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title: כִּידוֹן — dart · The Tanakh dictionary
description: כִּידוֹן (3591), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 9 times: dart. BDB 1906: dart, javelin. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# כִּידוֹן

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«כִּידוֹן» in the Tanakh dictionary: **dart** — 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:** 9 times · **Key:** 3591 · **BDB:** כִּידוֹן

### Glosses

javelin (6); a.javelin (2); of.a.javelin (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

dart [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1499/3591/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

dart, javelin [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1499/3591/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.\[m.\] dart, javelin (NH id.)—abs. כ׳ Jos 8:18 + 6 times; כִּידֹן Je 50:42; cstr. כִּידוֹן 1 S 17:6;—dart, javelin (distinct from חֲנִית spear, lance, q.v.), נטה בַּכּ׳ אשׁר ביד(ך) Jos 8:18(×2), cf. v 26; רַעַשׁ כ׳ Jb 41:21 the rushing sound of a dart; בְּחֶרֶב וּבַחֲנִית וּבְכ׳ 1 S 17:45 (weapons of Goliath), כ׳ נְחשֶׁת בֵּין כְּתֵפָיו v 6 (חֲנִית in v 7); + חֲנִית Jb 39:23 also; קֶשֶׁת וְכ׳ Je 6:23; 50:42.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 8 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (2 candidates); OSHB: 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 «כִּידוֹן» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1499/3591/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Job 39:23](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.39.23/)

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עָ֭לָיו תִּרְנֶ֣ה אַשְׁפָּ֑ה לַ֖הַב חֲנִ֣ית וְכִידֽוֹן׃

*Word for word:* on it it.rattles a.quiver \[the\].blade of.a.spear and a.javelin

*JPS 1917:* The quiver rattleth upon him, the glittering spear and the javelin.

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[Job 41:21](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.41.21/)

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כְּ֭קַשׁ נֶחְשְׁב֣וּ תוֹתָ֑ח וְ֝יִשְׂחַ֗ק לְרַ֣עַשׁ כִּידֽוֹן׃

*Word for word:* like chaff they.are.regarded a.club and it.laughs to.\[the\] shaking of.a.javelin

*JPS 1917:* Clubs are accounted as stubble; he laugheth at the rattling of the javelin.

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