מַסֶּ֫כֶת
mas.se.khet
“weave”
Definition
something expanded, i.e. the warp in aloom (as stretched out to receive the woof)
from H5259 (נָסַךְ) in the sense of spreading out;
- web 1a) web of unfinished stuff on a loom
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word, saying, account
Grammar & Morphology
Noun (Feminine)
H:N-F
H:N-F
Occurrences
מַסֶּ֫כֶת appears 2 times in the Old Testament.
Distribution by Book
Key Passages
Then Delilah said to Samson, “You have mocked me and lied to me all along! Tell me how you can be tied up.”He told her, “If you weave the seven braids of my head into the web of a loom and tighten it with a pin, I will become as weak as any other man. ”
So while he slept, Delilah took the seven braids of his hair and wove them into the web. Then she tightened it with a pin and called to him, “Samson, the Philistines are here!”But he awoke from his sleep and pulled out the pin with the loom and the web.
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