שֵׁשַׁךְ
she.shakh
Hebrew H8347 Place name 2
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שֵׁשַׁךְ Babylon
Sheshach = "thy fine linen"
another name for Babylon apparently taken from the goddess 'Shach'
Another name of ba.vel (בָּבֶ֫ל, בָּבֶל "Babylon" H0894)
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Concordance 2 verses
- Jeremiah 25:26 שֵׁשַׁ֖ךְ
all the kings of the north, both near and far, one after another—all the kingdoms on the face of the earth. And after all of them, the king of Sheshach will drink it too.
- Jeremiah 51:41 שֵׁשַׁ֔ךְ
How Sheshach has been captured! The praise of all the earth has been seized. What a horror Babylon has become among the nations!
