מַסֶּכֶתmaççeketh

web, of unfinished stuff, on loom (Judges 16:13; Judges 16:14)

Pronunciation: mas-seh'-keth · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H4545

Same root

Where it appears

Appears 2 times in the Bible.

  • Judges 16:13 Then Delilah said, “You’ve been making fun of me and telling me lies! Now tell me how you can be tied up securely.” Samson replied, “If you were to weave the seven braids of my hair into the fabric on your loom and tighten it with the loom shuttle, I would become as weak as anyone else.” So while he slept, Delilah wove the seven braids of his hair into the fabric.
  • Judges 16:14 Then she tightened it with the loom shuttle. Again she cried out, “Samson! The Philistines have come to capture you!” But Samson woke up, pulled back the loom shuttle, and yanked his hair away from the loom and the fabric.

Source: Brown, Driver and Briggs, Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain; markup by unfoldingWord, CC BY (github.com/unfoldingWord/Brown-Driver-Briggs-Enhanced).