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title: קַר — cool · The Tanakh dictionary
description: קַר (7119), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 2 times: cool. BDB 1906: adj. cool. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# קַר

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«קַר» in the Tanakh dictionary: **cool** — 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:** 2 times · **Key:** 7119 · **BDB:** קַר²

### Glosses

cool (2)

### Meaning (OSHB)

cool [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1511/7119/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

adj. cool [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1511/7119/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** adj. cool;—cstr. (fig.) וְקַר־רוּחַ Pr 17:27 (Kt) cool of spirit, i.e. calm, self-possessed (Qr יְקַר־); pl. קָרִים of water Je 18:14 Pr 25:25.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 2 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (17 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (12 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «קַר» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1511/7119/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Proverbs 25:25](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PRO.25.25/)

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מַ֣יִם קָ֭רִים עַל־נֶ֣פֶשׁ עֲיֵפָ֑ה וּשְׁמוּעָ֥ה ט֝וֹבָ֗ה מֵאֶ֥רֶץ מֶרְחָֽק׃

*Word for word:* water cool on a.person weary and a.report good from a.land of.distance

*JPS 1917:* As cold waters to a faint soul, so is good news from a far country.

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[Jeremiah 18:14](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JER.18.14/)

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הֲיַעֲזֹ֥ב מִצּ֛וּר שָׂדַ֖י שֶׁ֣לֶג לְבָנ֑וֹן אִם־יִנָּתְשׁ֗וּ מַ֛יִם זָרִ֥ים קָרִ֖ים נוֹזְלִֽים׃

*Word for word:* does it.leave? from.\[the\] rock of.\[the\].field the.snow of.Lebanon or? are.they.plucked.up waters strange cool flowing

*JPS 1917:* Doth the snow of Lebanon fail from the rock of the field? or are the strange cold flowing waters plucked up?

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