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title: קוֹבַע — helmet · The Tanakh dictionary
description: קוֹבַע (6959), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 2 times: helmet. BDB 1906: helmet. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# קוֹבַע

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«קוֹבַע» in the Tanakh dictionary: **helmet** — 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:** 6959 · **BDB:** קוֹבַע

### Glosses

a.helmet (1); helmet (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

helmet [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1511/6959/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

helmet [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1511/6959/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.\[m.\] helmet (word of peculiar form, and dub. √; prob. foreign word; cf. Ethiopic ቆብዕ: turban, tiara, cowl, so Syriac ܩܽܘܒܥܳܐ;; 𝔗 קוֹבְעָא turban);—abs. ק׳ Ez 23:24; cstr. ק֫וֹבַע נְחשֶׁת 1 S 17:38.—Cf. also כּוֹבַע.

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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 (2 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (2 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «קוֹבַע» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1511/6959/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[1 Samuel 17:38](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/1SA.17.38/)

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וַיַּלְבֵּ֨שׁ שָׁא֤וּל אֶת־דָּוִד֙ מַדָּ֔יו וְנָתַ֛ן ק֥וֹבַע נְחֹ֖שֶׁת עַל־רֹאשׁ֑וֹ וַיַּלְבֵּ֥שׁ אֹת֖וֹ שִׁרְיֽוֹן׃

*Word for word:* and he.clothed Saul (et) David garments his and he.put a.helmet of.bronze on head his and he.clothed him body.armor

*JPS 1917:* And Saul clad David with his apparel, and he put a helmet of brass upon his head, and he clad him with a coat of mail.

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[Ezekiel 23:24](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/EZK.23.24/)

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וּבָ֣אוּ עָלַ֡יִךְ הֹ֠צֶן רֶ֤כֶב וְגַלְגַּל֙ וּבִקְהַ֣ל עַמִּ֔ים צִנָּ֤ה וּמָגֵן֙ וְקוֹבַ֔ע יָשִׂ֥ימוּ עָלַ֖יִךְ סָבִ֑יב וְנָתַתִּ֤י לִפְנֵיהֶם֙ מִשְׁפָּ֔ט וּשְׁפָט֖וּךְ בְּמִשְׁפְּטֵיהֶֽם׃

*Word for word:* and they.will.come on you weapon\[s\] chariot\[s\] and wheel\[s\] and with a.company of.peoples body.shield and shield and helmet they.will.set.up on you all.around and I.will.set before them judgment and they will.judge.you by judgments their

*JPS 1917:* And they shall come against thee with hosts, chariots, and wheels, and with an assembly of peoples; they shall set themselves in array against thee with buckler and shield and helmet round about; and I will commit the judgment unto them, and they shall judge thee according to their judgments.

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