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קָרָה

Biblical Hebrew

lay the beams of — used 5 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

lay the beams of tree →

Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906

קָרָה³: vb.denom. lay the beams of, furnish with beams tree →

The whole BDB entry

vb.denom. lay the beams of, furnish with beams;—c. acc. of the building: Pf. 3 pl. sf. קֵרוּהוּ Ne 3:3, 6; Inf. cstr. לְקָרוֹת Ne 2:8; 2 Ch 34:11; Pt. הַֽמְקָרֶה ψ 104:3 (fig.).

Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 5 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses (8 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 2 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (6 candidates)

Glosses

MACULA's English glosses of the word in the text, with how often each is used: make beams for (2); they (2); who] makes beams for (1).

In the verses

Psalms 104:3 · tree →

הַ֥מְקָרֶֽה בַמַּ֗יִם עֲ‍ֽלִיּ֫וֹתָ֥יו הַשָּׂם־עָבִ֥ים רְכוּב֑וֹ הַֽ֝מְהַלֵּ֗ךְ עַל־כַּנְפֵי־רֽוּחַ׃

Word for word: the.[one who].makes.beams.for on the waters rooms his.upper the.[one who].makes clouds chariot his the.[one who].walks on [the].wings of.[the].wind

JPS 1917: Who layest the beams of Thine upper chambers in the waters, who makest the clouds Thy chariot, who walkest upon the wings of the wind;

Nehemiah 3:3 · tree →

וְאֵת֙ שַׁ֣עַר הַדָּגִ֔ים בָּנ֖וּ בְּנֵ֣י הַסְּנָאָ֑ה הֵ֣מָּה קֵר֔וּהוּ וַֽיַּעֲמִ֙ידוּ֙ דַּלְתֹתָ֔יו מַנְעוּלָ֖יו וּבְרִיחָֽיו׃ס

Word for word: and (et) the.gate of the.fish(es) they.rebuilt the.sons of.(the) Senaah they they made.beams.for.it and they.set.up doors its bolts its and bars its

JPS 1917: And the fish gate did the sons of Hassenaah build; they laid the beams thereof, and set up the doors thereof, the bolts thereof, and the bars thereof.

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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