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title: קִפֹּד — porcupine · The Tanakh dictionary
description: קִפֹּד (7090), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 3 times: porcupine. BDB 1906: porcupine. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# קִפֹּד

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«קִפֹּד» in the Tanakh dictionary: **porcupine** — 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:** 7090 · **BDB:** קִפֹּד

### Glosses

hedgehog (2); of.hedgehog\[s\] (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

porcupine [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1511/7090/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

porcupine [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1511/7090/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.\[m.\] porcupine (from rolling itself together; 𝔊 ἐχῖνοι (always pl.), 𝔙 ericius, BoHieroz. iii. cap. 36 Post Hastings DB bittern; \> (from context) bittern TrNHB\> 243 Hi Che GuKau; v. discussion by M\`Lean-Shipley Ency. Bib. bittern);—ק׳ as haunting desolate places, Is 14:23; Zp 2:14, קִפּוֹד Is 34:11.

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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 (2 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «קִפֹּד» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1511/7090/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Isaiah 14:23](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/ISA.14.23/)

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וְשַׂמְתִּ֛יהָ לְמוֹרַ֥שׁ קִפֹּ֖ד וְאַגְמֵי־מָ֑יִם וְטֵֽאטֵאתִ֙יהָ֙ בְּמַטְאֲטֵ֣א הַשְׁמֵ֔ד נְאֻ֖ם יְהוָ֥ה צְבָאֽוֹת׃פ

*Word for word:* and I will.make.it (into).a possession of.hedgehog\[s\] and pools of.water and I will.sweep.it.away with a.broom of.destruction the.utterance of.Yahweh of.hosts

*JPS 1917:* I will also make it a possession for the bittern, and pools of water; and I will sweep it with the besom of destruction, saith the LORD of hosts.

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[Isaiah 34:11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/ISA.34.11/)

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וִירֵשׁ֙וּהָ֙ קָאַ֣ת וְקִפּ֔וֹד וְיַנְשׁ֥וֹף וְעֹרֵ֖ב יִשְׁכְּנוּ־בָ֑הּ וְנָטָ֥ה עָלֶ֛יהָ קַֽו־תֹ֖הוּ וְאַבְנֵי־בֹֽהוּ׃

*Word for word:* and they will.take.possession.of.it desert.owl and hedgehog and great.owl and raven they.will.dwell in it and he.will.stretch.out over it a.measuring-line of.formlessness and stones of.emptiness

*JPS 1917:* But the pelican and the bittern shall possess it, and the owl and the raven shall dwell therein; and He shall stretch over it the line of confusion, and the plummet of emptiness.

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