• חֶשְׁמֹון S 2829 GK 3132 n.pr.loc. town in southern Judah, site unknown Jos 15:27 .
• חַשְׁמֹנָה S 2832 GK 3135 n.pr.loc. a station of Isr. in wilderness Nu 33:29 , 30 , site unknown.
חשׁן
TWOT
772
(
√ of foll.; meaning not certain; Arabic
حَسُنَ
(ḥasuna) is be excellent, beautiful;
حُسْنٌ
(
ḥusnun
)
beauty, all excellence;
hence poss.
חֹשֶׁן
either as chief ornament of ephod, or as the most excellent, precious article of high priest’s attire.
)
•
חֹ˜שֶׁן
S
2833
TWOT
772a
GK
3136
n.m.
the
breast-piece
or
sacred pouch
, containing the
אורים ותמים
, worn on the breast of the high priest when he ministered in the Holy Place to bring the tribes for memorial before.
י׳
. It was made of the same material as the ephod (
v.
אֵפוֹד
), a span square; set in front with twelve jewels in four rows, engraved with the names of the twelve tribes. It was firmly fastened to the shoulders of the ephod by gold chains passing through gold rings, and to the lower part of the ephod just above the girdle by a blue ribbon passing through other gold rings. It was
חשֶׁן (ה)מִשְׁפָּט
(
Ex 28:15
,
29
,
30
)
pouch of judgment
, because of the decision given by the
אוּרִים וְתֻמִּים
. The name occurs only in
P
,
Ex 25:7
;
28:4
,
15
,
22
,
23
(×2),
24
,
26
,
28
(×2),
29
,
30
;
29:5
;
35:9
,
27
;
39:8
,
9
,
15
,
16
,
17
,
19
,
21
(×2) Lv 8:8
(×2).—
Vid.
Now Arch. ii. 119.
חָשַׁק S 2836 TWOT 773 GK 3137, 3138 vb. be attached to, love ( NH press together, desire (rare); Aramaic חֲשָׁק bind, saddle (an ass) ) — Qal Pf. ח׳ Dt 7:7 + 4 times; חָֽשְׁקָה Gn 34: 8; חָשַׁקְתָּ Is 38:17 (but v. infr .); וְחָֽשַׁקְתָּ˜ Dt 21:1 1;— be attached to , only fig. = love , a woman sq. בְּ Gn 34:8 ( P ) Dt 21:11 ; elsewhere of י׳ ’s love for Israel Dt 7:7 ; 10:15 , and of love to י׳ ψ JBL Journal of Biblical Literature.
Hilg A. Hilgenfeld. Aq Aquila.
Now W. Nowack, Hebräische Archäologie .
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