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title: קִדָּה — cassia · The Tanakh dictionary
description: קִדָּה (6916), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 2 times: cassia. BDB 1906: n.f. cassia. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# קִדָּה

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«קִדָּה» in the Tanakh dictionary: **cassia** — 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:** 6916 · **BDB:** קִדָּה

### Glosses

cassia (2)

### Meaning (OSHB)

cassia [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1511/6916/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.f. cassia [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1511/6916/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.f. a spice, usually cassia (𝔖 𝔙 𝔗 cf. Di Ex; √ dub.; perhaps foreign word);—merchandise Ez 27:19; ingredient of sacred oil Ex 30:24 (P):—cf. DioscorDe Mater. Med. i. 12 (κασσία=ἡ κιττώ), TheophrHist. Plant. ix. 5 PlinNH xii. 19 (42 ff.); v. also SchrödPh. Spr. 126 LewyFremdw. 36.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 2 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 «קִדָּה» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1511/6916/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Exodus 30:24](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/EXO.30.24/)

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וְקִדָּ֕ה חֲמֵ֥שׁ מֵא֖וֹת בְּשֶׁ֣קֶל הַקֹּ֑דֶשׁ וְשֶׁ֥מֶן זַ֖יִת הִֽין׃

*Word for word:* and cassia five hundred(s) by the.shekel of the.holy.place and oil of.olive\[s\] a.hin

*JPS 1917:* and of cassia five hundred, after the shekel of the sanctuary, and of olive oil a hin.

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[Ezekiel 27:19](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/EZK.27.19/)

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וְדָ֤ן וְיָוָן֙ מְאוּזָּ֔ל בְּעִזְבוֹנַ֖יִךְ נָתָ֑נּוּ בַּרְזֶ֤ל עָשׁוֹת֙ קִדָּ֣ה וְקָנֶ֔ה בְּמַעֲרָבֵ֖ךְ הָיָֽה׃

*Word for word:* Vedan and Javan from Uzal for wares your they.exchanged iron wrought cassia and calamus for merchandise your it.was

*JPS 1917:* Vedan and Javan traded with yarn for thy wares; massive iron, cassia, and calamus, were among thy merchandise.

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