Lexical Definition

‎מֶשִׁי‎ meshîy (meh'-shee) silk ^H:N-M
from ‎מָשָׁה‎

silk.

• silk (as drawn from the cocoon)

1) a costly material for garment
1a) perhaps silk

Brown-Driver-Briggs

‎מֶ֫שִׁי‎ noun [masculine] a costly material for garments, according to Rabb silk, (so Now^{Archaeology i. 124}); whether this is based on actual tradition is dubious (etymology unknown); — absolute ‎׳‎‎מ‎ Ezek 16:13 (|| ‎שֵׁשׁ‎), ‎מֶ֑שִׁי‎ vEzek 16:10 (|| id.) See, further Thes Sm Da Berthol. ᵐ5 τρίχαπτα. ‎מֻשִׁי‎ see ‎מוּשִׁי‎.

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