מסרק

Hebrew

Etymology

Root
ס־ר־ק (s-r-q)
4 terms

First attested in the Mishnah and derived from סָרַק (sarák, “to comb”) as an instrumental noun.

Pronunciation

(Modern Israeli Hebrew) IPA^(key): /masˈʁek/
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Noun

מַסְרֵק • (masrék) m (plural indefinite מַסְרֵקִים, singular construct מַסְרֵק־, plural construct מַסְרְקֵי־) [pattern: מַקְטֵל]

comb
- a. 217 C.E., Mishnah. Tevul Yom, section 4.6:
  הַמַּעְבֵּר וְהַמַּזְרֶה וְהַמַּגּוֹב וְכֵן מַסְרֵק שֶׁל רֹאשׁ שֶׁנִּטְּלָה אַחַת מִשִּׁנֵּיהֶן וַעֲשָׂאָן שֶׁל מַתָּכוֹת, הֲרֵי אֵלּוּ טְמֵאִין.
  If a pitch-fork, winnowing-fan, or rake, and the same applies to a hair-comb, lost one of its teeth and it was replaced by one of metal, it is susceptible to impurity.
hackle
- a. 217 C.E., Mishnah. Kelim, section 13.8:
  מַסְרֵק שֶׁל פִּשְׁתָּן שֶׁנִּטְּלוּ שִׁנָּיו וְנִשְׁתַּיֵּר בּוֹ שְׁתַּיִם, טָמֵא. וְאַחַת, טָהוֹר.
  A flax-comb: if the teeth were missing but two remained, it is still susceptible to impurity. If only one remained it is clean.

Declension

Declension of מַסְרֵק
	isolated forms		with possessive pronouns
Number:	State:	form	Person:	singular		plural
Number:	State:	form	Person:	m	f	m	f
singular	indefinite	מַסְרֵק	first	מַסְרֵקִי		מַסְרֵקֵנוּ
	definite	הַמַּסְרֵק	second	מַסְרֵקְךָ	מַסְרֵקֵךְ	מַסְרֵקְכֶם	מַסְרֵקְכֶן
	construct	מַסְרֵק־	third	מַסְרֵקוֹ	מַסְרֵקָהּ	מַסְרֵקָם	מַסְרֵקָן
plural	indefinite	מַסְרְקִים	first	מסרקיי / מַסְרְקַי		מַסְרְקֵינוּ
	definite	הַמַּסְרְקִים	second	מַסְרְקֶיךָ	מסרקייך / מַסְרְקַיִךְ	מַסְרְקֵיכֶם	מַסְרְקֵיכֶן
	construct	מַסְרְקֵי־	third	מַסְרְקָיו	מַסְרְקֶיהָ	מַסְרְקֵיהֶם	מַסְרְקֵיהֶן

References

Klein, Ernest (1987) “מַסְרֵק”, in A Comprehensive Etymological Dictionary of the Hebrew Language for Readers of English‎^[1], Jerusalem: Carta, →ISBN, page 363c
Jastrow, Marcus (1903) A Dictionary of the Targumim, the Talmud Babli and Yerushalmi, and the Midrashic Literature‎^[2], London, New York: Luzac & Co., G.P. Putnam's Sons, page 811b
“מסרק” in the Hebrew Terms Database of the Academy of Hebrew Language