1. fine linen (byssus fabric) — A high-quality white linen fabric (byssus), used for priestly garments, temple curtains, and royal clothing in Chronicles and Ezekiel. All three clusters represent the same material noun with purely grammatical differences: bare noun (fine linen), with conjunction and preposition (and in the fine linen), and with the definite article (the linen). Cross-linguistically uniform: Spanish lino fino, Arabic كَتَّان (kattan) / بُوص (bus), Korean 세마포 (semapo), Swahili kitani, Hindi सन (san) all consistently denote fine woven linen cloth, confirming a single lexical sense. 8×
AR["الـ-بوص","بُوصٍ","كَتَّانًا","كَتَّانٍ","وَ-بِالْكَتَّانِ","وَ-كَتَّانًا","وَكَتَّانٍ"]·ben["আর--মসৃণ-শনে","আর-মসীনায়","আর-মসৃণ-শন","পোশাক","মসীনার","মসৃণ-কাপড়ে","মিহি-কাপড়ের","মিহি-সুতির"]·DE["Byssus","[בוץ]","[הבץ]","[ובבוץ]","[ובוץ]"]·EN["and-fine-linen","and-in-the-fine-linen","fine-cotton","fine-linen","the-linen"]·FR["et-fin-lin","et-in-lin-fin","et-lin-fin","lin","lin-fin"]·heb["בוץ","ה-בץ","ו-ב-ה-בוץ","ו-בוץ"]·HI["और-महीन-सन","और-में-सन","और-सन","कतान","मलमल","महीन-सन-के","सन","सन-के"]·ID["dan-dalam-kain-lenan","dan-kain-lenan","dan-kain-lenan-halus,","kain-lenan","katun-halus","lenan-halus","linen-halus"]·IT["[ובוץ]","e-in-lino-fino","e-lino-fino","lino","lino-fino"]·jav["lan-lena-alus","lan-lenan-alus","lan-saking-lena-alus","len","lena-alus","linen","linen-alus"]·KO["고운-베의","그-베","그리고-세마포","그리고-세마포와","그리고-에서-그-세마포","베","세마포","세마포와"]·PT["e-linho","e-linho-fino","e-no-linho","linho","linho-fino","o-linho"]·RU["в-виссон","виссона","и-в-виссоне","и-виссона","и-виссоном","льна"]·ES["de-lino","el-lino","lino","lino-fino","y-en-el-lino","y-lino","y-lino-fino"]·SW["kitani","kwa-kamba","na-kitani","na-kitani-safi","na-kwa-kitani","ya-kitani-nyeupe"]·TR["-ince-keten","ince-keten","ve-ince-keten","ve-ince-ketende","ve-ince-ketenle"]·urd["اور-باریک-کپڑا","اور-باریک-کپڑے-میں","اور-مہین-کپڑے","باریک-کتان","کتان","کتان-کے"]
Senses
BDB / Lexicon Reference
† בּוּץ, בֻּץ n.[m.] byssus (late), (Ph. בוץ, Aramaic בּוּץ, ܒܘܽܨ; √ dub.; Birch, WilkinsonEgyptians ii. 158 f. from Egypt. hbos, clothe; v. Say Herodotii. 86; Thes from √ בוץ, but NöZMG 1875, 650; Armen., according to LagSem. i. 72 al.) a fine white Egyptian linen, and cloth made of it, מִשְׁפְּחוֹת בֵּית־עֲבֹדַת הַבֻּץ 1 Ch 4:21 families of the house of byssus-working; cf. 2 Ch 2:13; מְכֻרְבָּל…