STRONGS NUMBER H7568


Word Summary
resheth: a net
Original Word: רֶשֶׁת
Transliteration: resheth
Phonetic Spelling: (reh'-sheth)
Part of Speech: Noun Feminine
Short Definition: a net
Meaning: a net
Strong's Concordance
net work

From yarash; a net (as catching animals) -- net(- work).

see HEBREW yarash

Brown-Driver-Briggs

H7568. resheth

רֶ֫שֶׁתnoun feminineExodus 27:5 net; — absolute רֶשֶׁתHosea 5:1 11t.; רָ֑שֶׁתProverbs 1:17; construct רֶשֶׁתExodus 27:4; 38:4; suffix רִשְׁתִּיHosea 7:12 2t.; רִשְׁתּוֺPsalm 10:9; 35:8; רִשְׁתָּםEzekiel 19:8; Psalm 35:7; —

1 net:

a. for catching (birds, etc.) הָרָ֑שֶׁת מְזֹרָה חִנָּםProverbs 1:17 to no purpose is the net spread in the eyes of any bird; elsewhere figurative (1) of judgment of ׳י‎, all with פרשׁ‎: Hosea 7:12 ("" אוֺרִידֵם הַשָּׁמַיִם כְּעוֺף‎), Ezekiel 12:13; 17:20 (both "" מְצוּדָתִי‎), 32:3 (of ׳י‎ catching Pharaoh, under figure of sea-monster; "" II. חֵרֶם‎); (2) of nations capturing king of Israel under figure of lion 19:8 (with פרשׁ‎; "" שַׁחְתָּם‎); (3) of priests and rulers (as entangling people in sin) Hosea 5:1 ("" מַּח‎).

b. spread for feet of man (figurative): (1) by ׳יLamentations 1:13 (with מָּרַשׁ‎); (2) by wicked (= plot) Proverbs 29:5 (with פרשׁ‎), Psalm 140:6 (c. id.; "" מַּךְ טָמַן‎), 10:9; 25:15, בְּרַגְלָיו בְּדֶשֶׁת שֻׁלַּחJob 18:8 ("" שְׂבָכָה‎); elsewhere with טמןPsalm 9:16 ("" שַׁחַת‎), 31:5; 35:7 (רִשְׁתָּם שַׁחַת‎), 31:8; with הֵכִין57:7 ("" שִׁיחָה‎).

2 brazen network for altar of tabernacle הָרֶשֶׁתExodus 27:4-5, ר מַעֲשֵׂה ׳מִכְבָּר נְחשֶׁת27:4 = 38:4 (all P). — On Infinitive רֶשֶׁת‎, see ירשׁ‎ above

רֶ֫שֶׁתnet, see ירשׁ‎.