Lexical Definition

‎חַסְפַּס‎ chaçpaç (khas-pas') to peel ^H:V
reduplicated from an unused root meaning apparently to peel

round thing.

• a shred or scale

1) (Pual) to peel, flake off (only in the participle)
1a) scale-like, flake-like, scaled-off

Brown-Driver-Briggs

[‎חַסְפַּס‎] verb only Passive participle (scaled off) scale-like (apparent reduplication from *‎חסף‎ for ‎חספסף‎, see Ew^{§ 158 c} Ol^{§§ 214, 276} Ges^{«GKC:55»§ 55}, 6 Sta^{§ 291}; Kö^{i, 250} thinks euphon. for ‎מְחֻסְפָּף‎; to be compare are Arabic , have scab, itch (Frey; but = ‎ס‎ ?); Aramaic ‎חַסְפָּא‎ potsherd, ‎חַסְפְּנִיתָא‎ scale (of fish), scurf; Ethiopic scabiosus fuit Di⁵⁸⁷ and Exod 16:14) — hence ‎מְחֻסְפָּס‎ scaled off, scale-like as Syrver ᵑ7 Thes Rob-Ges MV SS VB; — of the manna ‎דַּק מְחֻסְפָּ֔ס דַּק כַּכְּפֹר‎ Exod 16:14 a fine, scale-like thing, fine as the hoar-frost.

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