Quick Definition
silk
Strong's Definition
damask (as a fabric of Damascus)
Derivation: by orthographical variation from H1834 (דַּמֶּשֶׂק);
KJV Usage: in Damascus.
TWOT Reference: 433?
Outline of Biblical Usage
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)
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)"
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Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon
דְּמֶשֶׁק n.[m.]? Am 3:12; punct. & mng. dub. damask, silk, etc. ref
