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mešī מֶ֫שִׁי ‘silk’ (Hebrew)

Etymology?: from māšā מָשָׁה ‘to draw’
Roots: משׁה

mešī n, m
1) a costly material for garment
 1a) perhaps silk

Mentioned in Ezekiel 16:13, 16:10

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