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title: קְעָרָה — dish · The Tanakh dictionary
description: קְעָרָה (7086), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 17 times: dish. BDB 1906: n.f. dish, platter. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# קְעָרָה

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«קְעָרָה» in the Tanakh dictionary: **dish** — 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:** 17 times · **Key:** 7086 · **BDB:** קְעָרָה

### Glosses

\[was\].a.dish (11); dishes (4); a.dish (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

dish [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1511/7086/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.f. dish, platter [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1511/7086/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.f. dish, platter (P) (NH id.);—abs. ק׳ Nu 7:85; cstr. קַעֲרַת־כֶּסֶף Nu 7:13 + 11 times 7; pl. cstr. קַעֲרֹת כֶּסֶף 7:84, all of dedication gifts; as utensils in tabern. pl. abs. קְעָרֹת 4:7, sf. קְעָרֹתָיו Ex 25:29; 37:16.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 6 of its verses cited, 1 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, 1 with the glosses (1 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «קְעָרָה» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1511/7086/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Exodus 25:29](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/EXO.25.29/)

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וְעָשִׂ֨יתָ קְּעָרֹתָ֜יו וְכַפֹּתָ֗יו וּקְשׂוֹתָיו֙ וּמְנַקִּיֹּתָ֔יו אֲשֶׁ֥ר יֻסַּ֖ךְ בָּהֵ֑ן זָהָ֥ב טָה֖וֹר תַּעֲשֶׂ֥ה אֹתָֽם׃

*Word for word:* and you.will.make dishes its and pans its and jugs its and bowls its which it.will.be.poured.out with them gold pure you.will.make them

*JPS 1917:* And thou shalt make the dishes thereof, and the pans thereof, and the jars thereof, and the bowls thereof, wherewith to pour out; of pure gold shalt thou make them.

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[Numbers 7:84](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/NUM.7.84/)

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זֹ֣את ׀ חֲנֻכַּ֣ת הַמִּזְבֵּ֗חַ בְּיוֹם֙ הִמָּשַׁ֣ח אֹת֔וֹ מֵאֵ֖ת נְשִׂיאֵ֣י יִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל קַעֲרֹ֨ת כֶּ֜סֶף שְׁתֵּ֣ים עֶשְׂרֵ֗ה מִֽזְרְקֵי־כֶ֙סֶף֙ שְׁנֵ֣ים עָשָׂ֔ר כַּפּ֥וֹת זָהָ֖ב שְׁתֵּ֥ים עֶשְׂרֵֽה׃

*Word for word:* this \[was\].the.dedication of the.altar on the.day was.anointed it from with the.leaders of.Israel dishes of.silver two.plus ten bowls of.silver two.plus ten pans of.gold two.plus ten

*JPS 1917:* This was the dedication-offering of the altar, in the day when it was anointed, at the hands of the princes of Israel: twelve silver dishes, twelve silver basins, twelve golden pans;

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