?, silk? (meaning uncertain)

Brown-Driver-Briggs

‎דְּמֶשֶׁק‎ noun [masculine] ? Amos 3:12 ‎עָ֑רֶשׂ‎ ‎׳‎‎וּבִד‎; punctuation & meaning dubious: all ancient Vrss ‎דַּמֶּשֶׂק‎, and so Pusey Hoffm^{ZAW iii. 102} ('in Damascus on a couch') al., yet this hardly suitable in context; Thes Hi Ew Baer Ke Gunning RV and others follow ᵑ0, & render damask, silk, etc. (Arabic , connection with city ‎דַּמֶּשֶׂק‎ (Arabic ) disputed; according to Frä^{40. 288} Arabic is by metath. from , & this a loan-word from Syriac , & this from Greek μέταξα (Old Latin metaxa)). ‎דָּן‎ see below ‎דין‎. ‎דָּנִאֵל‎ see below ‎דין‎.

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