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title: קֵבָה — stomach · The Tanakh dictionary
description: קֵבָה (6896), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 2 times: stomach. BDB 1906: n.f. stomach, belly. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# קֵבָה

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«קֵבָה» in the Tanakh dictionary: **stomach** — 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:** 6896 · **BDB:** קֵבָה

### Glosses

belly (1); stomach (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

stomach [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1511/6896/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.f. stomach, belly [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1511/6896/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** sf. קֳבָתָהּ (Köl.c. cf. Ges§ 10 h) n.f. stomach, belly;— abs. הַקּ׳ of sacrificial victim, assigned to priest Dt 18:3, 𝔊 τὸ ἔνυστρον, i.e. fourth stomach of ruminants (cf. Dr), 𝔙 ventriculum. sf. of woman, appar. more gen., belly Nu 25:8 (P).

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 2 of its verses cited, 2 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, 1 with the glosses (3 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «קֵבָה» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1511/6896/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Numbers 25:8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/NUM.25.8/)

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וַ֠יָּבֹא אַחַ֨ר אִֽישׁ־יִשְׂרָאֵ֜ל אֶל־הַקֻּבָּ֗ה וַיִּדְקֹר֙ אֶת־שְׁנֵיהֶ֔ם אֵ֚ת אִ֣ישׁ יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל וְאֶת־הָאִשָּׁ֖ה אֶל־קֳבָתָ֑הּ וַתֵּֽעָצַר֙ הַמַּגֵּפָ֔ה מֵעַ֖ל בְּנֵ֥י יִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃

*Word for word:* and he.went after the.man of.Israel into the tent and he.pierced.through (et) both of.them (et) the.man of.Israel and (et) the woman into belly her and it.was.restrained the plague from on the.people of.Israel

*JPS 1917:* And he went after the man of Israel into the chamber, and thrust both of them through, the man of Israel, and the woman through her belly. So the plague was stayed from the children of Israel.

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[Deuteronomy 18:3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/DEU.18.3/)

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וְזֶ֡ה יִהְיֶה֩ מִשְׁפַּ֨ט הַכֹּהֲנִ֜ים מֵאֵ֣ת הָעָ֗ם מֵאֵ֛ת זֹבְחֵ֥י הַזֶּ֖בַח אִם־שׁ֣וֹר אִם־שֶׂ֑ה וְנָתַן֙ לַכֹּהֵ֔ן הַזְּרֹ֥עַ וְהַלְּחָיַ֖יִם וְהַקֵּבָֽה׃

*Word for word:* and this it.will.be the.right of the.priests from with the people from with \[those.who\].sacrifice (of).the sacrifice whether ox or sheep and he.will.give to the priest the arm and the.two cheeks and the stomach

*JPS 1917:* And this shall be the priests' due from the people, from them that offer a sacrifice, whether it be ox or sheep, that they shall give unto the priest the shoulder, and the two cheeks, and the maw.

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