קָצֶה

n.[m.] end, extremity, only sg.: abs. ק׳ Gn 19:4 + 3 times; cstr. קְצֵה Ju 6:21 +; sf. קָצֵ֫הוּ Gn 47:21 + 4 times; (םִ)קְצֵיהֶם Ez 33:2 (sg.; Ges§ 93 ss); pl. (cstr.) supplied by קְצוֹת, v. foll.;— end, of staff Ju 6:21, rod 1 S 14:27, 43, curtains Ex 26:5 = 36:12 (P; cf. קָצָה); of conduit Is 7:3, river, = mouth v 18 (prob.), Jos 15:5(×2); 18:19; of field Gn 23:9, valley Jos 15:8, tribe v 21, sea v 2 Nu 34:3 (all P); of territory (גְּבוּל) Nu 20:16 (JE; just without), 22:36 (E; just within), cf. Ez 25:9 (al. sub 3); מִק׳ גְּבוּל־מִצְרַיִם וְעַד־קָצֵהוּ Gn 47:21 (J); cf. מִן־הַקּ׳ אֶל־הַקּ׳ Ex 26:28 = 36:33 (of side of tabern.); מִקְצֵה צָפ֫וֹנָה Ez 48:1 at the northern extremity, cf. מִק׳ תֵימָן Jos 15:1 (P); of earth, מִק׳ (הָ)אָרֶץ Is 5:26; 43:6; Dt 28:49 (all ‖ מֵרָחוֹק), Is 42:10 + 4 times; + phr. מִק׳ (הָ)אָרֶץ וְעַד־ק׳ הָאָרֶץ Dt 13:8; 28:64; Je 25:33, of land 12:12 (cf. Is 26:15); of earth, abbrev. עַד־ק׳ הָא׳ 25:31; Is 48:20; 49:6 ψ 46:10, אֶל־ק׳ הָא׳ Is 62:11; of earth, בִּק׳־אָ֑רֶץ Pr 17:24, בִּק׳ תֵּבֵל ψ 19:5; מִק׳ הַשָּׁמַיִם Is 13:5 (‖ מֵאֶרֶץ מֶרְחָק), ψ 19:7 (‖ עַל־קְצוֹתָם), בִּק׳ הַשּׂ׳ Dt 30:4 = Ne 1:9; לְמִק׳ הַשּׁ׳ וְעַד־ק׳ הַשּׁ׳ Dt 4:32. border, outskirts, of city 1 S 9:27; 14:2 Jos 4:19; 18:15, camp Nu 11:1 (JE); especially to one approaching Ju 7:17, 19; 2 K 7:5, 8, so of armed force Ju 7:11, people Nu 22:41 (E), 23:13 (JE; emphat. אֶפֶם ק׳, opp. כֻּלּוֹ), mt. Ex 19:12 (E), Jos 18:16 (JE); see also 3:8 (D), v 15 (JE), Ex 13:20 = Nu 33:6; Ex 16:35; Nu 33:37; Jos 13:27 (all P), Ru 3:7. condensed term for what is included within extremities, = the whole: מִק׳ אֶחָיו Gn 47:2 (J), cf. Ez 33:2; abs. מִקָּצֶה Gn 19:4 (J) = in (its) entirety; = on all sides, Je 51:31 + 50:26 (מִקָּצֶה for מִקֵּץ, Gie); so מִקָּצֵהוּ Is 56:11 Di, but om. מִקּ׳ 𝔊 Du Che Marti. מִקְצֵה at the end of a certain time Jos 9:16 (JE), 2 S 24:8 + 8 times.