Lexicon
מֶ֫שֶׁךְ
me.shekh
H4901
H:N-M Hebrew

bag/price

2
Occurrences
2
Books
Hebrew
Language

me.shekh denotes a carried bag of seed in one verse and an item of great value in another.

The two attested uses place the term in a comparison of wisdom with valuable items and in the action of carrying a bag of seed; the supplied verses do not establish a more specific shared sense.

Senses in use

  1. Item compared with wisdom · dominant

    In Job 28:18, the construct-form noun occurs in a statement that wisdom cannot be obtained for jewels; the APB renders the surrounding comparison, “Coral and crystal are not remembered, and wisdom cannot be obtained for jewels.”

  2. Bag carried for seed · occasional

    In Psalm 126:6, the construct-form noun occurs with a person going out weeping and carrying seed; the APB renders the clause “carrying the bag of seed.”

In the Anselm Project Bible: The APB presents the Psalm context as “the bag of seed,” while Job 28:18 frames the term within a comparison involving jewels. Its exact English correspondence to the noun in Job 28:18 remains unclear.

Passages featuring this word

Across Scripture