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title: זֵק — missile · The Tanakh dictionary
description: זֵק (lemma:זֵק), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 1 times: missile. BDB 1906: missile, spark. With 1 verse in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# זֵק

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«זֵק» in the Tanakh dictionary: **missile** — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 1 verse in layers.

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**Used:** 1 times · **Key:** lemma:זֵק · **BDB:** זֵק

### Glosses

burning.arrows (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

missile [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1494/lemma_3a_5d6_5b5_5e7/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

missile, spark [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1494/lemma_3a_5d6_5b5_5e7/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.\[m.\] missile, spark (√ dub.; cf. NH זִיקִין fiery arrows, Aramaic זִיקָא id., זִיקוּקָא id. + spark, ܙܺܝܩܳܐ shooting star, ray of light, ܙܺܝܩܬܳܐ shooting star)—only pl. זִקִּים of (fire-?) missiles Pr 26:18 (‖ חִצִּים, c. ירה); so זִיקוֹת sparks, brands (as leaping, springing forth?) מְאַזְּרֵי ז׳ (v. אזר) Is 50:11 (‖ קֹדְחֵי אֵשׁ), ז׳ בִּעַרְתֶּם v 11 (‖ אוּר אֶשְׁכֶם).

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses (3 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (2 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «זֵק» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1494/lemma_3a_5d6_5b5_5e7/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Proverbs 26:18](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PRO.26.18/)

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כְּֽ֭מִתְלַהְלֵהַּ הַיֹּרֶ֥ה זִקִּ֗ים חִצִּ֥ים וָמָֽוֶת׃

*Word for word:* like a.madman \[who\] throws burning.arrows arrows and death

*JPS 1917:* As a madman who casteth firebrands, arrows, and death;

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