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H1833 דְּמֶשֶׁק (dᵉmesheq) dem-eh'-shek
Hebrew
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Strong's Definition

by orthographical variation from 1834; damask (as a fabric of Damascus)

KJV Usage: in Damascus

STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon

דְּמֶשֶׁק (de.me.sheq) — silk. damask?, silk? (meaning uncertain)

UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew

noun c

Furnishings

head-rest meaning unsure; possibly: = part of a bed, possibly the head-rest (HALOT)

AMO 3:12

1 AMO 3:12 RSV NRSV "part (of a bed)" | NJPS "head (of a couch)" | NIV "in Damascus (on their couches)" | NJB "(on their divans of) Damscus" | REB "(on divans) from Damascus" | CEV "pieces (of their beds and couches)"

Enio R. Mueller

UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew © United Bible Societies, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon

דְּמֶשֶׁק n.[m.]? Am 3:12; punct. & mng. dub. damask, silk, etc. ref

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