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title: קָמַץ — enclose with the hand · The Tanakh dictionary
description: קָמַץ (7061), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 3 times: enclose with the hand. BDB 1906: vb. enclose with the hand, grasp. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# קָמַץ

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«קָמַץ» in the Tanakh dictionary: **enclose with the hand** — 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:** 7061 · **BDB:** קָמַץ

### Glosses

he.will.take.a.handful (3)

### Meaning (OSHB)

enclose with the hand [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1511/7061/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

vb. enclose with the hand, grasp [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1511/7061/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** vb. enclose with the hand, grasp (NH id. = BH; 𝔗 קְמַץ; Assyrian ḳimṣu, kinṣu, is a part of the body occuring in pairs, MeissnSuppl. 84);— Pf. 3 ms. consec. וְקָמַץ Lv 2:2; 5:12 (both c. acc. מְלֹא קֻמְצוֹ + מִן of source), Nu 5:26 (c. acc. + מִן of source; all P).

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 3 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (2 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 2 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (2 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «קָמַץ» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1511/7061/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Numbers 5:26](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/NUM.5.26/)

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וְקָמַ֨ץ הַכֹּהֵ֤ן מִן־הַמִּנְחָה֙ אֶת־אַזְכָּ֣רָתָ֔הּ וְהִקְטִ֖יר הַמִּזְבֵּ֑חָה וְאַחַ֛ר יַשְׁקֶ֥ה אֶת־הָאִשָּׁ֖ה אֶת־הַמָּֽיִם׃

*Word for word:* and he.will.take.a.handful the priest from the.grain offering (et) offering its.memorial and he.will.make.\[it\].smoke to the altar and after he.will.make.drink (et) the woman (et) the waters

*JPS 1917:* And the priest shall take a handful of the meal-offering, as the memorial-part thereof, and make it smoke upon the altar, and afterward shall make the woman drink the water.

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[Leviticus 5:12](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/LEV.5.12/)

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וֶהֱבִיאָהּ֮ אֶל־הַכֹּהֵן֒ וְקָמַ֣ץ הַכֹּהֵ֣ן ׀ מִ֠מֶּנָּה מְל֨וֹא קֻמְצ֜וֹ אֶת־אַזְכָּרָתָה֙ וְהִקְטִ֣יר הַמִּזְבֵּ֔חָה עַ֖ל אִשֵּׁ֣י יְהוָ֑ה חַטָּ֖את הִֽוא׃

*Word for word:* and he will.bring.it to the priest and he.will.take.a.handful the priest from it the.fullness his.handful his (et) offering its.memorial and he.will.make.\[it\].smoke to the altar on the.fire.offerings of.Yahweh \[is\].a.sin.offering it

*JPS 1917:* And he shall bring it to the priest, and the priest shall take his handful of it as the memorial-part thereof, and make it smoke on the altar, upon the offerings of the LORD made by fire; it is a sin-offering.

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