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title: קְוֻצּוֹת — locks · The Tanakh dictionary
description: קְוֻצּוֹת (6977), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 2 times: locks. BDB 1906: n.f.pl. locks. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# קְוֻצּוֹת

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«קְוֻצּוֹת» in the Tanakh dictionary: **locks** — 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:** 6977 · **BDB:** קְוֻצּוֹת

### Glosses

locks (2)

### Meaning (OSHB)

locks [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1511/6977/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.f.pl. locks [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1511/6977/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.f.pl. locks of hair (√ obscure; NH id.; Syriac ܩܽܘܨܬܳܐ, ܩܰܘܨܳܬܳܐ PS3556; Arabic قُصَّةٌ hair over forehead);—sf. קְוֻצּוֹתַי Ct 5:2, -תָיו v 11.

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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 (4 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 «קְוֻצּוֹת» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1511/6977/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Song of Songs 5:11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/SNG.5.11/)

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רֹאשׁ֖וֹ כֶּ֣תֶם פָּ֑ז קְוּצּוֹתָיו֙תַּלְתַּלִּ֔ים שְׁחֹר֖וֹת כָּעוֹרֵֽב׃

*Word for word:* head his \[is\].gold of.pure.gold locks his \[are\].curls black like (the) raven

*JPS 1917:* His head is as the most fine gold, his locks are curled, and black as a raven.

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[Song of Songs 5:2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/SNG.5.2/)

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אֲנִ֥י יְשֵׁנָ֖ה וְלִבִּ֣י עֵ֑ר ק֣וֹל ׀ דּוֹדִ֣י דוֹפֵ֗ק פִּתְחִי־לִ֞י אֲחֹתִ֤י רַעְיָתִי֙ יוֹנָתִ֣י תַמָּתִ֔י שֶׁרֹּאשִׁי֙ נִמְלָא־טָ֔ל קְוֻּצּוֹתַ֖ירְסִ֥יסֵי לָֽיְלָה׃

*Word for word:* I \[was\].sleeping and heart my \[was\].awake the.sound my.lover my \[is\].knocking open to me my.sister my friend my dove my my.perfect \[one\] that head my \[is\].filled dew locks my dewdrops of.night

*JPS 1917:* I sleep, but my heart waketh; Hark! my beloved knocketh: 'Open to me, my sister, my love, my dove, my undefiled; for my head is filled with dew, my locks with the drops of the night.'

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