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title: קוֹרָה — rafter · The Tanakh dictionary
description: קוֹרָה (6982), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 5 times: rafter. BDB 1906: n.f. rafter, beam. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# קוֹרָה

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«קוֹרָה» in the Tanakh dictionary: **rafter** — 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:** 5 times · **Key:** 6982 · **BDB:** קוֹרָה²

### Glosses

a.beam (1); beam (1); beams (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

rafter [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1511/6982/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.f. rafter, beam [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1511/6982/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.f. rafter, beam (proposes a thing meeting, fitting into, another);—sf. קֹרָתִי Gn 19:8 (J) =my roof-tree; pl. קֹרוֹת rafters, abs. 2 Ch 3:7, cstr. ‖ 1 K 6:15b (reading קוֹרוֹת הַסִּכֻּן 𝔊 Th Kit Benz, for MT קִירוֹת), + 7:7b (reading הַקּוֹרוֹת for הַקַּרְקָ֑ע, v. ק׳); Ct 1:17 (‖ רחיטנו Kt, רָהִיטֵנוּ Qr); more gen. beam, sg. abs. קוֹרָה 2 K 6:2, 5.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 5 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (8 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (6 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «קוֹרָה» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1511/6982/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Song of Songs 1:17](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/SNG.1.17/)

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קֹר֤וֹת בָּתֵּ֙ינוּ֙ אֲרָזִ֔ים רַהִיטֵ֖נוּ בְּרוֹתִֽים׃

*Word for word:* the.beams our.houses our \[are\].cedar(s) rafters our \[are\].cypress(es)

*JPS 1917:* The beams of our houses are cedars, and our panels are cypresses.

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[2 Chronicles 3:7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/2CH.3.7/)

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וַיְחַ֨ף אֶת־הַבַּ֜יִת הַקֹּר֧וֹת הַסִּפִּ֛ים וְקִֽירוֹתָ֥יו וְדַלְתוֹתָ֖יו זָהָ֑ב וּפִתַּ֥ח כְּרוּבִ֖ים עַל־הַקִּירֽוֹת׃ס

*Word for word:* and he.overlaid (et) the house the beams the thresholds and walls its and doors its gold and he.engraved cherubim on the walls

*JPS 1917:* He overlaid also the house, the beams, the thresholds, and the walls thereof, and the doors thereof, with gold; and graved cherubim on the walls.

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