מַסְוֶה

masve · veil

Hebrew word · Strong’s number H4533 · appears 3 times in the Bible

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What it means

masve (מַסְוֶה) is a Hebrew word of the Bible that means “veil”.

The veil with which Moses covered his face. It occurs only in Exodus 34:33-35.

How to say it

mas·ve

Approximate pronunciation. Vowels sound as in Spanish (a as in father, e as in bed, i as in machine, o as in note, u as in rule); the syllable in bold is stressed. The voice is your device's.

Its senses in the Bible

  1. The cloth Moses covered his face with.

From Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906)

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Where it appears

  • Exodus 34:33

    And when Moses finished speaking with them, he put on his face a veil.

  • Exodus 34:34

    And whenever Moses went in before YHWH to speak with him, he would take off the veil until he came out; and he would come out and speak to the sons of Israel what he had been commanded.

  • Exodus 34:35

    And the sons of Israel would see the face of Moses, that the skin of Moses’ face shone; and Moses would put back the veil on his face until he went in to speak with him.