---
title: קַעֲקַע — incision · The Tanakh dictionary
description: קַעֲקַע (7085), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 1 times: incision. BDB 1906: incision, imprintment, tattoo. With 1 verse in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
---

<!-- md -->
[Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/w/7085.html)

<!-- crumbs -->
[home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [dictionaries](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/) / [Tanakh](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/) / [ק](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/1511-2.md)‎ / קַעֲקַע‎

<!-- .hw dir=rtl lang=hbo -->
# קַעֲקַע

<!-- .meta -->
«קַעֲקַע» in the Tanakh dictionary: **incision** — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 1 verse in layers.

<!-- .vintro -->
**Used:** 1 times · **Key:** 7085 · **BDB:** קַעֲקַע

### Glosses

of.an.incision (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

incision [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1511/7085/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

incision, imprintment, tattoo [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1511/7085/#m2)

<!-- fold -->
**The whole BDB entry:** n.\[m.\] incision, imprintment, tattoo; Lv 19:28 (H), v. כְּתֹבֶת (RSSem. i. 316; 2nd ed. 324).

<!-- .note -->
Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 of its verses cited, 1 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, 1 with the glosses (1 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «קַעֲקַע» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1511/7085/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

<!-- div verse -->

<!-- .ref -->
[Leviticus 19:28](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/LEV.19.28/)

<!-- .vt dir=rtl lang=hbo -->
וְשֶׂ֣רֶט לָנֶ֗פֶשׁ לֹ֤א תִתְּנוּ֙ בִּבְשַׂרְכֶ֔ם וּכְתֹ֣בֶת קַֽעֲקַ֔ע לֹ֥א תִתְּנ֖וּ בָּכֶ֑ם אֲנִ֖י יְהוָֽה׃

*Word for word:* and cut\[s\] for a.corpse not you.will.make in flesh your and.\[the\] inscription of.an.incision not you.will.make in yourselves I \[am\].Yahweh

*JPS 1917:* Ye shall not make any cuttings in your flesh for the dead, nor imprint any marks upon you: I am the LORD.

<!-- /div -->

<!-- pn -->
- ← previous: [קְעִילָה](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/w/7084.md)
- next →: [קְעָרָה](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/w/7086.md)
- ↑ back to [ק](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/1511-2.md)