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title: קָרָה — lay the beams of · The Tanakh dictionary
description: קָרָה (lemma:קָרָה), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 5 times: lay the beams of. BDB 1906: vb.denom. lay the beams of, furnish with beams. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# קָרָה

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«קָרָה» in the Tanakh dictionary: **lay the beams of** — 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:** 5 times · **Key:** lemma:קָרָה · **BDB:** קָרָה³

### Glosses

make.beams.for (2); they (2); who\].makes.beams.for (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

lay the beams of [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1511/lemma_3a_5e7_5b8_5e8_5b8_5d4/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

vb.denom. lay the beams of, furnish with beams [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1511/lemma_3a_5e7_5b8_5e8_5b8_5d4/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** vb.denom. lay the beams of, furnish with beams;—c. acc. of the building: Pf. 3 pl. sf. קֵרוּהוּ Ne 3:3, 6; Inf. cstr. לְקָרוֹת Ne 2:8; 2 Ch 34:11; Pt. הַֽמְקָרֶה ψ 104:3 (fig.).

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 5 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses (8 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 2 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (6 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «קָרָה» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1511/lemma_3a_5e7_5b8_5e8_5b8_5d4/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Psalms 104:3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.104.3/)

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הַ֥מְקָרֶֽה בַמַּ֗יִם עֲ‍ֽלִיּ֫וֹתָ֥יו הַשָּׂם־עָבִ֥ים רְכוּב֑וֹ הַֽ֝מְהַלֵּ֗ךְ עַל־כַּנְפֵי־רֽוּחַ׃

*Word for word:* the.\[one who\].makes.beams.for on the waters rooms his.upper the.\[one who\].makes clouds chariot his the.\[one who\].walks on \[the\].wings of.\[the\].wind

*JPS 1917:* Who layest the beams of Thine upper chambers in the waters, who makest the clouds Thy chariot, who walkest upon the wings of the wind;

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[Nehemiah 3:3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/NEH.3.3/)

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וְאֵת֙ שַׁ֣עַר הַדָּגִ֔ים בָּנ֖וּ בְּנֵ֣י הַסְּנָאָ֑ה הֵ֣מָּה קֵר֔וּהוּ וַֽיַּעֲמִ֙ידוּ֙ דַּלְתֹתָ֔יו מַנְעוּלָ֖יו וּבְרִיחָֽיו׃ס

*Word for word:* and (et) the.gate of the.fish(es) they.rebuilt the.sons of.(the) Senaah they they made.beams.for.it and they.set.up doors its bolts its and bars its

*JPS 1917:* And the fish gate did the sons of Hassenaah build; they laid the beams thereof, and set up the doors thereof, the bolts thereof, and the bars thereof.

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