קַב

Biblical Hebrew · Strong's H6894

ḳab — used 1 times in the Hebrew Bible. Below: its meanings with their sources, MACULA's glosses, and 1 verse word for word and in JPS 1917.

Meaning

OpenScriptures lexical index

ḳab tree →

Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906

קַב²: ḳab tree →

The whole BDB entry

n.[m.] ḳab (NH id.; Syriac ܩܰܒܳܐ; Talm קַבָּא);—a measure of capacity, BH only dry measure, רֹבַע הַקַּב 2 K 6:25 1/4 ḳab; on size of קַב = 4 לֹג = 1/6 סְאָה = 1/3 הִין = c. 2 litres v. NowArch. i. 202 f. BenzArch. 182.

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

In the verses

2 Kings 6:25 · tree →

וַיְהִ֨י רָעָ֤ב גָּדוֹל֙ בְּשֹׁ֣מְר֔וֹן וְהִנֵּ֖ה צָרִ֣ים עָלֶ֑יהָ עַ֣ד הֱי֤וֹת רֹאשׁ־חֲמוֹר֙ בִּשְׁמֹנִ֣ים כֶּ֔סֶף וְרֹ֛בַע הַקַּ֥ב דִּבְיוֹנִ֖יםבַּחֲמִשָּׁה־כָֽסֶף׃

Word for word: and it.was a.famine great in Samaria and there! [they.were].laying.siege on it until was [the].head of.a.donkey for eighty silver and the.fourth.part of the.kab doves'.dung(s) for five silver

JPS 1917: And there was a great famine in Samaria; and, behold, they besieged it, until an ass's head was sold for fourscore pieces of silver, and the fourth part of a kab of dove's dung for five pieces of silver.

On Mova

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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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