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title: קֶצֶב — cut · The Tanakh dictionary
description: קֶצֶב (7095), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 3 times: cut. BDB 1906: n.m. cut, shape; extremity. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# קֶצֶב

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«קֶצֶב» in the Tanakh dictionary: **cut** — 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:** 7095 · **BDB:** קֶ֫צֶב

### Glosses

a.shape (2); extremities (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

cut [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1511/7095/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.m. cut, shape; extremity [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1511/7095/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.m. 1 K 6:25 1. cut, shape; 2. extremity;— ק׳ abs., shape of cherubim 1 K 6:25 (+ מִדָּה), of bases 7:37 (+ id.). extremity, pl. cstr. קִצְבֵי הָרִים Jon 2:7 the extremities (bottoms) of (the) mountains (= קצבי הרים Ecclus 16:19).

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 3 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, 0 with the glosses (2 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «קֶצֶב» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1511/7095/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[1 Kings 7:37](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/1KI.7.37/)

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כָּזֹ֣את עָשָׂ֔ה אֵ֖ת עֶ֣שֶׂר הַמְּכֹנ֑וֹת מוּצָ֨ק אֶחָ֜ד מִדָּ֥ה אַחַ֛ת קֶ֥צֶב אֶחָ֖ד לְכֻלָּֽהְנָה׃ס

*Word for word:* like this he.made (et) the.ten the stands casting one a.measurement one a.shape one \[belonged\].to all of.them

*JPS 1917:* After this manner he made the ten bases; all of them had one casting, one measure, and one form.

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[1 Kings 6:25](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/1KI.6.25/)

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וְעֶ֙שֶׂר֙ בָּֽאַמָּ֔ה הַכְּר֖וּב הַשֵּׁנִ֑י מִדָּ֥ה אַחַ֛ת וְקֶ֥צֶב אֶחָ֖ד לִשְׁנֵ֥י הַכְּרֻבִֽים׃

*Word for word:* and.\[was\] ten by the cubit the cherub (the) second a.measurement one and a.shape one \[belonged\].to the.two the cherubim

*JPS 1917:* And the other cherub was ten cubits; both the cherubim were of one measure and one form.

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