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title: קָצָה — end · The Tanakh dictionary
description: קָצָה (7098), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 35 times: end. BDB 1906: n.f. et end. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# קָצָה

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«קָצָה» in the Tanakh dictionary: **end** — 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:** 35 times · **Key:** 7098 · **BDB:** קָצָה²

### Glosses

the.ends (19); ends (8); an.end (6)

### Meaning (OSHB)

end [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1511/7098/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.f. et end [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1511/7098/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.f. et (pl.) m. Ex 25:18 end (pl. 4 times f. \[c.num. masc.\], AlbrZAW xvi (1896), 93 changes gender of num. in all, or regards as irregular agreement in gender (Ges§ 97 c); otherwise Köii. 1, 61, 176);—abs. ק׳ Ex 25:19 +; pl. cstr. קְצוֹת 1 K 12:31 +; sf. קְצוֹתָיו Ex 27:4 + (so also Ex 37:8; 39:4 Qr; Kt קצוותו, cf. קְצָת infr.), etc.;— end, sg. of כַּפֹּרֶת in tabern. Ex 25:19(×2) = 37:8(×2); of curtain 26:4 = 36:11; elsewhere pl., ק׳ הַכַּפֹּרֶת 25:18 = 37:7, cf. 25:19 = 37:8; of ephod 28:7 = 39:4, breast-plate 28:23, 24, 26 = 39:16, 17, 19, chains 28:25 = 39:18, grating 27:4 (appar. = corners); tips of wings 1 K 6:24(×2); of vine Ez 15:4; ק׳ הָאָרֶץ ends of the earth Is 40:28; 41:5, 9; Jb 28:24; אַרְבַּע ק׳ הַשָּׁמַיִם Je 49:36, cf. ψ 19:7; ק׳ דְּרָכָיו Jb 26:14, i.e. the mere edge, minute part, of his doings. מִקְצוֹת הָעָם = from the whole of (from among) the people, 1 K 12:31; 13:33, cf. Ju 18:2; 2 K 17:32 (v. also Ecclus 16:17, and קָצֶה 3).

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 30 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (5 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (4 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «קָצָה» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1511/7098/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Exodus 39:4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/EXO.39.4/)

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כְּתֵפֹ֥ת עָֽשׂוּ־ל֖וֹ חֹבְרֹ֑ת עַל־שְׁנֵ֥י קְצוֹתָ֖יו חֻבָּֽר׃

*Word for word:* shoulder-pieces they.made for it joined on the.two ends its it.was.joined

*JPS 1917:* They made shoulder-pieces for it, joined together; at the two ends was it joined together.

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[Exodus 28:7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/EXO.28.7/)

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שְׁתֵּ֧י כְתֵפֹ֣ת חֹֽבְרֹ֗ת יִֽהְיֶה־לּ֛וֹ אֶל־שְׁנֵ֥י קְצוֹתָ֖יו וְחֻבָּֽר׃

*Word for word:* two shoulder-pieces joined it.will.belong to it to the.two ends its and it.will.be.joined.together

*JPS 1917:* It shall have two shoulder-pieces joined to the two ends thereof, that it may be joined together.

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