1. band, skillfully woven waistband — Masculine noun חֵשֶׁב referring to the skillfully woven waistband or sash of the priestly ephod, a technical term for the decorative belt that fastens the ephod at the waist (Exod 28:8, 27, 28; 29:5; 39:5, 20, 21; Lev 8:7). All 8 occurrences describe the same cultic garment component. The two clusters differ only in prepositional framing (b-/l- 'with/for the band of') versus the conjunction w- ('and the band of'). Translations are consistent: eng 'band/waistband', spa 'cinto', hin पट्टी/पट्टा, arb حِزَام, kor 띠, swa 'mshipi.' 8×
AR["بِ-حِزامِ","بِ-حِزَامِ","حِزامِ","حِزَامِ","لِ-حِزامِ","لِ-حِزَامِ","وَ-حِزامُ","وَ-حِزَامُ"]·ben["-বন্ধনীতে","এবং-পটি","এবং-বন্ধনী","পটি","পটির-জন্য","বন্ধনী","সেই-বন্ধনীতে","সেই-বন্ধনীর-জন্য"]·DE["Binde-von","mit-Binde-von","mit-der-Schar-von","und-Binde-von","zu-Binde-von"]·EN["and-band-of","band-of","to-band-of","with-band-of","with-the-band-of"]·FR["avec-bande-de","avec-le-band-de","bande-de","et-bande-de","à-bande-de"]·heb["ב-חשב","ו-חשב","חשב","ל-חשב"]·HI["और-पट्टा","और-पट्टी","पट्टी","पट्टी-के","पट्टे","पट्टे-के","पट्टे-से","बुनी-हुई-पट्टी-से"]·ID["Dan-ikat-pinggang","dengan-ikat-pinggang","dengan-tali","ikat-pinggang"]·IT["a-fascia-di","con-fascia-di","con-il-band-di","e-fascia-di","fascia-di"]·jav["Lan-sabuk","Lan-sabuk-nyambung","kaliyan-sabuk","kanggé-sabuk","mawi-tenun","sabuk","sabuk-nyambung"]·KO["그리고-띄가","그리고-맨","띄","맨","에-띄","에-띄에","에게-맨"]·PT["E-cinto-de","cinto-de","com-cinto-de","de-cinto-de","para-cinto-de"]·RU["И-пояс","и-пояс","над-поясом","пояса","поясе","поясом"]·ES["Y-cinto-de","cinto-de","con-cinto-de","con-cintura-de","de-cinto-de","para-cinto-de"]·SW["kwa-mshipi","mshipi","mshipi-wa","na-mshipi"]·TR["-da-işlemeli-kuşak","Ve-kuşağı","kuşağı","kuşağı-ile","kuşağına","kuşağından","kuşağının"]·urd["-کمربند-سے","اور-پٹکا","اور-پٹی","پٹکے","پٹکے-کے","پٹی","پٹی-سے","پٹی-کے"]
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BDB / Lexicon Reference
† חֵ֫שֶׁב n.m. ingenious work, name of the girdle or band of the ephod (cunningly woven band, RV), only P; always in combin., ח׳ האפ(ו)ד Ex 28:27, 28; 29:5; 39:20, 21 Lv 8:7; ח׳ אֲפֻדָּתוֹ Ex 28:8; 39:5.