Lexical Definition

‎שֵׁשׁ‎ shêsh (shaysh) alabaster ^H:N-M
or (for alliteration with ‎מֶשִׁי‎) שְׁשִׁי shᵉshîy (shesh-ee'); for ‎שַׁיִשׁ‎

[idiom] blue, fine (twined) linen, marble, silk.

• bleached stuff, i.e. white linen or (by analogy) marble

1) something bleached white, byssus, linen, fine linen
2) alabaster, similar stone, marble

See Greek: βύσσινος · βύσσος · λίθινος · μυριάς

Brown-Driver-Briggs

Also see: שֵׁשׁ

II. ‎שֵׁשׁ‎ noun masculine id.; — ‎׳‎‎עַמּוּדֵי שׁ‎ Song 5:15 (in figurative), Esth 1:6a, material of pavement vEsth 1:6b (see ‎בַּ֫הַט‎). — I. ‎שֵׁשׁ‎ see ‎שׁדשׁ‎.

III. ‎שֵׁשׁ‎ noun masculine^{Exod 26:1} byssus (loan-word probably from Egyptian šen-suten Reinischap.DHM^{VOJ viii (1894), 7} Coptic šens, compare Coptic šent, weave; see M'Lean^{Ency.Bib. LINEN}; on spinning, weaving, and wearing of linen in Egypt Erman^{Aegypten 594 ff.; Eng. Trans. 448 f.}); — always absolute ‎׳‎‎שׁ‎ (‎שׁשׁי‎ Ezek 16:13 is error): — byssus, fine Egyptian linen ( ‎בּוּץ‎, q. v., is later synonym), i.e. the linen thread (spun by women Exod 35:25), and the material woven from it: used for garments Gen 41:42 (E), Ezek 16:10; Ezek 16:13 (‎שׁשׁי‎, read ‎שׁשׁ‎), Prov 31:22 for sail (in figurative of Tyre as ship) Ezek 27:7 (brought from Egypt); elsewhere P, of priestly vestments Exod 28:5; Exod 28:39 (twice in verse); Exod 39:3; Exod 39:27; Exod 39:28 (twice in verse); also ‎מָשְׁזָר‎ ‎׳‎‎שׁ‎ twisted linen Exod 28:6; Exod 28:8; Exod 28:15; Exod 39:2; Exod 39:5; Exod 39:8; Exod 39:28; Exod 39:29 + vExod 39:24 (read ‎׳‎‎וְשֵׁשׁ מ‎ ⅏ ᵐ5 Bae); ‎׳‎‎שׁ‎ of hangings, etc., in tabernacle Exod 25:4; Exod 35:6; Exod 35:23; Exod 35:25; Exod 35:35; Exod 38:23, and so ‎מָשְׁזָר‎ ‎׳‎‎שׁ‎ Exod 26:1; Exod 26:31; Exod 26:36; Exod 27:9; Exod 27:16; Exod 27:18; Exod 36:8; Exod 36:35; Exod 36:37; Exod 38:9; Exod 38:16; Exod 38:18.

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