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title: קָמַט — seize · The Tanakh dictionary
description: קָמַט (7059), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 2 times: seize. BDB 1906: vb. seize. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# קָמַט

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«קָמַט» in the Tanakh dictionary: **seize** — 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:** 7059 · **BDB:** קָמַט

### Glosses

they.were.seized (1); you (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

seize [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1511/7059/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

vb. seize [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1511/7059/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** vb. seize (NH id., seize, grasp, press together; Arabic قَمَطَ bind together; Aramaic קְמַט = BH; ܩܡܰܛ seize, compress);— Impf. 2 ms. sf. וַתִּקְמְטֵנִי Jb 16:8 and thou didst seize me. be snatched (untimely) Pf. 3 pl. קֻמְּטוּ Jb 22:16.

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

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «קָמַט» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1511/7059/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Job 22:16](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.22.16/)

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אֲשֶֽׁר־קֻמְּט֥וּ וְלֹא־עֵ֑ת נָ֝הָ֗ר יוּצַ֥ק יְסוֹדָֽם׃

*Word for word:* who they.were.seized and not an.appropriate.time a.river it.was.poured.out foundation their

*JPS 1917:* Who were snatched away before their time, whose foundation was poured out as a stream;

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[Job 16:8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.16.8/)

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וַֽ֭תִּקְמְטֵנִי לְעֵ֣ד הָיָ֑ה וַיָּ֥קָם בִּ֥י כַ֝חֲשִׁ֗י בְּפָנַ֥י יַעֲנֶֽה׃

*Word for word:* and you have.seized.me (into).a witness it.has.become and it.has.risen.up on me leanness my in face my it.testifies

*JPS 1917:* And Thou hast shrivelled me up, which is a witness against me; and my leanness riseth up against me, it testifieth to my face.

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