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title: קֵא — what is vomited up · The Tanakh dictionary
description: קֵא (6892), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 1 times: what is vomited up. BDB 1906: what is vomited up, vomit. With 1 verse in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# קֵא

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«קֵא» in the Tanakh dictionary: **what is vomited up** — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 1 verse in layers.

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**Used:** 1 times · **Key:** 6892 · **BDB:** קֵא²

### Glosses

vomit (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

what is vomited up [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1511/6892/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

what is vomited up, vomit [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1511/6892/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.\[m.\] what is vomited up, vomit (v. BaNB 79);—sf. קֵאוֹ Pr 26:11 (of dog).

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (5 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 2 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (3 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «קֵא» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1511/6892/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Proverbs 26:11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PRO.26.11/)

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כְּ֭כֶלֶב שָׁ֣ב עַל־קֵא֑וֹ כְּ֝סִ֗יל שׁוֹנֶ֥ה בְאִוַּלְתּֽוֹ׃

*Word for word:* like a.dog \[which\].returns to vomit its.own a.fool \[who\].repeats (in) foolishness his

*JPS 1917:* As a dog that returneth to his vomit, so is a fool that repeateth his folly.

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