תַּחַשׁ

I. תַּ֫חַשׁ noun masculine ta—aš, a kind of leather or skin, and perhaps the animal yielding it (probably the dugong, compare Arabic dolphin, Thes¹⁵⁰⁰ Di-Ry^{2 Mos 25,5} Post^{Hast. DB BADGER}; Assyrian ta—šu (Dl^{Baer Ezech. xvi}), for which Dl^{Proi. 77 ff.; HWB 705} conjecture meaning sheep(skin); Bondi^{Egyptiaca 1 ff.} compare Egyptian ¾µ´, leather; see summary of views M'Lean-Shiply^{Ency. Bib. BADGERS' SKINS}); — absolute ׳ת 4 Mos 4,6 +, תָּחַשׁ v4 Mos 4,8 +; plural תְּחָשִׁים 2 Mos 25,5 +; — leather used for (woman's) sandals Ezk 16,10 elsewhere for cover of tabernacle 4 Mos 4,25, ׳עוֺר ת v4 Mos 4,6 v4 Mos 4,8 v4 Mos 4,10 v4 Mos 4,11 v4 Mos 4,12 v4 Mos 4,14, עֹרֹת (הַ)תְּחָשִׁים 2 Mos 25,5; 2 Mos 26,14; 2 Mos 35,7; 2 Mos 35,23; 2 Mos 36,19; 2 Mos 39,34 (all P).