Lexicon
אֶשְׁנָב
esh.nav
H0822
H:N-M Hebrew

lattice

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Hebrew
Language

esh.nav denotes a lattice-like opening through which someone looks or peers.

The two attestations show a lattice-like opening associated with looking outward: Sisera’s mother peers through it in Judges 5:28, and the speaker looks out through one at his house in Proverbs 7:6.

Senses in use

  1. Lattice-like opening for looking out · dominant

    In Judges 5:28, the masculine singular absolute form occurs in the clause where Sisera’s mother peers outward; the APB renders the scene as looking “through the lattice.” In Proverbs 7:6, the masculine singular construct form occurs with “the window of my house,” and the APB renders the speaker looking out “through my lattice.”

In the Anselm Project Bible: The APB uses “lattice” in both verses, presenting it as the opening through which each observer looks.

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