Lexical Definition

‎רֶשֶׁת‎ resheth (reh'-sheth) net ^H:N-F
from ‎יָרַשׁ‎

net(-work).

• a net (as catching animals)

1) net
1a) net
1a1) for catching
1a2) of judgment (fig)
1a3) of leaders leading people to sin
1a4) as a trap for man
1b) network (brazen-for altar of tabernacle)

See Greek: δίκτυον · θήρα · παγίς

Brown-Driver-Briggs

‎רֶ֫שֶׁת‎ noun feminine^{Exod 27:5} net; — absolute ‎רֶשֶׁת‎ Hos 5:1 + 11 t.; ‎רָ֑שֶׁת‎ Prov 1:17 construct ‎רֶשֶׁת‎ Exod 27:4; Exod 38:4 suffix ‎רִשְׁתִּי‎ Hos 7:12 + 2 t.; ‎רִשְׁתּוֺ‎ Ps 10:9; Ps 35:8 ‎רִשְׁתָּם‎ Ezek 19:8; Ps 35:7 —

1. net:
a. for catching (birds, etc.) ‎חִנָּם מְזֹרָה‎ ‎הָרָ֑שֶׁת‎ Prov 1:17 to no purpose is the net spread in the eyes of any bird; elsewhere figurative (1) of judgment of ‎׳‎‎י‎, all with ‎פרשׁ‎: Hos 7:12 (|| ‎כְּעוֺף הַשָּׁמַיִם אוֺרִידֵם‎), Ezek 12:13; Ezek 17:20 (both || ‎מְצוּדָתִי‎), Ezek 32:3 (of ‎׳‎‎י‎ catching Pharaoh, under figure of sea-monster; || II. ‎חֵרֶם‎); (2) of nations capturing king of Israel under figure of lion Ezek 19:8 (with ‎פרשׁ‎; || ‎שַׁחְתָּם‎); (3) of priests and rulers (as entangling people in sin) Hos 5:1 (|| ‎פַּח‎).
b. spread for feet of man (figurative): (1) by ‎׳‎‎י‎ Lam 1:13 (with ‎פָּרַשׁ‎); (2) by wicked (= plot) Prov 29:5 (with ‎פרשׁ‎), Ps 140:6* (c. id.; || ‎טָמַן פַּךְ‎), Ps 10:9; Ps 25:15, ‎שֻׁלַּח בְּדֶשֶׁת בְּרַגְלָיו‎ Job 18:8 (|| ‎שְׂבָכָה‎); elsewhere with ‎טמן‎ Ps 9:16* (|| ‎שַׁחַת‎), Ps 31:5*; Ps 35:7 (‎שַׁחַת רִשְׁתָּם‎), vPs 31:8* with ‎הֵכִין‎ Ps 57:7* (|| ‎שִׁיחָה‎).

2. brazen network for altar of tabernacle ‎הָרֶשֶׁת‎ Exod 27:4; Exod 27:5 ‎נְחשֶׁת‎ ‎׳‎‎מִכְבָּר מַעֲשֵׂה ר‎ Exod 27:4 = Exod 38:4 (all P). — On Infinitive ‎רֶשֶׁת‎, see ‎ירשׁ‎ above

‎רֶ֫שֶׁת‎ net, see ‎ירשׁ‎.

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