H8476. tachash
I. תַּ֫חַשׁ noun masculine ta—aš, a kind of leather or skin, and perhaps the animal yielding it (probably the dugong, compare Arabic dolphin, Thes1500 Di-Ry[Exod 25:5] PostHast. DB BADGER; Assyrian ta—šu (DlBaer Ezech. xvi), for which DlProi. 77 ff.; HWB 705 conjecture meaning sheep(skin); BondiEgyptiaca 1 ff. compare Egyptian ¾µ´, leather; see summary of views M'Lean-ShiplyEncy. Bib. BADGERS' SKINS); — absolute ׳ת [Num 4:6] +, תָּחַשׁ [4:8] +; plural תְּחָשִׁים [Exod 25:5] +; — leather used for (woman's) sandals [Ezek 16:10]; elsewhere for cover of tabernacle [Num 4:25], ת ׳עוֺר [4:6]; [4:8]; [4:10]; [4:11]; [4:12]; [4:14], (הַ)תְּחָשִׁים עֹרֹת [Exod 25:5]; [26:14]; [35:7], [23]; [36:19]; [39:34] (all P).