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--- mesek [2025/02/04 09:59] – ken
+++ mesek [2025/02/04 15:54] (current) – ken
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 'mesek' is traditionally interpreted rather inconsistently.
-Other word built on this root include 'meseken' meaning "house" and 'mesekeb' meaning "bed", so there seems to be a certain domesticity implied in 'mesek'.
-In 36 instances;
+In only 36 instances, there are no less than 17 different interpretations, including;
 pull up, draw away, draw (pull back) a bow-string, pick out, deploy, extend, sow, follow, continue, prolong, postpone, defer, have patience, gratify, tall, the sound of a trumpet,
+Other word built on this root include 'meseken' meaning "house" and 'mesekeb' meaning "bed", so there seems to be a certain domesticity implied in 'mesek'.
+FIXME With this in mind, consider again the meaning of "extend" and how that might apply to the homes of a nomadic culture.