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title: קֶשֶׁב — attentiveness · The Tanakh dictionary
description: קֶשֶׁב (7182), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 4 times: attentiveness. BDB 1906: n.m. attentiveness. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# קֶשֶׁב

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«קֶשֶׁב» in the Tanakh dictionary: **attentiveness** — 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:** 4 times · **Key:** 7182 · **BDB:** קֶ֫שֶב

### Glosses

attentiveness (3); of.attentiveness (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

attentiveness [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1511/7182/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.m. attentiveness [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1511/7182/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.m. attentiveness;—קָ֑שֶׁב as sign of life 2 K 4:31,\* of a living deity 1 K 18:29; as acc. cogn. וְהִקְשִׁיב קֶשֶׁב רַב־קָ֑שֶׁב Is 21:7 he shall attend an attentiveness (give close attention),—abundance of attentiveness (cf. 63:7 ψ 145:7).

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Why these entries: BDB: same consonants, part of speech agrees, 3 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses (4 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (4 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «קֶשֶׁב» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1511/7182/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Isaiah 21:7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/ISA.21.7/)

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וְרָ֣אָה רֶ֗כֶב צֶ֚מֶד פָּֽרָשִׁ֔ים רֶ֥כֶב חֲמ֖וֹר רֶ֣כֶב גָּמָ֑ל וְהִקְשִׁ֥יב קֶ֖שֶׁב רַב־קָֽשֶׁב׃

*Word for word:* and he.will.see a.rider a.pair of.horses a.rider of.a.donkey a.rider of.a.camel and he.will.pay.attention attentiveness greatness of.attentiveness

*JPS 1917:* And when he seeth a troop, horsemen by pairs, a troop of asses, a troop of camels, he shall hearken diligently with much heed.

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[1 Kings 18:29](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/1KI.18.29/)

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וַֽיְהִי֙ כַּעֲבֹ֣ר הַֽצָּהֳרַ֔יִם וַיִּֽתְנַבְּא֔וּ עַ֖ד לַעֲל֣וֹת הַמִּנְחָ֑ה וְאֵֽין־ק֥וֹל וְאֵין־עֹנֶ֖ה וְאֵ֥ין קָֽשֶׁב׃

*Word for word:* and it.was just as.passed the noontide(s) and they.prophesied until (to).goes up the offering and there.\[was\].not a.voice and there.\[was\].not \[one.who\].answered and there.\[was\].not attentiveness

*JPS 1917:* And it was so, when midday was past, that they prophesied until the time of the offering of the evening offering; but their was neither voice, nor any to answer, nor any that regarded.

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