שֵׁשׁ

III. שֵׁשׁ noun masculine^{2 Mos 26,1} byssus (loan-word probably from Egyptian šen-suten Reinischap.DHM^{VOJ viii (1894), 7} Coptic šens, compare Coptic šent, weave; see M'Lean^{Ency.Bib. LINEN}; on spinning, weaving, and wearing of linen in Egypt Erman^{Aegypten 594 ff.; Eng. Trans. 448 f.}); — always absolute ׳שׁ (שׁשׁי Ezk 16,13 is error): — byssus, fine Egyptian linen ( בּוּץ, q. v., is later synonym), i.e. the linen thread (spun by women 2 Mos 35,25), and the material woven from it: used for garments 1 Mos 41,42 (E), Ezk 16,10; Ezk 16,13 (שׁשׁי, read שׁשׁ), Ord 31,22 for sail (in figurative of Tyre as ship) Ezk 27,7 (brought from Egypt); elsewhere P, of priestly vestments 2 Mos 28,5; 2 Mos 28,39 (twice in verse); 2 Mos 39,3; 2 Mos 39,27; 2 Mos 39,28 (twice in verse); also מָשְׁזָר ׳שׁ twisted linen 2 Mos 28,6; 2 Mos 28,8; 2 Mos 28,15; 2 Mos 39,2; 2 Mos 39,5; 2 Mos 39,8; 2 Mos 39,28; 2 Mos 39,29 + v2 Mos 39,24 (read ׳וְשֵׁשׁ מ ⅏ ᵐ5 Bae); ׳שׁ of hangings, etc., in tabernacle 2 Mos 25,4; 2 Mos 35,6; 2 Mos 35,23; 2 Mos 35,25; 2 Mos 35,35; 2 Mos 38,23, and so מָשְׁזָר ׳שׁ 2 Mos 26,1; 2 Mos 26,31; 2 Mos 26,36; 2 Mos 27,9; 2 Mos 27,16; 2 Mos 27,18; 2 Mos 36,8; 2 Mos 36,35; 2 Mos 36,37; 2 Mos 38,9; 2 Mos 38,16; 2 Mos 38,18.