mishʿān (מִשְׁעָן)
- Language: Hebrew
- Romanized: mishʿān
- Original script: מִשְׁעָן
- Gloss: support, stay
A support word in the same semantic field as the staff-of-bread image. Where maṭṭēh names the staff, mishʿān names the act of leaning on it.
Concordance Aid
Reading Note
Example passages: Isaiah 3:1; staff-of-bread vocabulary; support/stay imagery.
Mishʿān belongs to the language of what holds something up. Near the staff-of-bread idiom, it helps the reader feel famine as the loss of support rather than merely the absence of calories.
Translation Range
Support, stay, prop, staff-like support.
Not To Be Confused With
Mishʿān names support itself; maṭṭēh names a staff or rod; saʿad names sustaining action.