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title: כּוֹבַע — helmet · The Tanakh dictionary
description: כּוֹבַע (3553), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 6 times: helmet. BDB 1906: n.m. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# כּוֹבַע

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«כּוֹבַע» in the Tanakh dictionary: **helmet** — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 2 verses in layers.

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**Used:** 6 times · **Key:** 3553 · **BDB:** כּוֹבַע

### Glosses

a.helmet (2); helmet (2); helmets (2)

### Meaning (OSHB)

helmet [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1499/3553/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.m. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1499/3553/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.m. helmet (√ dub.; NH כּוֹבַע, Aramaic כּוֹבְעָא turban; cf. קוֹבַע Ez 23:24)—abs. כ׳ Ez 27:10; כּוֹבָ֑ע 38:5; cstr. כּ֫וֹבַע (Ew§ 213 f.) 1 S 17:5 Is 59:17; pl. כּוֹבָעִים Je 46:4 2 Ch 26:14;—helmet, of bronze כ׳ נְחשֶׁת עַל־רֹאשׁוֹ 1 S 17:5; Je 46:4 Ez 27:10; 38:5 2 Ch 26:14; fig. of י׳, וַיִּלְבַּשׁ צְדָקָה כַּשִּׁרְיָן וְכ׳ יְשׁוּעָה בְּרֹאשׁוֹ Is 59:17.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 6 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (1 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (1 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «כּוֹבַע» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1499/3553/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Ezekiel 38:5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/EZK.38.5/)

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פָּרַ֛ס כּ֥וּשׁ וּפ֖וּט אִתָּ֑ם כֻּלָּ֖ם מָגֵ֥ן וְכוֹבָֽע׃

*Word for word:* Persia Cush and Put \[will be\].with.them of.them all shield and helmet

*JPS 1917:* Persia, Cush, and Put with them, all of them with shield and helmet;

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[Jeremiah 46:4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JER.46.4/)

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אִסְר֣וּ הַסּוּסִ֗ים וַֽעֲלוּ֙ הַפָּ֣רָשִׁ֔ים וְהִֽתְיַצְּב֖וּ בְּכ֥וֹבָעִ֑ים מִרְקוּ֙ הָֽרְמָחִ֔ים לִבְשׁ֖וּ הַסִּרְיֹנֹֽת׃

*Word for word:* harness the horses and mount the warhorses and take.your.stand with helmets polish the spears put.on the armor

*JPS 1917:* Harness the horses, and mount, ye horsemen, and stand forth with your helmets; furbish the spears, put on the coats of mail.

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