Lexical Definition

‎מֶשֶׁק‎ mesheq (meh'-shek) acquisition ^H:N-M
from an unused root meaning to hold

[phrase] steward.

• possession

1) acquisition, possession, son of possession, heir

Brown-Driver-Briggs

‎מֶ֫שֶׁק‎ noun [masculine] acquisition, possession (?; meaning conjectured from context, from analogy of ‎מִמְשָׁק‎ q. v., and of ‎משׁך‎), only ‎וּבֶןמֶֿשֶׁק בֵּיתִי הוּא‎ ‎דַּמֶּשֶׂק אֱלִיעֶזֶר‎ Gen 15:2 (compare ‎בן‎ 8 (λ), above; Ges^{«GKC:128»§ 128}. 2, R. 2. c) and the son of acquisition (= he who is to acquire, the heir of) my house is, etc.; ‎׳‎‎מ‎ possibly changed from ‎משׁך‎ (compare Job 28:18) for word-play with ‎דמשׂק‎, Kau and So^{Gn. Anm. 62}, or by copyist's error, but very dubious. ᵐ5 Μασεκ (proper name, compare Lag^{BN 78}).

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