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title: כֶּסֶת — band · The Tanakh dictionary
description: כֶּסֶת (3704), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 2 times: band. BDB 1906: n.f. band, fillet. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# כֶּסֶת

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«כֶּסֶת» in the Tanakh dictionary: **band** — 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:** 2 times · **Key:** 3704 · **BDB:** כֶּ֫סֶת

### Glosses

bands (2)

### Meaning (OSHB)

band [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1499/3704/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.f. band, fillet [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1499/3704/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.f. band, fillet (= charm or amulet according to Ephr. Syriac, φυλακτήρια according to ὁ Ἑβραῖος of Hexapl., cf. RSJPh. xiii, 286; in NH כסת usually = cushion, bolster, pillow), only pl. מְתַפְּרוֹת כְּסָתוֹת עַל־ Ez 13:18 women sewing bands upon elbows; c. sf. 2 fpl. כִּסְתוֹתֵיכֶ֫נָה v 20.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 2 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (3 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 «כֶּסֶת» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1499/3704/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Ezekiel 13:18](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/EZK.13.18/)

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וְאָמַרְתָּ֞ כֹּה־אָמַ֣ר ׀ אֲדֹנָ֣י יְהוִ֗ה הוֹי֩ לִֽמְתַפְּר֨וֹת כְּסָת֜וֹת עַ֣ל ׀ כָּל־אַצִּילֵ֣י יָדַ֗י וְעֹשׂ֧וֹת הַמִּסְפָּח֛וֹת עַל־רֹ֥אשׁ כָּל־קוֹמָ֖ה לְצוֹדֵ֣ד נְפָשׁ֑וֹת הַנְּפָשׁוֹת֙ תְּצוֹדֵ֣דְנָה לְעַמִּ֔י וּנְפָשׁ֖וֹת לָכֶ֥נָה תְחַיֶּֽינָה׃

*Word for word:* and you.will.say thus he.says Lord \[the\] Yahweh woe! to \[women.who\].sew bands on all the.joints my.hands my and \[women.who\].make the.long veils on \[the\].head of.every stature to hunt persons ? persons will.you.hunt of people my and persons of yourself will.you.preserve.alive?

*JPS 1917:* and say: Thus saith the Lord GOD: Woe to the women that sew cushions upon all elbows, and make pads for the head of persons of every stature to hunt souls! Will ye hunt the souls of My people, and save souls alive for yourselves?

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[Ezekiel 13:20](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/EZK.13.20/)

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לָכֵ֞ן כֹּה־אָמַ֣ר ׀ אֲדֹנָ֣י יְהוִ֗ה הִנְנִ֤י אֶל־כִּסְּתוֹתֵיכֶ֙נָה֙ אֲשֶׁ֣ר אַ֠תֵּנָה מְצֹדְד֨וֹת שָׁ֤ם אֶת־הַנְּפָשׁוֹת֙ לְפֹ֣רְח֔וֹת וְקָרַעְתִּ֣י אֹתָ֔ם מֵעַ֖ל זְרוֹעֹֽתֵיכֶ֑ם וְשִׁלַּחְתִּי֙ אֶת־הַנְּפָשׁ֔וֹת אֲשֶׁ֥ר אַתֶּ֛ם מְצֹדְד֥וֹת אֶת־נְפָשִׁ֖ים לְפֹרְחֹֽת׃

*Word for word:* therefore thus he.says Lord \[the\] Yahweh here I \[am\].against bands your which you \[are\].hunting there (et) the persons for birds and I.will.tear.away them from on arms your and I.will.set.free (et) the persons whom you \[are\].hunting (et) persons for birds

*JPS 1917:* Wherefore thus saith the Lord GOD: Behold, I am against your cushions, wherewith ye hunt the souls as birds, and I will tear them from your arms; and I will let the souls go, even the souls that ye hunt as birds.

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