Definition

properly, a headpiece, i.e. (plural for adverbial) at (or as) the head-rest (or pillow)

Etymology

formed like H4761 (מַרְאָשָׁה);

Where the KJV renders it

• bolster
• head
• pillow. Compare H4772 (מַרְגְלָה)

Every distinct English word the King James Version uses to translate this Hebrew term. The variety shows what readers in English receive across many different surface words — the same underlying word, scattered across the English Bible under different names.

What the first audience heard

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