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title: זִיקָה — missile · The Tanakh dictionary
description: זִיקָה (2131), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 2 times: missile. BDB 1906: missile, spark. With 1 verse in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# זִיקָה

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«זִיקָה» in the Tanakh dictionary: **missile** — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 1 verse in layers.

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**Used:** 2 times · **Key:** 2131 · **BDB:** זֵק

### Glosses

(of).firebrands (1); firebrands (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

missile [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1494/2131/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

missile, spark [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1494/2131/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.\[m.\] missile, spark (√ dub.; cf. NH זִיקִין fiery arrows, Aramaic זִיקָא id., זִיקוּקָא id. + spark, ܙܺܝܩܳܐ shooting star, ray of light, ܙܺܝܩܬܳܐ shooting star)—only pl. זִקִּים of (fire-?) missiles Pr 26:18 (‖ חִצִּים, c. ירה); so זִיקוֹת sparks, brands (as leaping, springing forth?) מְאַזְּרֵי ז׳ (v. אזר) Is 50:11 (‖ קֹדְחֵי אֵשׁ), ז׳ בִּעַרְתֶּם v 11 (‖ אוּר אֶשְׁכֶם).

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

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «זִיקָה» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1494/2131/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Isaiah 50:11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/ISA.50.11/)

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הֵ֧ן כֻּלְּכֶ֛ם קֹ֥דְחֵי אֵ֖שׁ מְאַזְּרֵ֣י זִיק֑וֹת לְכ֣וּ ׀ בְּא֣וּר אֶשְׁכֶ֗ם וּבְזִיקוֹת֙ בִּֽעַרְתֶּ֔ם מִיָּדִי֙ הָיְתָה־זֹּ֣את לָכֶ֔ם לְמַעֲצֵבָ֖ה תִּשְׁכָּבֽוּן׃פ

*Word for word:* here! all.of.you O \[who\].kindle (of).a.fire \[who\].gird.on (of).firebrands walk by the.flame your.fire your and with.\[the\] firebrands \[which\].you.have.kindled from hand my it.will.belong this to you to pain you will.lie.down

*JPS 1917:* Behold, all ye that kindle a fire, that gird yourselves with firebrands, begone in the flame of your fire, and among the brands that ye have kindled. This shall ye have of My hand; ye shall lie down in sorrow.

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