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title: כְּמוֹשׁ — Chemosh · The Tanakh dictionary
description: כְּמוֹשׁ (3645), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 8 times: Chemosh. BDB 1906: n.pr.div. Chemosh. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# כְּמוֹשׁ

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«כְּמוֹשׁ» in the Tanakh dictionary: **Chemosh** — 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:** 8 times · **Key:** 3645 · **BDB:** כְּמוֹשׁ

### Glosses

Chemosh (6); of.Chemosh (2)

### Meaning (OSHB)

Chemosh [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1499/3645/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.pr.div. Chemosh [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1499/3645/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.pr.div. Chemosh (כמש MI3, 5, 9, 12, 13, 14, 18, 19, 32, 33 also עשתר כמש l 17 and n.pr.m. כמשמלך l 1; Assyrian Kammusunadbi, a king of Moab Schr.COT i, 281; = KAT2, 288; cf. further BaeRel. 13 f. 238, 256 NöZMG 1888, 471; 𝔊 Χαμώς);—god of the Moabites to whom Solomon erected a high place 1 K 11:7, 33; 2 K 23:13; Je 48:7 (Kt כמישׁ), v 13. Moab is עַם־כ׳ Nu 21:29 (ode) people of Chemosh, and Moabites his sons and daughters, cf. Je 48:46. He is said to be also the God of the Ammonites Ju 11:25 (probably an error BaeRel. 15 GFM).

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 7 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, 1 with the glosses (1 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «כְּמוֹשׁ» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1499/3645/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Jeremiah 48:13](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JER.48.13/)

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וּבֹ֥שׁ מוֹאָ֖ב מִכְּמ֑וֹשׁ כַּאֲשֶׁר־בֹּ֙שׁוּ֙ בֵּ֣ית יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל מִבֵּ֥ית אֵ֖ל בֵּ֥ית אֵ֖ל מִבְטֶחָֽם׃

*Word for word:* and it.will.be.ashamed Moab from Chemosh just as they.were.ashamed the.house of.Israel from Bethel Bethel of.confidence their.object

*JPS 1917:* And Moab shall be ashamed of Chemosh, as the house of Israel was ashamed of Beth-el their confidence.

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[Jeremiah 48:46](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JER.48.46/)

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אוֹי־לְךָ֣ מוֹאָ֔ב אָבַ֖ד עַם־כְּמ֑וֹשׁ כִּֽי־לֻקְּח֤וּ בָנֶ֙יךָ֙ בַּשֶּׁ֔בִי וּבְנֹתֶ֖יךָ בַּשִּׁבְיָֽה׃

*Word for word:* woe! to you O.Moab it.will.perish the.people of.Chemosh (dm) they.will.be.taken sons your in (the) captivity and daughters your in (the) captivity

*JPS 1917:* Woe unto thee, O Moab! The people of Chemosh is undone; for thy sons are taken away captive, and thy daughters into captivity.

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