BDB4238

כִּישׁוֺר noun [masculine] distaff (etymology dubious; perhaps, if meaning correct, from כשׁר (compare Sta^{§ 216} Lag^{BN 182}) = be straight, because it stands erect, De Str; ᵑ6 [untranscribed source text 2677] industry; whence ᵑ7 כּוּשְׁרָא, and likewise ᵑ7 כּוּנְשְׁרָא, also Prov 3:8, (for Hebrew שׁר), where Levy wirbelsäule, Str^{on the passage} Jastr navel; but Str doubts etymological connection with כישׁור); — only in יָדֶיהָ שִׁלְּחָה בַכִּישׁוֺ֑ר Prov 31:19 (|| פָּֽלָךְ ׃ whirl of spindle). — As above De Now Str RV SS and others; > Ki AW Thes Rob-Ges whirl of spindle ( AV spindle); see פֶּלֶךְ .