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מֶ֫שֶׁךְStrong’s H4901

meshekh (me-shekh)

Appears in 2 verses of the Old Testament

In short

Meshekh is the Hebrew word usually translated “price of” and “bag of”. It appears in 2 verses of the Old Testament.

“No mention shall be made of coral, or of pearls: for the price of wisdom is above rubies.”
Job 28:18 KJV
Meaning
  1. A drawing, drawing up, drawing up a trailthe drawing up, fishing up, securing, acquiring · a trail (of seed)
How it's translated
  • and price of 1
  • bag of 1

Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.

Where it's used most
  • Job 1
  • Psalms 1

2 books in all.

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Hebrew dictionary

מֶ֫שֶׁךְ meshekh · bag/price

1) a drawing, drawing up, drawing up a trail 1a) the drawing up, fishing up, securing, acquiring 1b) a trail (of seed)

From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).

Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Hebrew, not from any one translation.