Strong’s H4545 · Hebrew
מַסֶּכֶת
maççeketh
mas-seh'-keth
Definition
something expanded, i.e. the warp in aloom (as stretched out to receive the woof)
Etymology
from H5259 (נָסַךְ) in the sense of spreading out;
Where the KJV renders it
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