Lexicon
מִשְׁבְּצוֹת
mish.be.tsah
H4865
H:N-F Hebrew

filigree

9
Occurrences
2
Books
Hebrew
Language

mish.be.tsah denotes decorative gold fittings around stones and chains, with one occurrence in a garment-decoration setting.

The dominant use is for decorative gold fittings in the construction of stone ornaments and their attached chains; a single Psalm occurrence places the term in the description of embroidered garments.

Senses in use

  1. Decorative gold fittings for stones and chains · dominant

    The plural noun occurs in Exodus construction clauses involving engraved stones, gold, rings, and cord-like chains. In Exodus 28:11 the APB renders the stones as surrounded with “filigree of gold,” while Exodus 28:14 and Exodus 28:25 describe chains attached to “filigree settings”; the corresponding making accounts in Exodus 39:6, Exodus 39:16, and Exodus 39:18 present the same kind of ornamented fittings.

  2. Decoration associated with garments · rare

    In Psalm 45:14 the plural construct form occurs in a clause about a woman being led to the king. The APB renders the verse’s garment description as “In embroidered garments,” though the translation does not isolate the contribution of this noun.

In the Anselm Project Bible: Across the Exodus verses, the APB uses “filigree,” “filigree settings,” and “filigrees” in scenes of gold work. In Psalm 45:14 it renders the larger garment clause “In embroidered garments”; That wording cannot by itself specify the noun’s precise English equivalent.

Passages featuring this word

Across Scripture