שַׁעַטְנֵז
shaʻaṭnêz · shah-at-naze'
linsey-woolsey, i.e. cloth of linen and wool carded and spun together
Lexicon
Derivation: probably of foreign derivation;
linsey-woolsey, i.e. cloth of linen and wool carded and spun together
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: garment of divers sorts, linen and wollen.
Letters
- שShin300
Picture: two front teeth (or a composite bow)
- Concrete
- teeth · sharp · press · bow
- Extended
- to consume · to destroy · to press or grind · to change · again
- עAyin70
Picture: an eye
- Concrete
- eye · spring of water
- Extended
- to see · to know · experience · to watch
- טTet9
Picture: a basket, or something coiled
- Concrete
- basket · coil · snake · container
- Extended
- to surround · to contain · to store · to twist
- נNun50
Picture: a sprouting seed, or a fish in water
- Concrete
- seed · sprout · fish · offspring
- Extended
- life · continuation · heir · to perpetuate
- זZayin7
Picture: a weapon, mattock or sword
- Concrete
- weapon · cutting tool · plough
- Extended
- to cut · to harvest · to sustain by cutting · food
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
to consume, to destroy › to see and know › to surround and contain › the seed, life continuing › to cut, to sustain
To consume, to destroy that works to see and know that works to surround and contain of the seed, life continuing that works to cut, to sustain.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of שַׁעַטְנֵז above is the attested meaning; this pictographic reading is a tradition about how the sign-shapes may have been heard. Both can be held at once, they are answering different questions.
Usage
2 occurrences · 2 OT · 0 NT · 2 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- of linen and woollen1 · 50%
- a garment of divers sorts1 · 50%
Where it is used, by book.
Inflected forms found in the text.
Counts are computed from the tagged Hebrew and Greek text aligned to the King James Version, not from an estimate.