hebrew #2636 - חַסְפַּס chaspas (scale-like)
Strong's Exhaustive Concordance round thing Reduplicated from an unused root meaning apparently to peel; a shred or scale -- round thing. Englishman's Concordance 1) (Pual) to peel, flake off (only in the participle) 1a) scale-like, flake-like, scaled-off Part of Speech: verb A Related Word by BDB/Strong’s Number: reduplicated from an unused root meaning apparently to peel Same Word by TWOT Number: 704 Brown-Driver-Briggs [חַסְמַּס] verb only Passive participle (scaled off) scale-like (apparent reduplication from *חסף for חספסף, see Ew§ 158 c Ol§§ 214, 276 Ges§ 55, 6 Sta§ 291; Köi, 250 thinks euphon. for מְחֻסְמָּף; to be compare are Arabic  , have scab, itch (Frey; but  =ס ?); Aramaic חַסְמָּאpotsherd, חַסְמְּנִיתָאscale (of fish), scurf; Ethiopic  scabiosus fuit Di587 and Exodus 16:14) — hence מְחֻסְמָּסscaled off, scale-like as Syrver ᵑ7 Thes Rob-Ges MV SS VB; — of the manna דַּק מְחֻסְמָּ֔ס דַּק כַּכְּפֹרExodus 16:14a fine, scale-like thing, fine as the hoar-frost.Englishman's Concordance (References)Strong's Hebrew: 2636. מְחֻסְפָּס (chaspas) — 1 OccurrenceExodus 16:14 |