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title: פֶּקָעִים — ball- · The Tanakh dictionary
description: פֶּקָעִים (6497), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 3 times: ball-. BDB 1906: n.m. pl. ball-, knob- gourd-. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# פֶּקָעִים

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«פֶּקָעִים» in the Tanakh dictionary: **ball-** — 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:** 6497 · **BDB:** פְּקָעִים

### Glosses

gourds (2); of.gourds (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

ball- [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1508/6497/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.m. pl. ball-, knob- gourd- [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1508/6497/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.m. 1 K 7:24 pl. carved wood or metal ornaments, either ball-, knob-shaped (Löwp. 332 f.) or gourd-shaped (so most; cf. foll.; Syriac ܦܩܺܝܥܶܐ flowers \[Lexx\]);—1 K 6:18; 7:24(×2).

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Why these entries: BDB: same consonants, part of speech agrees, 2 of its verses cited, 0 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, 0 with the glosses (1 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «פֶּקָעִים» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1508/6497/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[1 Kings 6:18](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/1KI.6.18/)

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וְאֶ֤רֶז אֶל־הַבַּ֙יִת֙ פְּנִ֔ימָה מִקְלַ֣עַת פְּקָעִ֔ים וּפְטוּרֵ֖י צִצִּ֑ים הַכֹּ֣ל אֶ֔רֶז אֵ֥ין אֶ֖בֶן נִרְאָֽה׃

*Word for word:* and cedar to the house within \[was\].carving of.gourds and spread.out.\[things\] of.blossoms (the) everything \[was\].cedar there.\[was\].not stone visible

*JPS 1917:* And the cedar on the house within was carved with knops and open flowers; all was cedar; there was no stone seen.

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[1 Kings 7:24](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/1KI.7.24/)

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וּפְקָעִים֩ מִתַּ֨חַת לִשְׂפָת֤וֹ ׀ סָבִיב֙ סֹבְבִ֣ים אֹת֔וֹ עֶ֚שֶׂר בָּֽאַמָּ֔ה מַקִּפִ֥ים אֶת־הַיָּ֖ם סָבִ֑יב שְׁנֵ֤י טוּרִים֙ הַפְּקָעִ֔ים יְצֻקִ֖ים בִּיצֻקָתֽוֹ׃

*Word for word:* and gourds from under to lip its all.around \[were\].going.round it ten by the cubit \[they.were\].encircling (et) the sea all.around \[were\].two rows the gourds \[they.were\].cast in casting its

*JPS 1917:* And under the brim of it round about there were knops which did compass it, for ten cubits, compassing the sea round about; the knops were in two rows, cast when it was cast.

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