קַב

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

Used: 1 times · Key: 6894 · BDB: קַב²

Glosses

the.kab (1)

Meaning (OSHB)

ḳab tree →

Meaning (BDB 1906)

ḳab tree →

The whole BDB entry

n.[m.] ḳab (NH id.; Syriac ܩܰܒܳܐ; Talm קַבָּא);—a measure of capacity, BH only dry measure, רֹבַע הַקַּב 2 K 6:25 1/4 ḳab; on size of קַב = 4 לֹג = 1/6 סְאָה = 1/3 הִין = c. 2 litres v. NowArch. i. 202 f. BenzArch. 182.

Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (4 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 0 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (2 candidates)

Trees and pragmatics

Every English meaning of «קַב» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

In the verses

2 Kings 6:25

וַיְהִ֨י רָעָ֤ב גָּדוֹל֙ בְּשֹׁ֣מְר֔וֹן וְהִנֵּ֖ה צָרִ֣ים עָלֶ֑יהָ עַ֣ד הֱי֤וֹת רֹאשׁ־חֲמוֹר֙ בִּשְׁמֹנִ֣ים כֶּ֔סֶף וְרֹ֛בַע הַקַּ֥ב דִּבְיוֹנִ֖יםבַּחֲמִשָּׁה־כָֽסֶף׃

Word for word: and it.was a.famine great in Samaria and there! [they.were].laying.siege on it until was [the].head of.a.donkey for eighty silver and the.fourth.part of the.kab doves'.dung(s) for five silver

JPS 1917: And there was a great famine in Samaria; and, behold, they besieged it, until an ass's head was sold for fourscore pieces of silver, and the fourth part of a kab of dove's dung for five pieces of silver.

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