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# מַסֶּכֶת

Biblical Hebrew · Strong's H4545

**web** — used 2 times in the Hebrew Bible. Below: its meanings with their sources, MACULA's glosses, and 2 verses word for word and in JPS 1917.

## Meaning

### OpenScriptures lexical index

web [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4545/#m1)

### Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906

מַסֶּ֫כֶת: n.f. web [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4545/#m2)

**The whole BDB entry:** n.f. web of unfinished stuff, on loom (v. GFMPAOS, Oct. 1889, clxxvii);—only abs. מַסָּ֑כֶת Ju 16:13, 14.—מָסָךְ, מְסֻכָה v. סכך.

Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 2 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (2 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (1 candidates)

## Glosses

MACULA's English glosses of the word in the text, with how often each is used: web (2).

## In the verses

[Judges 16:14](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JDG.16.14/) · [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JDG.16.14/#tree)

וַתִּתְקַע֙ בַּיָּתֵ֔ד וַתֹּ֣אמֶר אֵלָ֔יו פְּלִשְׁתִּ֥ים עָלֶ֖יךָ שִׁמְשׁ֑וֹן וַיִּיקַץ֙ מִשְּׁנָת֔וֹ וַיִּסַּ֛ע אֶת־הַיְתַ֥ד הָאֶ֖רֶג וְאֶת־הַמַּסָּֽכֶת׃

*Word for word:* and she.thrust with the pin and she.said to him \[the\].Philistines \[are\].on you O.Samson and he.awoke from sleep his and he.pulled.out (et) the pin the loom and (et) the web

*JPS 1917:* And she fastened it with the pin, and said unto him: 'The Philistines are upon thee, Samson.' And he awoke out of his sleep, and plucked away the pin of the beam, and the web.

[Judges 16:13](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JDG.16.13/) · [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JDG.16.13/#tree)

וַתֹּ֨אמֶר דְּלִילָ֜ה אֶל־שִׁמְשׁ֗וֹן עַד־הֵ֜נָּה הֵתַ֤לְתָּ בִּי֙ וַתְּדַבֵּ֤ר אֵלַי֙ כְּזָבִ֔ים הַגִּ֣ידָה לִּ֔י בַּמֶּ֖ה תֵּאָסֵ֑ר וַיֹּ֣אמֶר אֵלֶ֔יהָ אִם־תַּאַרְגִ֗י אֶת־שֶׁ֛בַע מַחְלְפ֥וֹת רֹאשִׁ֖י עִם־הַמַּסָּֽכֶת׃

*Word for word:* and she.said Delilah to Samson until now you.have.deceived (in) me and you.have.spoken to me lies tell to me how? will.you.be.bound and he.said to her if you.will.weave (et) seven the.plaits my.head my with the web

*JPS 1917:* And Delilah said unto Samson: 'Hitherto thou hast mocked me, and told me lies; tell me wherewith thou mightest be bound.' And he said unto her: 'If thou weavest the seven locks of my head with the web.'

## On Mova

- [This word in the Tanakh dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/w/4545.html) on Mova free.
- [Trees and pragmatics of its meanings](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4545/): every English meaning parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.

Sources. The words, their counts, glosses and the word-for-word renderings: MACULA Hebrew (the Westminster Leningrad Codex; Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0). Meanings: the OpenScriptures lexical index (CC BY 4.0), Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906 and Jastrow 1903 (public domain, via Sefaria); Targum Onkelos from Sefaria (public domain). Translation: JPS 1917 (public domain, from eBible.org).