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title: קְהָת — Kohath · The Tanakh dictionary
description: קְהָת (6955), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 32 times: Kohath. BDB 1906: n.pr.m. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# קְהָת

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«קְהָת» in the Tanakh dictionary: **Kohath** — 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:** 32 times · **Key:** 6955 · **BDB:** קְהָת

### Glosses

of.Kohath (23); Kohath (9)

### Meaning (OSHB)

Kohath [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1511/6955/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.pr.m. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1511/6955/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.pr.m. Κααθ: son of Levi Gn 46:11; Ex 6:16; Nu 3:17; 1 Ch 5:27; 6:1; 23:6, cf. Ex 6:18; Nu 26:58 and בֶּן־ק׳ Nu 16:1; 1 Ch 6:23; בְּנֵי ק׳ Ex 6:18 + 4 times Ch; as a division of Levites Nu 3:19, 29 + 9 times; מִשְׁפְּחוֹת ב׳ ק׳ Jos 21:20, 26; 1 Ch 6:51, מִשְׁפַּחַת לִב׳ ק׳ v 55.—Van d. H. has קֳהָת Nu 3:19 + 7 times

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 16 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (2 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 0 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (2 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «קְהָת» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1511/6955/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[1 Chronicles 5:27](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/1CH.5.27/)

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בְּנֵ֖י לֵוִ֑י גֵּרְשׁ֕וֹן קְהָ֖ת וּמְרָרִֽי׃

*Word for word:* the.sons of.Levi \[were\].Gershon Kohath and Merari

*JPS 1917:* The sons of Levi: Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.

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[1 Chronicles 6:1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/1CH.6.1/)

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בְּנֵ֖י לֵוִ֑י גֵּרְשֹׁ֕ם קְהָ֖ת וּמְרָרִֽי׃

*Word for word:* the.sons of.Levi \[were\].Gershom Kohath and Merari

*JPS 1917:* The sons of Levi: Gershom, Kohath and Merari.

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