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title: קֶצַח — black cumin · The Tanakh dictionary
description: קֶצַח (7100), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 3 times: black cumin. BDB 1906: n.m. black cumin. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# קֶצַח

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«קֶצַח» in the Tanakh dictionary: **black cumin** — 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:** 7100 · **BDB:** קֶ֫צַח

### Glosses

black.cumin (3)

### Meaning (OSHB)

black cumin [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1511/7100/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.m. black cumin [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1511/7100/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.m. Is 28:27 black cumin (Nigella sativa Linn.; 𝔊 μελάνθιον, 𝔙 gith, id.; cf. TrNHB\> 444; Smith DB 2nd ed. Fitches Post Hastings DB Id.);—plant with small black acrid seeds, used as condiment: abs. ק׳ Is 28:25, 27(×2).

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 2 of its verses cited, 2 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (2 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 2 words shared with the BDB entry, 2 with the glosses (1 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «קֶצַח» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1511/7100/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Isaiah 28:25](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/ISA.28.25/)

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הֲלוֹא֙ אִם־שִׁוָּ֣ה פָנֶ֔יהָ וְהֵפִ֥יץ קֶ֖צַח וְכַמֹּ֣ן יִזְרֹ֑ק וְשָׂ֨ם חִטָּ֤ה שׂוֹרָה֙ וּשְׂעֹרָ֣ה נִסְמָ֔ן וְכֻסֶּ֖מֶת גְּבֻלָתֽוֹ׃

*Word for word:* ? not if he.has.leveled surface its and does.he.scatter black.cumin and cumin does.he.sprinkle? and does.he.put? wheat a.row and barley an.appointed.\[place\] and spelt border its

*JPS 1917:* When he hath made plain the face thereof, doth he not cast abroad the black cummin, and scatter the cummin, and put in the wheat in rows and the barley in the appointed place and the spelt in the border thereof?

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[Isaiah 28:27](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/ISA.28.27/)

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כִּ֣י לֹ֤א בֶֽחָרוּץ֙ י֣וּדַשׁ קֶ֔צַח וְאוֹפַ֣ן עֲגָלָ֔ה עַל־כַּמֹּ֖ן יוּסָּ֑ב כִּ֧י בַמַּטֶּ֛ה יֵחָ֥בֶט קֶ֖צַח וְכַמֹּ֥ן בַּשָּֽׁבֶט׃

*Word for word:* (dm) not with.(the) threshing sledge it.is.threshed black.cumin and a.wheel of.a.cart over cumin it.is.turned (dm) with (the) staff it.is.beaten.out black.cumin and cumin with (the) rod

*JPS 1917:* For the black cummin is not threshed with a threshing-sledge, neither is a cart-wheel turned about upon the cummin; but the black cummin is beaten out with a staff, and the cummin with a rod.

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