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title: קׇדְקֹד — head · The Tanakh dictionary
description: קׇדְקֹד (6936), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 11 times: head. BDB 1906: head, crown of head. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# קׇדְקֹד

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«קׇדְקֹד» in the Tanakh dictionary: **head** — 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:** 11 times · **Key:** 6936 · **BDB:** קָדְקֹד

### Glosses

of.his.head (3); the.crown.of.the.head (3); \[the\].crown.of.head (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

head [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1511/6936/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

head, crown of head [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1511/6936/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.\[m.\] head, crown of head;—ק׳ abs. Dt 33:20; Je 2:16, cstr. Is 3:17 +; sf. קָדְקֳדוֹ 2 S 14:25; Jb 2:7; קָדְקֳדֶ֑ךָ Dt 28:25;—especially poet. Gn 49:26 = Dt 33:16, ψ 7:17, ק׳ שֵׂעָר 68:22 hairy crown or scalp (all ‖ רֹאשׁ), Is 3:17; Je 2:16; 48:45 (‖ פֵּאָה), so read also Nu 24:17 for וְקַרְקַר (‖ id.), v. Ew Di Pat al., Dt 33:20; in prose only מִכַּף רֶגֶל וְעַד־ק׳ Dt 28:35; 2 S 14:25; Jb 2:7.

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Why these entries: BDB: same consonants, part of speech agrees, 11 of its verses cited, 2 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (2 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 «קׇדְקֹד» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1511/6936/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Jeremiah 2:16](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JER.2.16/)

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גַּם־בְּנֵי־נֹ֖ף וְתַחְפַּנְחֵ֑ס יִרְע֖וּךְ קָדְקֹֽד׃

*Word for word:* also the.people of.Memphis and Tahpanhes they will.graze.you crown.of.head

*JPS 1917:* The children also of Noph and Tahpanhes feed upon the crown of thy head.

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[Psalms 68:22](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.68.22/)

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אַךְ־אֱלֹהִ֗ים יִמְחַץ֮ רֹ֤אשׁ אֹ֫יְבָ֥יו קָדְקֹ֥ד שֵׂעָ֑ר מִ֝תְהַלֵּ֗ךְ בַּאֲשָׁמָֽיו׃

*Word for word:* surely God he.will.smash the.head his.enemies his \[the\].crown.of.head of.hair \[one.who\].goes.about in guilt(s) his

*JPS 1917:* Surely God will smite through the head of His enemies, the hairy scalp of him that goeth about in his guiltiness.

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