פַּסִּים

passim

pah-SEEM

flat pieces, strips — the coat of many colours

Where it comes from

Nobody is certain what passim means. The King James reads many colours; others read a long tunic reaching to the palms and the soles. What is not in doubt is that the coat marked Joseph out, and that his brothers read the message correctly.

Every place it appears

Strong's H6446. It stands in 5 verses of the Hebrew Old Testament. See them →

Genesis 37:3

Now Israel loved Joseph more than all his children, because he was the son of his old age: and he made him a coat of many colours.

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