Lexical Definition

‎שֻׁלְחָן‎ shulchân (shool-khawn') table ^H:N-M
from ‎שָׁלַח‎

table.

• a table (as spread out)
• by implication, a meal

1) table
1a) table
1a1) of king's table, private use, sacred uses

See Greek: τράπεζα

Brown-Driver-Briggs

‎שֻׁלְחָן‎₇₁ noun masculine^{Exod 25:23} table (on form of word compare GFM^l.c.; properly (see above) skin or leather mat spread on ground, see also, on early Semitic 'table,' Thes¹⁴¹⁷ We^{Skizzen iv. 157} RS^{Semitic i. 184; 2nd ed. 201} Kennedy^{Ency. Bib iii. 2991}); — absolute ‎׳‎‎שׁ‎ 1Sam 20:34 +; construct ‎שֻׁלְחַן‎ 1Kgs 5:7* +; suffix ‎שֻׁלְחָנִי‎ Judg 1:7 +, etc.; plural ‎שֻׁלְחָנוֺת‎ Isa 28:8 +, construct ‎שֻׁלְחֲנוֺת‎ 1Chr 28:16 (twice in verse); —

1. table for king's repast Judg 1:7 (with ‎תַּחַת‎), 1Sam 20:29; 1Sam 20:34; 2Sam 9:11 (read ‎דָּוִד‎ ‎׳‎‎שׁ‎ ᵐ5 Th We Dr and modern), v2Sam 9:13; 2Sam 19:29*; 1Kgs 2:7; 1Kgs 5:1*; 1Kgs 18:19; 1Kgs 10:5 = 2Chr 9:4, compare Isa 21:5 (with ‎עָרַךְ‎ (q. v. 1 c) arrange); with ‎עַל‎ 2Sam 9:7; 2Sam 9:10; 2Sam 9:11; Dan 11:27 for governor Neh 5:17 (with ‎עַל‎).

2. for private use 1Kgs 13:20 (with ‎אֶל‎), Job 36:16; Ps 23:5 (figurative, with ‎עָרַךְ‎), compare Ps 78:19 (id.), Ps 128:3, also (in bedroom) 2Kgs 4:10 of revellers Isa 28:8, compare Ps 69:23* (figurative), of wisdom (figurative) Prov 9:2.

3. especially Ezekiel, P for sacred uses: in tabernacle Exod 25:23 + 17 t. 25-40, Num 3:31, ‎שֻׁלְחַן הַפָּנִים‎ Num 4:7 (compare 2Chr 29:18 below); ‎הַטָּהֹר‎ ‎׳‎‎הַשּׁ‎ Lev 24:26 (compare 2Chr 13:11 below); in Solomon's temple 1Kgs 7:48; 2Chr 29:18, also (10 in number) 2Chr 4:8; 2Chr 4:19; 2Chr 13:11, compare 1Chr 28:16 (4 t. in verse), also Ezek 23:41 (with ‎עָרַךְ‎); in Ezekiel's temple Ezek 40:39 (twice in verse) + 6 t. Ezek 40 (8 in number), Ezek 40:42 (of stone, 4 in number); like altar Ezek 41:22, = altar of burnt-offering Ezek 44:16 in second temple, ‎׳‎‎שֻׁלְחַן י‎ Mal 1:7, ‎אֲדֹנָֻ‎ ‎׳‎‎שׁ‎ vMal 1:12 for idolatrous meal Isa 65:11 figurative of ‎׳‎‎י‎'s sacrificial feast Ezek 39:20 (eschatological).

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