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qaśqeśet קַשְׂקֶ֫שֶׂת ‘scale’ (Hebrew)

Etymology?: by reduplication from an unused root meaning to shale off as bark

qaśqeśet n, f
1) scale (of fish, water animals)

Mentioned in Codex Leviticus 11:10, 11:12, 11:9 Deuteronomy 14:10, 14:9 1 Samuel 17:5 Ezekiel 29:4

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