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title: כִּימָה — Pleiades · The Tanakh dictionary
description: כִּימָה (3598), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 3 times: Pleiades. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# כִּימָה

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«כִּימָה» in the Tanakh dictionary: **Pleiades** — 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:** 3 times · **Key:** 3598 · **BDB:** כִּימָה²

### Glosses

(of).Pleiades (1); Pleiades (1); of.Pleiades (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

Pleiades [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1499/3598/#m1)

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**The whole BDB entry:** v. sub כום.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech not compared, 0 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number, only a cross-reference (4 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech differs, 0 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (2 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «כִּימָה» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1499/3598/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Job 9:9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.9.9/)

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עֹֽשֶׂה־עָ֭שׁ כְּסִ֥יל וְכִימָ֗ה וְחַדְרֵ֥י תֵמָֽן׃

*Word for word:* \[one.who\].makes \[the\].Bear Orion and Pleiades and.\[the\] chambers of.\[the\].south

*JPS 1917:* Who maketh the Bear, Orion, and the Pleiades, and the chambers of the south.

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[Job 38:31](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.38.31/)

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הַֽ֭תְקַשֵּׁר מַעֲדַנּ֣וֹת כִּימָ֑ה אֽוֹ־מֹשְׁכ֖וֹת כְּסִ֣יל תְּפַתֵּֽחַ׃

*Word for word:* will you.bind.on? the.bonds of.Pleiades or? the.cords of.Orion will.you.loosen

*JPS 1917:* Canst thou bind the chains of the Pleiades, or loose the bands of Orion?

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