קְוֻצּוֹת

Biblical Hebrew · Strong's H6977

locks — used 2 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

locks tree →

Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906

קְוֻצּוֹת: n.f.pl. locks tree →

The whole BDB entry

n.f.pl. locks of hair (√ obscure; NH id.; Syriac ܩܽܘܨܬܳܐ, ܩܰܘܨܳܬܳܐ PS3556; Arabic قُصَّةٌ hair over forehead);—sf. קְוֻצּוֹתַי Ct 5:2, -תָיו v 11.

Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 2 of its verses cited, 1 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, 1 with the glosses (2 candidates)

Glosses

MACULA's English glosses of the word in the text, with how often each is used: locks (2).

In the verses

Song of Songs 5:11 · tree →

רֹאשׁ֖וֹ כֶּ֣תֶם פָּ֑ז קְוּצּוֹתָיו֙תַּלְתַּלִּ֔ים שְׁחֹר֖וֹת כָּעוֹרֵֽב׃

Word for word: head his [is].gold of.pure.gold locks his [are].curls black like (the) raven

JPS 1917: His head is as the most fine gold, his locks are curled, and black as a raven.

Song of Songs 5:2 · tree →

אֲנִ֥י יְשֵׁנָ֖ה וְלִבִּ֣י עֵ֑ר ק֣וֹל ׀ דּוֹדִ֣י דוֹפֵ֗ק פִּתְחִי־לִ֞י אֲחֹתִ֤י רַעְיָתִי֙ יוֹנָתִ֣י תַמָּתִ֔י שֶׁרֹּאשִׁי֙ נִמְלָא־טָ֔ל קְוֻּצּוֹתַ֖ירְסִ֥יסֵי לָֽיְלָה׃

Word for word: I [was].sleeping and heart my [was].awake the.sound my.lover my [is].knocking open to me my.sister my friend my dove my my.perfect [one] that head my [is].filled dew locks my dewdrops of.night

JPS 1917: I sleep, but my heart waketh; Hark! my beloved knocketh: 'Open to me, my sister, my love, my dove, my undefiled; for my head is filled with dew, my locks with the drops of the night.'

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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