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title: קַרְדֹּם — axe · The Tanakh dictionary
description: קַרְדֹּם (7134), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 5 times: axe. BDB 1906: axe. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# קַרְדֹּם

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«קַרְדֹּם» in the Tanakh dictionary: **axe** — 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:** 5 times · **Key:** 7134 · **BDB:** קַרְדֹּם

### Glosses

axes (4); axe (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

axe [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1511/7134/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

axe [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1511/7134/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.\[m.\] axe (√ unknown; cf. NH קַרְדֹּם double hoe, one side of which could split wood, VogelstLandwirthsch. 37; Arabic قَدُّومٌ, قَدُوم adze is loan-wd. according to Frä84);—sf. קַרְדֻּמּוֹ 1 S 13:20 + Ju 9:48 (so prob. read for הַקַּרְדֻּמוֹת, A 𝔊L τ. ἀξίνην, GFM Bu Now); pl. קַרְדֻּמִּים 1 S 13:21, קַרְדֻּמּוֹת Je 46:22 ψ 74:5.

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

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «קַרְדֹּם» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1511/7134/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Psalms 74:5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.74.5/)

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יִ֭וָּדַע כְּמֵבִ֣יא לְמָ֑עְלָה בִּֽסֲבָךְ־עֵ֝֗ץ קַרְדֻּמּֽוֹת׃

*Word for word:* it.was.known like \[one.who\].brings (to) upwards in a.thicket of.tree\[s\] axes

*JPS 1917:* It seemed as when men wield upwards axes in a thicket of trees.

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[Jeremiah 46:22](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JER.46.22/)

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קוֹלָ֖הּ כַּנָּחָ֣שׁ יֵלֵ֑ךְ כִּֽי־בְחַ֣יִל יֵלֵ֔כוּ וּבְקַרְדֻּמּוֹת֙ בָּ֣אוּ לָ֔הּ כְּחֹטְבֵ֖י עֵצִֽים׃

*Word for word:* sound its \[is\].like (the) snake \[which\].it.goes (dm) in strength they.will.come and with axes they.will.come to it like cutters of.wood(s)

*JPS 1917:* The sound thereof shall go like the serpent's; for they march with an army, and come against her with axes, as hewers of wood.

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