Strong's Lexicon

H8476

H8476 — תַּחַשׁ

Hebrew / Aramaic entry for Bible study and original-language reference.

Hebrewtachashnoun mascOccurrences: 14TWOT: 2503

Definition / Gloss

Strong's Number:H8476
Word:תַּחַשׁ
Part of Speech:noun masc
Etymology:probably of foreign derivation
Language:Hebrew
Occurrences:14
Transliteration:tachash
Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation:takh'-ash
Meaning:1. a (clean) animal with fur, probably a species of antelope
KJV Renderings:badger.

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Brown-Driver-Briggs Enhanced

BDB9136

I. תַּ֫חַשׁ noun masculine ta—aš , a kind of leather or skin, and perhaps the animal yielding it (probably the dugong, compare Arabic [untranscribed source text 5806] dolphin, Thes1500 Di-Ry Exod 25:5 PostHast. DB BADGER; Assyrian ta—šu (DlBaer Ezech. xvi), for which DlProi. 77 ff.; HWB 705 conjecture meaning sheep(skin) ; BondiEgyptiaca 1 ff. compare Egyptian ¾µ´ , leather; see summary of views M'Lean-ShiplyEncy. Bib. BADGERS' SKINS); — absolute ׳ ת Num 4:6 +, תָּחַשׁ Num 4:8 +; plural תְּחָשִׁים Exod 25:5 +; — leather used for (woman's) sandals Ezek 16:10 elsewhere for cover of tabernacle Num 4:25, ׳ עוֺר ת Num 4:6 Num 4:8 v Num 4:10 Num 4:11 Num 4:12 Num 4:14, עֹרֹת (הַ)תְּחָשִׁים Exod 25:5; Exod 26:14; Exod 35:7; Exod 35:23; Exod 36:19; Exod 39:34 (all P ).


Other Resources

Theological Wordbook of the Old Testament
R. Laird Harris, Gleason L. Archer, and Bruce K. Waltke

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