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title: קוֹף — ape · The Tanakh dictionary
description: קוֹף (6971), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 2 times: ape. BDB 1906: ape. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# קוֹף

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«קוֹף» in the Tanakh dictionary: **ape** — 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:** 6971 · **BDB:** קוֹף

### Glosses

monkeys (2)

### Meaning (OSHB)

ape [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1511/6971/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

ape [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1511/6971/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.\[m.\] ape, so Vrss, 𝔊 πίθηκοι (om. 𝔊B in K) (foreign word; prob. = Skr. kapi, id.; Egyptian as loan-word gôfë WMMAs. u. Eur. 95, giʾf ErmanZMG xlvi (1892), 121; Gk. κῆβος, κῆπος is of Egyptian orig. according to LewyFremdw. 6);—pl. קֹפִים 1 K 10:22 = קוֹפִים 2 Ch 9:21, brought to Sol. \[from SE.\] by Phoenician fleet; cf. Arabic prov. ‘donum regionis Jemen simiae sunt,’ FreytagProv. iii. 3160.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 2 of its verses cited, 0 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, 0 with the glosses (1 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «קוֹף» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1511/6971/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[2 Chronicles 9:21](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/2CH.9.21/)

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כִּֽי־אֳנִיּ֤וֹת לַמֶּ֙לֶךְ֙ הֹלְכ֣וֹת תַּרְשִׁ֔ישׁ עִ֖ם עַבְדֵ֣י חוּרָ֑ם אַחַת֩ לְשָׁל֨וֹשׁ שָׁנִ֜ים תָּב֣וֹאנָה ׀ אֳנִיּ֣וֹת תַּרְשִׁ֗ישׁ נֹֽשְׂאוֹת֙ זָהָ֣ב וָכֶ֔סֶף שֶׁנְהַבִּ֥ים וְקוֹפִ֖ים וְתוּכִּיִּֽים׃פ

*Word for word:* (dm) ships of the king \[were\].going Tarshish with the.servants of.Huram one.\[time\] to three years they.came the.ships of.Tarshish carrying gold and silver ivori(es) and monkeys and peacocks

*JPS 1917:* For the king had ships that went to Tarshish with the servants of Huram; once every three years came the ships of Tarshish, bringing gold, and silver, ivory, and apes, and peacocks.

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[1 Kings 10:22](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/1KI.10.22/)

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כִּי֩ אֳנִ֨י תַרְשִׁ֤ישׁ לַמֶּ֙לֶךְ֙ בַּיָּ֔ם עִ֖ם אֳנִ֣י חִירָ֑ם אַחַת֩ לְשָׁלֹ֨שׁ שָׁנִ֜ים תָּב֣וֹא ׀ אֳנִ֣י תַרְשִׁ֗ישׁ נֹֽשְׂאֵת֙ זָהָ֣ב וָכֶ֔סֶף שֶׁנְהַבִּ֥ים וְקֹפִ֖ים וְתֻכִּיִּֽים׃

*Word for word:* (dm) the.ship\[s\] of.Tarshish \[belonged\].to the king on the sea with the.ship\[s\] of.Hiram one.\[time\] to three years it.came the.ship\[s\] of.Tarshish carrying (of).gold and silver ivori(es) and monkeys and peacocks

*JPS 1917:* For the king had at sea a navy of Tarshish with the navy of Hiram; once every three years came the navy of Tarshish, bringing gold, and silver, ivory, and apes, and peacocks.

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