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title: קֶשֶׁר — conspiracy · The Tanakh dictionary
description: קֶשֶׁר (7195), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 16 times: conspiracy. BDB 1906: n.m. conspiracy. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# קֶשֶׁר

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«קֶשֶׁר» in the Tanakh dictionary: **conspiracy** — 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:** 16 times · **Key:** 7195 · **BDB:** קֶ֫שֶׁר

### Glosses

a.conspiracy (5); conspiracy (5); treason (5)

### Meaning (OSHB)

conspiracy [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1511/7195/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.m. conspiracy [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1511/7195/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.m. 2 S 15:12 conspiracy;—abs. ק׳ 2 S 15:12 +, קָ֑שֶׁר 2 K 11:14 +; cstr. קֶ֫שֶׁר Ez 22:25 (but v. infr.); sf. קִשְׁרוֹ 1 K 16:20; 2 K 15:15;—conspiracy 2 S 15:12; as acc. cogn. c. קָשַׁר 1 K 16:20; 2 K 12:21; 14:19 = 2 Ch 25:27; 2 K 15:15, 30; וַיִּמְצָא בְּהוֹשֵׁעַ ק׳ 2 K 17:4, נִמְצָא ק׳ בְּאִישׁ וגו׳ Je 11:9; as exclam. 2 K 11:14(×2) = 2 Ch 23:13(×2); Is 8:12(×2) (Gr Lag CheComm. GuKau al. קֹדֶשׁ or קָדשׁ); קֶשֶׁר נְבִיאֶיהָ Ez 22:25, אֲשֶׁר נְשִׂיאֶיהָ Co Toy Krae al. (after 𝔊).

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 13 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (3 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 «קֶשֶׁר» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1511/7195/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Jeremiah 11:9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JER.11.9/)

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וַיֹּ֥אמֶר יְהוָ֖ה אֵלָ֑י נִֽמְצָא־קֶ֙שֶׁר֙ בְּאִ֣ישׁ יְהוּדָ֔ה וּבְיֹשְׁבֵ֖י יְרוּשָׁלִָֽם׃

*Word for word:* and he.said Yahweh to me it.has.been.found a.conspiracy among everyone of.Judah and among the.inhabitants of.Jerusalem

*JPS 1917:* And the LORD said unto me: 'A conspiracy is found among the men of Judah, and among the inhabitants of Jerusalem.

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[2 Kings 12:21](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/2KI.12.21/)

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וַיָּקֻ֥מוּ עֲבָדָ֖יו וַיִּקְשְׁרֽוּ־קָ֑שֶׁר וַיַּכּוּ֙ אֶת־יוֹאָ֔שׁ בֵּ֥ית מִלֹּ֖א בֵּ֥ית מִלֹּ֖א הַיּוֹרֵ֥ד סִלָּֽא׃

*Word for word:* and they.arose servants his and they.conspired a.conspiracy and they.struck.down (et) Joash Beth- Millo \[which\].goes down Silla

*JPS 1917:* And his servants arose, and made a conspiracy, and smote Joash at Beth-millo, on the way that goeth down to Silla.

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