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title: קוֹמָה — height · The Tanakh dictionary
description: קוֹמָה (6967), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 45 times: height. BDB 1906: n.f. height. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# קוֹמָה

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«קוֹמָה» in the Tanakh dictionary: **height** — 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:** 45 times · **Key:** 6967 · **BDB:** קוֹמָה

### Glosses

height (27); the.height (11); stature (3)

### Meaning (OSHB)

height [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1511/6967/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.f. height [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1511/6967/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.f. height;—abs. קוֹמָה Ex 38:18 +, קֹמָה 27:18; cstr. קוֹמַת 1 K 6:26 +; sf. קוֹמָתוֹ 7:23 +, קֹמָתוֹ Ex 25:10 +, etc.;— height, of pers., stature 1 S 16:7 Ez 13:18; Ct 7:8; מְלֹא־קוֹמָתוֹ 1 S 28:20 his full length. of tree 2 K 19:23 = Is 37:24; in fig. Is 10:33; Ez 31:3, 5, 10, 14; of vine (fig.) Ez 19:11 and שִׁפְלַת ק׳ 17:6 low of height. of artificial structures: temple, its parts, furnishings, etc., 1 K 6:2 + 12 times 1 K 6, 7; 2 K 25:17(×2) = Je 52:21, 22; 2 Ch 4:1, 2; 6:13; a wall Ez 40:5; tabern. and furnishings Ex 25:10, 23 + 8 times Ex (all P); Noah’s ark Gn 6:15 (P).

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 28 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (5 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (4 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «קוֹמָה» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1511/6967/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Song of Songs 7:8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/SNG.7.8/)

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זֹ֤את קֽוֹמָתֵךְ֙ דָּֽמְתָ֣ה לְתָמָ֔ר וְשָׁדַ֖יִךְ לְאַשְׁכֹּלֽוֹת׃

*Word for word:* this stature your it.is.like (to).a palm.tree and breasts your (to) clusters

*JPS 1917:* This thy stature is like to a palm-tree, and thy breasts to clusters of grapes.

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[1 Kings 6:23](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/1KI.6.23/)

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וַיַּ֣עַשׂ בַּדְּבִ֔יר שְׁנֵ֥י כְרוּבִ֖ים עֲצֵי־שָׁ֑מֶן עֶ֥שֶׂר אַמּ֖וֹת קוֹמָתֽוֹ׃

*Word for word:* and he.made in the.innermost room two cherubim wood(s) of.olive \[was\].ten cubits height its

*JPS 1917:* And in the Sanctuary he made two cherubim of olive-wood, each ten cubits high.

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