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title: כְּסִיל — Orion · The Tanakh dictionary
description: כְּסִיל (3685), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 4 times: Orion. BDB 1906: n.m. Orion. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# כְּסִיל

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«כְּסִיל» in the Tanakh dictionary: **Orion** — 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:** 4 times · **Key:** 3685 · **BDB:** כְּסִיל²

### Glosses

Orion (2); constellations (1); of.Orion (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

Orion [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1499/3685/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.m. Orion [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1499/3685/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.m. Orion (relation to above √ obscure);—Am 5:8 Jb 9:9; also משְׁכוֹת כ׳ תְּפַתֵּחַ 38:31 the cords of Orion wilt (canst) thou let out? (appar. some mythological allusion, v. Di Che, to giant bound in skies; cf. Hom Ὠρίωνα δοκεύει, and σθένος Ὠρίωνος); both times associated with the Pleiades; sf. כְּסִילֵיהֶם their Orions Is 13:10, Orion and other constellations of the same brilliancy.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 4 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (6 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (6 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «כְּסִיל» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1499/3685/), 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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