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title: קוּר — thread · The Tanakh dictionary
description: קוּר (6980), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 2 times: thread. BDB 1906: n.m. thread, film. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# קוּר

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«קוּר» in the Tanakh dictionary: **thread** — 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:** 6980 · **BDB:** קוּר²

### Glosses

webs (2)

### Meaning (OSHB)

thread [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1511/6980/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.m. thread, film [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1511/6980/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.m. Is 59:6 thread, film;—pl. cstr. קוּרֵי עַכָּבִישׁ Is 59:5 they weave spider-threads, fig. of machinations of wicked, so sf. קוּרֵיהֶם v 6.

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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 (16 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (12 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «קוּר» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1511/6980/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Isaiah 59:5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/ISA.59.5/)

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בֵּיצֵ֤י צִפְעוֹנִי֙ בִּקֵּ֔עוּ וְקוּרֵ֥י עַכָּבִ֖ישׁ יֶאֱרֹ֑גוּ הָאֹכֵ֤ל מִבֵּֽיצֵיהֶם֙ יָמ֔וּת וְהַזּוּרֶ֖ה תִּבָּקַ֥ע אֶפְעֶֽה׃

*Word for word:* eggs of.a.viper they.have.hatched and webs of.a.spider they.weave the.\[one who\].eats any of their.eggs he.will.die and the.pressed \[egg\] it.is.hatched a.snake

*JPS 1917:* They hatch basilisks' eggs, and weave the spider's web; he that eateth of their eggs dieth, and that which is crushed breaketh out into a viper.

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[Isaiah 59:6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/ISA.59.6/)

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קֽוּרֵיהֶם֙ לֹא־יִהְי֣וּ לְבֶ֔גֶד וְלֹ֥א יִתְכַּסּ֖וּ בְּמַֽעֲשֵׂיהֶ֑ם מַֽעֲשֵׂיהֶם֙ מַֽעֲשֵׂי־אָ֔וֶן וּפֹ֥עַל חָמָ֖ס בְּכַפֵּיהֶֽם׃

*Word for word:* webs their not they.will.become (into) clothing and not people.will.cover.themselves with products their products their \[are\].products of.wickedness and deed\[s\] of.violence \[is\].in palms their

*JPS 1917:* Their webs shall not become garments, neither shall men cover themselves with their works; their works are works of iniquity, and the act of violence is in their hands.

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