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title: קַרְקַע — floor · The Tanakh dictionary
description: קַרְקַע (7172), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 8 times: floor. BDB 1906: floor. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# קַרְקַע

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«קַרְקַע» in the Tanakh dictionary: **floor** — 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:** 8 times · **Key:** 7172 · **BDB:** קַרְקַע

### Glosses

the.floor (4); floor (3); the.bottom (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

floor [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1511/7172/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

floor [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1511/7172/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.\[m.\] floor (prob. redupl. from a √ קרר, or קור; NH id., ground, so 𝔗 קַרְקְעָא, קַרְקָעִימָא; appar. = Assyrian ḳaḳḳaru, ground, earth, Arabic قَرْقَرٌ terra aequabilis mollisque; cf. Köii 1, 91);—abs. ק׳ 1 K 6:16; 7:7 a, -קָ֑ע v 7 b (v. infr.); cstr. קַרְקַע Nu 5:17 +;—floor of temple 1 K 6:15(×2), 16, 30; 7:7 a; v 7 b read prob. הַקּוֹרוֹת rafters (cf. 6:15 and קוֹרָה) 𝔖 𝔙 Th Sta KmpKau Benz; (earth)-floor of tabern. Nu 5:17; קַרְקַע הַיָּם Am 9:3 the floor, bottom of the sea.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 6 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (2 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (2 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «קַרְקַע» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1511/7172/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[1 Kings 6:30](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/1KI.6.30/)

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וְאֶת־קַרְקַ֥ע הַבַּ֖יִת צִפָּ֣ה זָהָ֑ב לִפְנִ֖ימָה וְלַחִיצֽוֹן׃

*Word for word:* and (et) the.floor of the.house he.overlaid gold to within and to the outer

*JPS 1917:* And the floor of the house he overlaid with gold, within and without.

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[1 Kings 7:7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/1KI.7.7/)

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וְאוּלָ֤ם הַכִּסֵּא֙ אֲשֶׁ֣ר יִשְׁפָּט־שָׁ֔ם אֻלָ֥ם הַמִּשְׁפָּ֖ט עָשָׂ֑ה וְסָפ֣וּן בָּאֶ֔רֶז מֵהַקַּרְקַ֖ע עַד־הַקַּרְקָֽע׃

*Word for word:* and the.porch of the.throne where he.gave.judgment there the.porch of.(the) judgment he.made and \[it.was\].paneled with (the) cedar from the floor to the floor

*JPS 1917:* And he made the porch of the throne where he might judge, even the porch of judgment; and it was covered with cedar from floor to floor.

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