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# שָׁבַץ

Biblical Hebrew · Strong's H7660

**weave in chequer** — 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

weave in chequer [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1513/7660/#m1)

### Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906

שָׁבַץ: vb.Pi. weave in chequer plaited work [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1513/7660/#m2)

**The whole BDB entry:** vb.Pi. prob. weave in chequer or plaited work (NH שָׁבַץ ornament a vessel with a pattern; Syriac (lexx.). ܫܒܰܨ immiscuit, ܫܒܳܨܳܐ commixtio: v. also LagBN 143);— Pf. 2 ms. וְשִׁבַּצְתָּ֫ Ex 28:39 (P), and thou shalt chequer (or plait) the tunic (in) byssus. Pt. mpl. מְשֻׁבָּצִים זָהָב Ex 28:20 (P), inwoven (i.e. set in a chequered or plaited mounting) with gold (-thread) shall they be (of gems).

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, 2 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (2 candidates)

## Glosses

MACULA's English glosses of the word in the text, with how often each is used: set (1); you will weave (1).

## In the verses

[Exodus 28:39](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/EXO.28.39/) · [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/EXO.28.39/#tree)

וְשִׁבַּצְתָּ֙ הַכְּתֹ֣נֶת שֵׁ֔שׁ וְעָשִׂ֖יתָ מִצְנֶ֣פֶת שֵׁ֑שׁ וְאַבְנֵ֥ט תַּעֲשֶׂ֖ה מַעֲשֵׂ֥ה רֹקֵֽם׃

*Word for word:* and you.will.weave the tunic fine.linen and you.will.make a.turban of.fine.linen and a.sash you.will.make \[the\].work of.a.worker.in.colors

*JPS 1917:* And thou shalt weave the tunic in chequer work of fine linen, and thou shalt make a mitre of fine linen, and thou shalt make a girdle, the work of the weaver in colours.

[Exodus 28:20](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/EXO.28.20/) · [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/EXO.28.20/#tree)

וְהַטּוּר֙ הָרְבִיעִ֔י תַּרְשִׁ֥ישׁ וְשֹׁ֖הַם וְיָשְׁפֵ֑ה מְשֻׁבָּצִ֥ים זָהָ֛ב יִהְי֖וּ בְּמִלּוּאֹתָֽם׃

*Word for word:* and the row (the) fourth \[will.be\].a.chrysolite and an.onyx and a.jasper set gold they.will.be in settings their

*JPS 1917:* and the fourth row a beryl, and an onyx, and a jasper; they shall be inclosed in gold in their settings.

## On Mova

- [This word in the Tanakh dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/w/7660.html) on Mova free.
- [Trees and pragmatics of its meanings](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1513/7660/): 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).