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title: קֶסֶת — pot · The Tanakh dictionary
description: קֶסֶת (7083), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 3 times: pot. BDB 1906: pot ink-horn. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# קֶסֶת

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«קֶסֶת» in the Tanakh dictionary: **pot** — 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:** 7083 · **BDB:** קֶ֑סֶת

### Glosses

writing-case (2); the.writing-case (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

pot [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1511/7083/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

pot ink-horn [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1511/7083/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** (for קֶשֶׂת) n.\[f.\] pot (for ink), ink-horn;—cstr. ק׳ הַסֹּפֵר Ez 9:2, 3, abs. הַקֶּסֶת v 11.

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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, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (1 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «קֶסֶת» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1511/7083/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Ezekiel 9:11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/EZK.9.11/)

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וְהִנֵּ֞ה הָאִ֣ישׁ ׀ לְבֻ֣שׁ הַבַּדִּ֗ים אֲשֶׁ֤ר הַקֶּ֙סֶת֙ בְּמָתְנָ֔יו מֵשִׁ֥יב דָּבָ֖ר לֵאמֹ֑ר עָשִׂ֕יתִי כְּכֹ֖ל אֲשֶׁ֥רצִוִּיתָֽנִי׃ס

*Word for word:* and there! the man (the).clothed of the.linen(s) whom the writing-case \[was\].at hips his \[was\].bringing.back a.word (cmp) I.have.done according to.all that you commanded.me

*JPS 1917:* And, behold, the man clothed in linen, who had the inkhorn on his side, reported, saying: 'I have done according to all that Thou hast commanded me.'

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[Ezekiel 9:3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/EZK.9.3/)

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וּכְב֣וֹד ׀ אֱלֹהֵ֣י יִשְׂרָאֵ֗ל נַעֲלָה֙ מֵעַ֤ל הַכְּרוּב֙ אֲשֶׁ֣ר הָיָ֣ה עָלָ֔יו אֶ֖ל מִפְתַּ֣ן הַבָּ֑יִת וַיִּקְרָ֗א אֶל־הָאִישׁ֙ הַלָּבֻ֣שׁ הַבַּדִּ֔ים אֲשֶׁ֛ר קֶ֥סֶת הַסֹּפֵ֖ר בְּמָתְנָֽיו׃ס

*Word for word:* and the.glory of.the.God of.Israel it.was.taken.up from on the cherub which it.had.been on it to the.threshold of the.house and he.called to the man clothed the linen(s) whom the.writing-case of.(the) scribe \[was\].at hips his

*JPS 1917:* And the glory of the God of Israel was gone up from the cherub, whereupon it was, to the threshold of the house; and He called to the man clothed in linen, who had the writer's inkhorn on his side.

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