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שִׁלְשְׁלָה‏ n.f. chain

chain JLAtg, JPAEpig, Gal, PTA, Sam, JBA, LJLA. TgJ Jer52:11 . TN Ex39:15 : ועבדו על חושנה שלשלת‏ Then they made joined chains on the breastplate †.

In JLAtg only as variant of שישלה.

Page refs. in other dictionaries: DJPA: 555b; DJBA: 1136a; Jastrow: 1590; Levy Ch-W: 2:490; Tal Sam: 905; DNWSI: 1155;

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Derivatives:

šlšl vb. to let down; chain together