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In the biblical context, it can be used metaphorically to describe the peeling away or stripping off of layers, revealing what lies beneath.<p><span class="tophdg">Cultural and Historical Background: </span>In ancient Hebrew culture, the imagery of scales or flakes would have been familiar in various contexts, such as the scales of fish or the peeling of skin. This imagery could be used to convey ideas of purification, exposure, or transformation. The concept of peeling away layers to reveal something new or pure is a recurring theme in biblical literature, often symbolizing spiritual renewal or judgment.<div class="vheading2">NAS Exhaustive Concordance</div><span class="hdg">Word Origin</span><br>from an unused word<br><span class="hdg">Definition</span><br>scale-like<br><span class="hdg">NASB Translation</span><br>flake-like thing (1).<p><div align="center"><span class="smalltext"><iframe width="100%" height="85" scrolling=no src="/nasec.htm" frameborder=0 cellpadding=0></iframe></span></div><div class="vheading2">Brown-Driver-Briggs</div> [<font class="hebrew2">חַסְמַּס</font>] <font size="+1" color="#552200"><b>verb</b></font> only <em>Passive participle</em> (<font size="+1"><b>scaled off</b></font>) <font size="+1"><b>scale-like</b></font> (apparent reduplication from *<font class="hebrew2">חסף</font> for <font class="hebrew2">חספסף</font>, see Ew<sup>§ 158 c</sup> Ol<sup>§§ 214, 276</sup> Ges<sup>§ 55</sup>, 6 Sta<sup>§ 291</sup>; Kö<sup>i, 250</sup> thinks euphon. for <font class="hebrew2">מְחֻסְמָּף</font>; to be compare are Arabic <img src="/bdbgif/bdb034101.gif">, <em>have scab, itch</em> (Frey; but <img src="/bdbgif/bdb034102.gif"> = <font class="hebrew2">ס</font> ?); Aramaic <font class="hebrew2">חַסְמָּא</font> <em>potsherd</em>, <font class="hebrew2">חַסְמְּנִיתָא</font> <em>scale</em> (of fish), <em>scurf</em>; Ethiopic <img src="/bdbgif/bdb034103.gif"> <em>scabiosus fuit</em> Di<sup>587</sup> and <a href="/interlinear/exodus/16-14.htm">Exodus 16:14</a>) — hence <font class="hebrew2">מְחֻסְמָּס</font> <em>scaled off, scale-like</em> as Syrver <font class="hebrew2">ᵑ7</font> Thes Rob-Ges MV SS VB; — of the manna <font class="hebrew2">דַּק מְחֻסְמָּ֔ס דַּק כַּכְּפֹר</font> <a href="/interlinear/exodus/16-14.htm">Exodus 16:14</a> <em>a fine, scale-like thing, fine as the hoar-frost.</em> <br><br><iframe width="100%" height="85" scrolling=no src="/bsoft2.htm" frameborder=0 cellpadding=0></iframe><div class="vheading2">Strong's Exhaustive Concordance</div>round thing <p>Reduplicated from an unused root meaning apparently to peel; a shred or scale -- round thing. <div class="vheading2">Forms and Transliterations</div>מְחֻסְפָּ֔ס מחספס mə·ḥus·pās mechusPas məḥuspās<div class="vheading2">Links</div><a href="/interlinear/matthew/1-1.htm">Interlinear Greek</a> • <a href="/interlinear/genesis/1-1.htm">Interlinear Hebrew</a> • <a href="/strongs.htm">Strong's Numbers</a> • <a href="/englishmans_greek.htm">Englishman's Greek Concordance</a> • <a href="/englishmans_hebrew.htm">Englishman's Hebrew Concordance</a> • <a href="/texts/matthew/1-1.htm">Parallel Texts</a></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><div class="vheading">Englishman's Concordance</div><b><a href="/text/exodus/16-14.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Exodus 16:14</a> </b><br><a href="/interlinear/exodus/16.htm" title="Hebrew">HEB:</a> <span class="hebrew3">הַמִּדְבָּר֙ דַּ֣ק <b> מְחֻסְפָּ֔ס </b> דַּ֥ק כַּכְּפֹ֖ר</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/exodus/16.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> there was a fine <span class="itali">flake-like thing,</span> fine<br><a href="/kjvs/exodus/16.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> [there lay] a small <span class="itali">round thing,</span> [as] small<br><a href="/interlinear/exodus/16-14.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> of the wilderness A fine <span class="itali">flake-like</span> fine as the frost<p><i><a href="/hebrew/strongs_2636.htm">1 Occurrence</a></i><br /><br /><b><a href="/hebrew/strongs_2636.htm">Strong's Hebrew 2636<br>1 Occurrence</a></b><br><br><a href="/hebrew/mechuspas_2636.htm">mə·ḥus·pās — 1 Occ.</a><br></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; 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