בּוּץ

בּוּץ, בֻּץ noun [masculine] byssus (late), (Phoenician בוץ, Aramaic בּוּץ, ; √ dubious; Birch, Wilkinson^{Egyptians ii. 158 f.} from Egyptian hbos,, clothe; see Say. Herodot^{ii. 86}; Thes from √ בוץ, but Nö^{ZMG 1875, 650}; Armen., according to Lag^{Semitic i. 72} and others) a fine white Egyptian linen, and cloth made of it, מִשְׁפְּחוֺת בֵּיתעֲֿבֹדַת הַבֻּץ 1 Kron 4,21 families of the house of byssus-working; compare 2 Kron 2,13 מְכֻרְבָּל בִּמְעִיל בּוּץ 1 Kron 15,27 clothed in a robe of byssus (but read rather as || 2 Sam 6,14 מְכַרְכֵּר בְּכָלעֹֿז was dancing with all his might); compare ׳תַּכְרִיךְ בּ Est 8,15 מְלֻבָּשִׁים בּוּץ 2 Kron 5,12 חַבְלֵי בוּץ Est 1,6; 2 Kron 3,14 material of פָּרֹכֶת; article of trade Ezk 27,16 (strike out ᵐ5 Co). compare also שֵׁשׁ.