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title: כִּידוֹד — spark · The Tanakh dictionary
description: כִּידוֹד (3590), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 1 times: spark. BDB 1906: n.m. spark. With 1 verse in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# כִּידוֹד

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«כִּידוֹד» in the Tanakh dictionary: **spark** — 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:** 1 times · **Key:** 3590 · **BDB:** כִּידוֹד

### Glosses

sparks (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

spark [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1499/3590/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.m. spark [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1499/3590/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.m. spark (from above √, = strike out a spark, according to Thes RobGes, cf. Sta§ 216 (doubtfully), LagBN 182 Köii. 147, § 71. 1; NH כִּדּוֹד = rod (of iron, etc.); כִּדּוֹדִיּוֹת שֶׁל אֵשׁ i.e. red-hot rods; but BaNB § 142, 139 der. this and כַּדְכֹּד from √ כיד = Arabic كيد, كَادَ emit fire (said of a fire-stick, زَنْدٌ, Lane2639 b, cf. 1257 b), and so Buhl)—only pl. cstr. כִּידוֹדֵי אֵשׁ Jb 41:11 of breath of crocodile (‖ לַפִּידִים).

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (3 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (1 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «כִּידוֹד» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1499/3590/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Job 41:11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.41.11/)

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מִ֭פִּיו לַפִּידִ֣ים יַהֲלֹ֑כוּ כִּיד֥וֹדֵי אֵ֝֗שׁ יִתְמַלָּֽטוּ׃

*Word for word:* from mouth its torches they.go sparks of.fire they.escape

*JPS 1917:* Out of his mouth go burning torches, and sparks of fire leap forth.

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