Lexical Definition

‎שְׂכִיָּה‎ sᵉkîyâh (sek-ee-yaw') image ^H:N-F
feminine from the same as ‎שֵׂכוּ‎

picture.

• a conspicuous object

1) image, ship, craft
1a) meaning very dubious

Brown-Driver-Briggs

[‎שְׂכִיָּה‎] noun feminine very dubious, only plural construct ‎הַחֶמְדָּה שְׂכִיּוֺת‎ Isa 2:16: perhaps general term, ᵑ9 quod visu pulchrum est, Ges^{Comm 'köstliche Anblicke,'} compare De; others refer to imagery (compare ‎מַשְׂכִּית‎; as attracting the gaze) Che^comm RV Du; watchtowers (see Aramaic) Ew Di RVm; standards (as conspicuous) Thes; ships (id.) (Bennett [private letter], and now Gunk^{Schöpfung 50} Che^HParticiple Marti, compare || ‎אֳנִיּוֺת‎; SS Bu ^{Job 40:31*} proposes ‎שְׂפִינֹת‎ = ‎׳‎‎ס‎ ships).

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