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būṣ בּוּץ ‘fine linen’ (Hebrew)

Etymology?: from an unused root of the same form) meaning to bleach; (intransitive) be white

būṣ n, m
1) byssus, a costly, fine white linen cloth made in Egypt

Mentioned in Ezekiel 27:16 Esther 1:6, 8:15 1 Chronicles 4:21, 15:27 2 Chronicles 2:13, 5:12, 3:14

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