STRONGS H4943:
Abbreviations
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מֶ֫שֶׁק noun [
masculine]
acquisition, possession (?; meaning conjectured from context, from analogy of
מִמְשָׁק which see, and of
משׁך), only
וּבֶןמֶֿשֶׁק בֵּיתִי הוּא דַּמֶּשֶׂק אֱלִיעֶזֶר Genesis 15:2 (compare
בן 8. (
λ), above; Ges
§ 128. 2, R. 2. c)
and the son of acquisition (=
he who is to acquire, the heir of)
my house is, etc.;
מ׳ possibly changed from
משׁך (compare
Job 28:18) for word-play with
דמשׂק, Kau and So
Gn. Anm. 62, or by copyist's error, but very dubious.
Μασεκ (proper name, compare Lag
BN 78).
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