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title: כֹּתֶרֶת — capital · The Tanakh dictionary
description: כֹּתֶרֶת (3805), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 24 times: capital. BDB 1906: n.f. capital. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# כֹּתֶרֶת

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«כֹּתֶרֶת» in the Tanakh dictionary: **capital** — 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:** 24 times · **Key:** 3805 · **BDB:** כֹּתֶ֫רֶת

### Glosses

capital (7); capitals (6); the.capitals (5)

### Meaning (OSHB)

capital [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1499/3805/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.f. capital [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1499/3805/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.f. capital of pillar (as surrounding, crowning its top?);—abs. כֹּתֶרֶת 1 K 7:16(×2) + 10 times; הַכּוֹתֶרֶת Je 52:22c.; pl. abs. כֹּתָרֹת 1 K 7:16 + 7 times, כֹּתָרוֹת 2 Ch 4:12(×2), 13;—capitals of pillars יָכִין and בֹּעַז 1 K 7:16(×3) + 12 times 1 K 7 = 2 Ch 4:12(×2), 13; 2 K 25:17(×3) = Je 52:22(×3).

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 5 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (1 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 «כֹּתֶרֶת» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1499/3805/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[1 Kings 7:19](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/1KI.7.19/)

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וְכֹֽתָרֹ֗ת אֲשֶׁר֙ עַל־רֹ֣אשׁ הָעַמּוּדִ֔ים מַעֲשֵׂ֖ה שׁוּשַׁ֣ן בָּֽאוּלָ֑ם אַרְבַּ֖ע אַמּֽוֹת׃

*Word for word:* and.\[the\] capitals which \[were\].on the.top of the.pillars \[were\].a.work of.lili\[es\] in the porch four cubits

*JPS 1917:* And the capitals that were upon the top of the pillars in the porch were of lily-work, four cubits.

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[1 Kings 7:16](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/1KI.7.16/)

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וּשְׁתֵּ֨י כֹתָרֹ֜ת עָשָׂ֗ה לָתֵ֛ת עַל־רָאשֵׁ֥י הָֽעַמּוּדִ֖ים מֻצַ֣ק נְחֹ֑שֶׁת חָמֵ֣שׁ אַמּ֗וֹת קוֹמַת֙ הַכֹּתֶ֣רֶת הָאֶחָ֔ת וְחָמֵ֣שׁ אַמּ֔וֹת קוֹמַ֖ת הַכֹּתֶ֥רֶת הַשֵּׁנִֽית׃

*Word for word:* and two capitals he.made to put on the.tops of the.pillars casting of.bronze \[was\].five cubits the.height of the.capital (the) one and.\[was\] five cubits the.height of the.capital (the) second

*JPS 1917:* And he made two capitals of molten brass, to set upon the tops of the pillars; the height of the one capital was five cubits, and the height of the other capital was five cubits.

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