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title: קָוָה — collect · The Tanakh dictionary
description: קָוָה (lemma:קָוָה), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 2 times: collect. BDB 1906: vb. collect. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# קָוָה

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«קָוָה» in the Tanakh dictionary: **collect** — 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:** 2 times · **Key:** lemma:קָוָה · **BDB:** קָוָה²

### Glosses

let.them.be.gathered (1); they.will.be.gathered (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

collect [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1511/lemma_3a_5e7_5b8_5d5_5b8_5d4/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

vb. collect [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1511/lemma_3a_5e7_5b8_5d5_5b8_5d4/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** vb. collect (NH Hiph. collect);— be collected, Pf. 3 pl. וְנִקְווּ consec. Je 3:17 (of nations); Impf. 3 mpl. יִקָּווּ Gn 1:9 (P; of waters; both c. אֶל loc.); so prob. of ships (c. ל pers.) Is 60:9 (for MT יְקַוּוּ), v. I. קוה 1.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 2 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses (8 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (6 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «קָוָה» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1511/lemma_3a_5e7_5b8_5d5_5b8_5d4/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Genesis 1:9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/GEN.1.9/)

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וַיֹּ֣אמֶר אֱלֹהִ֗ים יִקָּו֨וּ הַמַּ֜יִם מִתַּ֤חַת הַשָּׁמַ֙יִם֙ אֶל־מָק֣וֹם אֶחָ֔ד וְתֵרָאֶ֖ה הַיַּבָּשָׁ֑ה וַֽיְהִי־כֵֽן׃

*Word for word:* and he.said God let.them.be.gathered the waters from under the heavens to a.place one and let.it.appear the.dry land and it.was so

*JPS 1917:* And God said: 'Let the waters under the heaven be gathered together unto one place, and let the dry land appear.' And it was so.

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[Jeremiah 3:17](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JER.3.17/)

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בָּעֵ֣ת הַהִ֗יא יִקְרְא֤וּ לִירוּשָׁלִַ֙ם֙ כִּסֵּ֣א יְהוָ֔ה וְנִקְוּ֨וּ אֵלֶ֧יהָ כָֽל־הַגּוֹיִ֛ם לְשֵׁ֥ם יְהוָ֖ה לִירוּשָׁלִָ֑ם וְלֹא־יֵלְכ֣וּ ע֔וֹד אַחֲרֵ֕י שְׁרִר֖וּת לִבָּ֥ם הָרָֽע׃ס

*Word for word:* at the time (the) that people.will.call (to) Jerusalem the.throne of.Yahweh and they.will.be.gathered to it all the nations to the.name of.Yahweh to Jerusalem and not they.will.walk again after the.stubbornness their.own.heart their (the) evil

*JPS 1917:* At that time they shall call Jerusalem The throne of the LORD; and all the nations shall be gathered unto it, to the name of the LORD, to Jerusalem; neither shall they walk any more after the stubbornness of their evil heart.

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