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title: כֹּמֶר — idol- · The Tanakh dictionary
description: כֹּמֶר (3649), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 3 times: idol-. BDB 1906: n.m. (idol-)priest. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# כֹּמֶר

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«כֹּמֶר» in the Tanakh dictionary: **idol-** — 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:** 3649 · **BDB:** כֹּ֫מֶר

### Glosses

its.pagan (1); priests (1); the.pagan.priests (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

idol- [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1499/3649/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.m. (idol-)priest [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1499/3649/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.m. (idol-)priest (so NH כּוּמָר; Aramaic ܟܽܘܡܪܳܐ, כּוּמְרָא, is also priest of God; Nerab כמר Hal Rev. Sém. 1896, 280, 282; Nab. כמר priest CIS ii, No. 170, Teima כמרא id. CIS ii, No. 113 a, b, b, bis; so כמר Neo-Pun. EutZMG. 1875, 238, 239 BergerJAs Apr.–June, 1887, 465; perhaps TelAm. kamiru Bez BM. Tabl. xxvi; Or. Dipl. 92; WklTA 1, 15, 33 leaves untransl.);—pl. abs., in O.T. only of idol-priests; הַכְּמָרִים 2 K 23:5, כְּמָרָיו Ho 10:5, הַכּ׳ עִם־הַכֹּהֲנִים Zp 1:4. In Ho 4:4 Beck (in Wü 142) We proposes וְעַמִּי כִּכְמָרָיו (for MT וְעַמְּךָ כִּמְרִיבֵי).

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 3 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (4 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 «כֹּמֶר» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1499/3649/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Hosea 10:5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/HOS.10.5/)

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לְעֶגְלוֹת֙ בֵּ֣ית אָ֔וֶן בֵּ֣ית אָ֔וֶן יָג֖וּרוּ שְׁכַ֣ן שֹֽׁמְר֑וֹן כִּי־אָבַ֨ל עָלָ֜יו עַמּ֗וֹ וּכְמָרָיו֙ עָלָ֣יו יָגִ֔ילוּ עַל־כְּבוֹד֖וֹ כִּֽי־גָלָ֥ה מִמֶּֽנּוּ׃

*Word for word:* for the.heifers of Beth.Aven they.will.be.afraid the.inhabitant\[s\] of.Samaria (dm) it.will.mourn on it people its and its.pagan priests on it they.will.tremble on glory its (dm) it.has.gone.into.exile from it

*JPS 1917:* The inhabitants of Samaria shall be in dread for the calves of Beth-aven; for the people thereof shall mourn over it, and the priests thereof shall tremble for it, for its glory, because it is departed from it.

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[Zephaniah 1:4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/ZEP.1.4/)

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וְנָטִ֤יתִי יָדִי֙ עַל־יְהוּדָ֔ה וְעַ֖ל כָּל־יוֹשְׁבֵ֣י יְרוּשָׁלִָ֑ם וְהִכְרַתִּ֞י מִן־הַמָּק֤וֹם הַזֶּה֙ אֶת־שְׁאָ֣ר הַבַּ֔עַל אֶת־שֵׁ֥ם הַכְּמָרִ֖ים עִם־הַכֹּהֲנִֽים׃

*Word for word:* and I.will.stretch.out hand my on Judah and on all the.inhabitants of.Jerusalem and I.will.cut.off from the place (the) this (et) the.remnant of.(the) Baal (et) the.name of the.pagan.priests with the priests

*JPS 1917:* And I will stretch out My hand upon Judah, and upon all the inhabitants of Jerusalem; and I will cut off the remnant of Baal from this place, and the name of the idolatrous priests with the priests;

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