4943. mesheq
Strong's Concordance
mesheq: acquisition, possession
Original Word: מֶ֫שֶׁק
Part of Speech: Noun Masculine
Transliteration: mesheq
Phonetic Spelling: (meh'-shek)
Short Definition: heir
Brown-Driver-Briggs
מֶ֫שֶׁק noun [masculine] acquisition, possession (?; meaning conjectured from context, from analogy of מִמְשָׁק q. v., and of משׁך), only וּבֶןמֶֿשֶׁק בֵּיתִי הוּא דַּמֶּשֶׂק אֱלִיעֶזֶר Genesis 15:2 (compare בן

8 (λ), above; Ges§ 128. 2, R. 2. c) and the son of acquisition (= he who is to acquire, the heir of) my house is, etc.; ׳מ possibly changed from משׁך (compare Job 28:18) for word-play with דמשׂק, Kau and SoGn. Anm. 62, or by copyist's error, but very dubious. ᵐ5 Μασεκ (proper name, compare LagBN 78).

Strong's Exhaustive Concordance
steward

From an unused root meaning to hold; possession -- + steward.

Forms and Transliterations
מֶ֣שֶׁק משק me·šeq mešeq Meshek
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Strong's Hebrew 4943
1 Occurrence


me·šeq — 1 Occ.

Genesis 15:2
HEB: עֲרִירִ֑י וּבֶן־ מֶ֣שֶׁק בֵּיתִ֔י ה֖וּא
INT: childless afflicted steward of my house this

1 Occurrence

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