קַשְׂקֶשֶׂת (qasqeset) — scales / coat of mail

Form 1

Part of speech: nsf

Sense 1: scales

Semantic domains: Creatures (001001002)

Core domains: Body (019); Animal (010)

Definition: = small overlapping plates covering the body of a fish

Synonyms: סְנַפִּיר

Show passage in OET: LEV 11:9

OET-RV LEV 11:9

9 ⇔You all can eat everything that lives in the water, whether the oceans or rivers, as long as it has both fins and scales.

OET-LV LEV 11:9

9 DOM this you(pl)_will _eat from_all that is_in_waters all that to_him/it fin and_scale in_waters in _the_seas and_in_wadis DOM_them you(pl)_will _eat.

Show passage in OET: LEV 11:10

OET-RV LEV 11:10

10 In contrast, anything in the oceans or rivers without both fins and scales, whether they’re swarming creatures or otherwise, they’ll all be detestable for you all.

OET-LV LEV 11:10

10 And_all/each/any/every that there_belong_not to_him/it fin and_scale in _the_seas and_in_wadis from_all (the)_swarming _thing _of the_waters and_from_all creature _of the_living which is_in_waters are_detestable _thing[s] they to_you(pl).

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All 6 recorded passages for this sense

LEV: OET LEV 11:9–10 · OET LEV 11:12

DEU: OET DEU 14:9–10

EZE: OET EZE 29:4

Sense 2: coat of mail

Semantic domains: Clothing (001004001002); Weapons (001004001020)

Core domains: Crafts (027); Clothing (033); Security (152); Warfare (188)

Definition: = a kind of vest or shirt covering the upper part of the body and made of several hundred small bronze scales or platelets overlapping each other and sewn on a cloth or leather base; the scales were thin and about 11 by 6 centimeters; such armor was lighter than a solid metal breastplate and was also more flexible, giving greater maneuverability; used especially by soldiers who could not carry a shield but still needed protection in battle (for example, a chariot driver).

Collocations: שִׁרְיֹון קַשְׂקַשִּׂים

Further resources: Realia:2.13

Synonyms: כֹּובַע · מַד · קֹובַע

Show passage in OET: SA1 17:5

OET-RV SA1 17:5

5 He wore a bronze helmet, and his body armour had overlapping plates weighing a total of some fifty-five kilograms.

OET-LV SA1 17:5

5 And_a _helmet _of bronze was_on his/its_head and_body _armour _of scales he was_clothed and_the _weight _of the _body _armour was_five _of thousand(s) shekels bronze.

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