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title: קוֹרֵא — Kore · The Tanakh dictionary
description: קוֹרֵא (6981), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 3 times: Kore. BDB 1906: pr. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# קוֹרֵא

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«קוֹרֵא» in the Tanakh dictionary: **Kore** — 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:** 3 times · **Key:** 6981 · **BDB:** קוֹרֵא²

### Glosses

of.Kore (2); Kore (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

Kore [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1511/6981/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

pr. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1511/6981/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n. pr. m. Κωρηβ, Κωρη, etc.; Levites: 1 Ch 9:19; 26:1 (קֹרֵא). 2 Ch 31:14.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 3 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses (7 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 0 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (5 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «קוֹרֵא» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1511/6981/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[1 Chronicles 26:1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/1CH.26.1/)

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לְמַחְלְק֖וֹת לְשֹׁעֲרִ֑ים לַקָּרְחִ֕ים מְשֶֽׁלֶמְיָ֥הוּ בֶן־קֹרֵ֖א מִן־בְּנֵ֥י אָסָֽף׃

*Word for word:* to divisions of gatekeepers of the Korahites Meshelemiah the.son of.Kore one.of the.sons of.Asaph

*JPS 1917:* For the courses of the doorkeepers: of the Korahites: Meshelemiah the son of Kore, of the sons of Asaph.

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[2 Chronicles 31:14](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/2CH.31.14/)

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וְקוֹרֵ֨א בֶן־יִמְנָ֤ה הַלֵּוִי֙ הַשּׁוֹעֵ֣ר לַמִּזְרָ֔חָה עַ֖ל נִדְב֣וֹת הָאֱלֹהִ֑ים לָתֵת֙ תְּרוּמַ֣ת יְהוָ֔ה וְקָדְשֵׁ֖י הַקֳּדָשִֽׁים׃

*Word for word:* and Kore the.son of.Imnah the Levite the gatekeeper to the east \[was\].over the.freewill.offerings of.(the) God to distribute the.contribution of.Yahweh and the.holy.things of the.holy.things

*JPS 1917:* And Kore the son of Imnah the Levite, the porter at the east gate, was over the freewill-offerings of God, to distribute the offerings of the LORD, and the most holy things.

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