מִסְפָּחָה
miçpâchâh · H4555 · Hebrew · 2 occurrences
Thing
- VeilClothing19 verses
Meanings
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scarf or veil
A length of cloth worn around one's head, believed to have supernatural power
ExamplesEzekiel 13:18 and say, ‘This is what the Lord GOD says: “Woe to the women who sew magic bands on all wrists and make veils for the heads of persons of every stature to capture souls! Will you capture the souls of My people, but keep the souls of others alive for yourselves?
Ezekiel 13:21 “I will also tear off your veils and save My people from your hands, and they will no longer be in your hands as prey; and you will know that I am the LORD.
How it’s used In 2 roles
Every occurrence, grouped by the words it is grammatically related to.
the word studied the word it goes with
Whose, or of whatGenitive or possessive
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- כֶםyour 1
What is done to itIt is the object
2 occurrences in 2 groups
- עָשָׂהto do, to make 1
- קָרַעto tear, to rend, to cut 1
When two words share a role, as in “Paul and Barnabas said”, the verse appears under each, so a section’s counts can add up to more than the number of occurrences.
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Near synonyms 2 words
- צָעִיף tsâʻîyph · H6809 · veil
- Hebrew term for a veil or head covering worn by women; both denote fabric head coverings in female attire contexts
- רָדִיד râdîyd · H7289 · veil, cape, shawl
- Hebrew term for a thin veil or wrapper worn as a covering; both refer to fabric items worn as coverings, particularly by women
In the other Testament 1 word
- κάλυμα kályma · G2571 · veil
- Greek term for a covering or veil worn on the head; attested translation equivalent for Hebrew head coverings in the Septuagint context
Semantic domains 1 entry
- Clothing001003001001002
- מִסְפָּחָה denotes a kerchief or head covering, a garment item.
Word family 6 words
Words formed from the same root. They share a form, not always a meaning.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon H4555. mispachah [מִסְמָּחָה] noun feminine long veil (properly sheathing?) covering…
[מִסְמָּחָה] noun feminine long veil (properly sheathing?) covering whole person; plural absolute עַלרֿאֹשׁ הַמִּסְמָּחוֺת וְעשֹׁוֺת Eze 13:18; suffix מִסְמְּחֹתֵיכֶם Eze 13:21.
סִמַּי see ספף.
Brown, Driver and Briggs, A Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain
Topical studies with this word 1 entry
Meanings adapted from the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament, © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0 and the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew (from the Semantic Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew), © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0; MACULA Greek Linguistic Datasets, available at https://github.com/Clear-Bible/macula-greek/, licensed CC BY 4.0; MACULA Hebrew Linguistic Datasets © 2022-2024 by Biblica, Inc., CC BY 4.0. Westminster Leningrad Codex (tanach.us). OpenScriptures Hebrew Bible morphology (hb.openscriptures.org), CC BY 4.0.
Sources
eRhema lexical overview, based on the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew and the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament (© United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Macula Hebrew and Greek (Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0); released under CC BY-SA 4.0
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