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title: קֹצֶר — shortness · The Tanakh dictionary
description: קֹצֶר (7115), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 1 times: shortness. BDB 1906: shortness. With 1 verse in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# קֹצֶר

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«קֹצֶר» in the Tanakh dictionary: **shortness** — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 1 verse in layers.

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**Used:** 1 times · **Key:** 7115 · **BDB:** קֹ֫צֶר

### Glosses

shortness (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

shortness [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1511/7115/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

shortness [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1511/7115/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.\[m.\] shortness;—cstr. ק׳ רוּחַ Ex 6:9 (P) = impatience.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (6 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (6 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «קֹצֶר» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1511/7115/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Exodus 6:9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/EXO.6.9/)

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וַיְדַבֵּ֥ר מֹשֶׁ֛ה כֵּ֖ן אֶל־בְּנֵ֣י יִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל וְלֹ֤א שָֽׁמְעוּ֙ אֶל־מֹשֶׁ֔ה מִקֹּ֣צֶר ר֔וּחַ וּמֵעֲבֹדָ֖ה קָשָֽׁה׃פ

*Word for word:* and he.spoke Moses thus to the.people of.Israel and not they.listened to Moses from shortness of.spirit and from labor hard

*JPS 1917:* And Moses spoke so unto the children of Israel; but they hearkened not unto Moses for impatience of spirit, and for cruel bondage.

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