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כֹּמֶר

Biblical Hebrew · Strong's H3649

idol- — used 3 times in the Hebrew Bible. Below: its meanings with their sources, MACULA's glosses, and 2 verses word for word and in JPS 1917.

Meaning

OpenScriptures lexical index

idol- tree →

Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906

כֹּ֫מֶר: n.m. (idol-)priest tree →

The whole BDB entry

n.m. (idol-)priest (so NH כּוּמָר; Aramaic ܟܽܘܡܪܳܐ, כּוּמְרָא, is also priest of God; Nerab כמר Hal Rev. Sém. 1896, 280, 282; Nab. כמר priest CIS ii, No. 170, Teima כמרא id. CIS ii, No. 113 a, b, b, bis; so כמר Neo-Pun. EutZMG. 1875, 238, 239 BergerJAs Apr.–June, 1887, 465; perhaps TelAm. kamiru Bez BM. Tabl. xxvi; Or. Dipl. 92; WklTA 1, 15, 33 leaves untransl.);—pl. abs., in O.T. only of idol-priests; הַכְּמָרִים 2 K 23:5, כְּמָרָיו Ho 10:5, הַכּ׳ עִם־הַכֹּהֲנִים Zp 1:4. In Ho 4:4 Beck (in Wü 142) We proposes וְעַמִּי כִּכְמָרָיו (for MT וְעַמְּךָ כִּמְרִיבֵי).

Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 3 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (4 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (2 candidates)

Glosses

MACULA's English glosses of the word in the text, with how often each is used: its pagan (1); priests (1); the pagan priests (1).

In the verses

Hosea 10:5 · tree →

לְעֶגְלוֹת֙ בֵּ֣ית אָ֔וֶן בֵּ֣ית אָ֔וֶן יָג֖וּרוּ שְׁכַ֣ן שֹֽׁמְר֑וֹן כִּי־אָבַ֨ל עָלָ֜יו עַמּ֗וֹ וּכְמָרָיו֙ עָלָ֣יו יָגִ֔ילוּ עַל־כְּבוֹד֖וֹ כִּֽי־גָלָ֥ה מִמֶּֽנּוּ׃

Word for word: for the.heifers of Beth.Aven they.will.be.afraid the.inhabitant[s] of.Samaria (dm) it.will.mourn on it people its and its.pagan priests on it they.will.tremble on glory its (dm) it.has.gone.into.exile from it

JPS 1917: The inhabitants of Samaria shall be in dread for the calves of Beth-aven; for the people thereof shall mourn over it, and the priests thereof shall tremble for it, for its glory, because it is departed from it.

Zephaniah 1:4 · tree →

וְנָטִ֤יתִי יָדִי֙ עַל־יְהוּדָ֔ה וְעַ֖ל כָּל־יוֹשְׁבֵ֣י יְרוּשָׁלִָ֑ם וְהִכְרַתִּ֞י מִן־הַמָּק֤וֹם הַזֶּה֙ אֶת־שְׁאָ֣ר הַבַּ֔עַל אֶת־שֵׁ֥ם הַכְּמָרִ֖ים עִם־הַכֹּהֲנִֽים׃

Word for word: and I.will.stretch.out hand my on Judah and on all the.inhabitants of.Jerusalem and I.will.cut.off from the place (the) this (et) the.remnant of.(the) Baal (et) the.name of the.pagan.priests with the priests

JPS 1917: And I will stretch out My hand upon Judah, and upon all the inhabitants of Jerusalem; and I will cut off the remnant of Baal from this place, and the name of the idolatrous priests with the priests;

On Mova

Sources. The words, their counts, glosses and the word-for-word renderings: MACULA Hebrew (the Westminster Leningrad Codex; Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0). Meanings: the OpenScriptures lexical index (CC BY 4.0), Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906 and Jastrow 1903 (public domain, via Sefaria); Targum Onkelos from Sefaria (public domain). Translation: JPS 1917 (public domain, from eBible.org).

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