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title: קָמָה — standing grain · The Tanakh dictionary
description: קָמָה (7054), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 10 times: standing grain. BDB 1906: n.f. standing grain. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# קָמָה

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«קָמָה» in the Tanakh dictionary: **standing grain** — 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:** 10 times · **Key:** 7054 · **BDB:** קָמָה

### Glosses

standing.grain (3); grain (2); the.standing.grain (2)

### Meaning (OSHB)

standing grain [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1511/7054/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.f. standing grain [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1511/7054/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.f. standing grain;—abs. ק׳ Ex 22:5 +; cstr. קָמַת Dt 23:26(×2); pl. cstr. קָמוֹת Ju 15:5;—standing grain (mature) Ex 22:5 (E), Dt 16:9; 23:26(×2) Ju 15:5(×2) Is 17:5; לִפְנֵי ק׳ 2 K 19:26 = Is 37:27 dub., לְפָנַי קֻמְךָ … and join to v 28: before me is thy rising up and thy sitting down We Bur Du CheHpt. al.; cf. sub שְׁדֵפָה. (i.e. before maturity);\* in fig. Ho 8:7.—cf. VogelstLandwirthsch.51.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 8 of its verses cited, 2 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (5 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 2 words shared with the BDB entry, 2 with the glosses (4 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «קָמָה» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1511/7054/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Deuteronomy 16:9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/DEU.16.9/)

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שִׁבְעָ֥ה שָׁבֻעֹ֖ת תִּסְפָּר־לָ֑ךְ מֵהָחֵ֤ל חֶרְמֵשׁ֙ בַּקָּמָ֔ה תָּחֵ֣ל לִסְפֹּ֔ר שִׁבְעָ֖ה שָׁבֻעֽוֹת׃

*Word for word:* seven weeks you.will.count for yourself from when.begins a.sickle in the.standing grain you.will.begin to count seven weeks

*JPS 1917:* Seven weeks shalt thou number unto thee; from the time the sickle is first put to the standing corn shalt thou begin to number seven weeks.

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[Isaiah 17:5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/ISA.17.5/)

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וְהָיָ֗ה כֶּֽאֱסֹף֙ קָצִ֣יר קָמָ֔ה וּזְרֹע֖וֹ שִׁבֳּלִ֣ים יִקְצ֑וֹר וְהָיָ֛ה כִּמְלַקֵּ֥ט שִׁבֳּלִ֖ים בְּעֵ֥מֶק רְפָאִֽים׃

*Word for word:* and it.will.be as gathers a.harvest of.standing.grain and arm his ears.of.grain someone.will.reap and it.will.be like \[one.who\].gathers ears.of.grain in the.valley of.Rephaim

*JPS 1917:* And it shall be as when the harvestman gathereth the standing corn, and reapeth the ears with his arm; yea, it shall be as when one gleaneth ears in the valley of Rephaim.

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