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קֹמֶץ

Biblical Hebrew · Strong's H7062

closed hand — used 4 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

closed hand tree →

Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906

קֹ֫מֶץ: closed hand, fist tree →

The whole BDB entry

n.[m.] closed hand, fist;—sf. מְלֹא קֻמְצוֹ his fist-full Lv 2:2; 5:12; take up בְּק׳ 6:8 in his fist (all P); pl. לִקְמָצִים Gn 41:47 the earth yielded by handfuls (i.e. abundantly; E, according to most; P, Ball Holz, who questions text).

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

In the verses

Genesis 41:47 · tree →

וַתַּ֣עַשׂ הָאָ֔רֶץ בְּשֶׁ֖בַע שְׁנֵ֣י הַשָּׂבָ֑ע לִקְמָצִֽים׃

Word for word: and it.produced the land in seven the.years of.(the) plenty to handfuls

JPS 1917: And in the seven years of plenty the earth brought forth in heaps.

Leviticus 5:12 · tree →

וֶהֱבִיאָהּ֮ אֶל־הַכֹּהֵן֒ וְקָמַ֣ץ הַכֹּהֵ֣ן ׀ מִ֠מֶּנָּה מְל֨וֹא קֻמְצ֜וֹ אֶת־אַזְכָּרָתָה֙ וְהִקְטִ֣יר הַמִּזְבֵּ֔חָה עַ֖ל אִשֵּׁ֣י יְהוָ֑ה חַטָּ֖את הִֽוא׃

Word for word: and he will.bring.it to the priest and he.will.take.a.handful the priest from it the.fullness his.handful his (et) offering its.memorial and he.will.make.[it].smoke to the altar on the.fire.offerings of.Yahweh [is].a.sin.offering it

JPS 1917: And he shall bring it to the priest, and the priest shall take his handful of it as the memorial-part thereof, and make it smoke on the altar, upon the offerings of the LORD made by fire; it is a sin-offering.

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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