Original Word: מֶשֶׁק
Part of Speech: Noun Masculine
Transliteration: mesheq
Pronunciation: meh-shek
Phonetic Spelling: (meh'-shek)
KJV: + steward
Word Origin: [from an unused root meaning to hold]

1. possession

steward

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

Word Origin
of uncertain derivation
Definition
acquisition, possession
NASB Translation
heir* (1).

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 So^{Gn. Anm. 62}, or by copyist's error, but very dubious. ᵐ5 Μασεκ (proper name, compare Lag^{BN 78}).

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