H2915 H2915
plaster, coating; material used to cover or whitewash a surface
A noun appearing only in Ezekiel 13:12, where the prophet challenges false prophets who 'plaster' over Israel's problems with deceptive assurances. When the wall they whitewashed collapses, people will ask, 'Where is the coating you applied?' The term refers to the superficial covering that conceals structural weakness. Ezekiel's metaphor exposes how false prophecy is like poorly applied plaster—it looks good temporarily but provides no real strength and will fail catastrophically under pressure.
Senses
1. sense 1 — Ezekiel 13:12 uses this term in an extended metaphor of false prophets as incompetent builders who whitewash a flimsy wall. The Spanish 'plaster' and French 'coating' both capture the sense of superficial covering. When judgment comes and the wall falls, the uselessness of their deceptive reassurances will be exposed—the plaster cannot hide fundamental rot. 1×
AR["الْمِلَاطُ"]·ben["-লেপন"]·DE["[הטיח]"]·EN["the-plaster"]·FR["enduit"]·heb["ה-טיח"]·HI["पोत"]·ID["-kapur"]·IT["[הטיח]"]·jav["labur-punika"]·KO["그-회벽이"]·PT["o-reboco"]·RU["обмазка"]·ES["el-revoque"]·SW["chokaa"]·TR["sıva"]·urd["پلستر"]
Related Senses
H3808 1. simple negation (not) (4839×)G1722 1. locative: in, within (2442×)H1004b 1. house, dwelling, building (2015×)G3756 1. not (negation particle) (1635×)H4480a 1. source or separation (1198×)H5892b 1. city, town (1093×)G1519 1. direction: into, to, toward (1061×)H3427 1. Qal: to dwell, inhabit (937×)G1537 1. from, out of (source/origin) (886×)H8034 1. Name (designation / identifier) (856×)G3361 1. subjective negation (not) (834×)G1909 1. on, upon (spatial surface) (757×)H0369 1. existential negation: there is not (738×)H5869a 1. in the eyes/sight of (evaluative) (734×)H5650 1. Servant, attendant, subject (723×)H0408 1. prohibitive negation do-not (712×)G2443 1. so that, in order that (purpose/result) (665×)G0575 1. from (649×)G1223 1. through, by means of (582×)H3541 1. thus, so, in this manner (569×)
BDB / Lexicon Reference
† טִיחַ n.[m.] a coating, only אַיֵּה הַטִּיחַ אֲשֶׁר טַחְתֶּם Ez 13:12.