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Strong's #6893 - קָאַת
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- a ceremonially unclean bird
- perhaps pelican or cormorant
- perhaps an extinct bird, exact meaning unknown
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1415) aq (קא QA) AC: Vomit CO: Vomit AB: ?
A) aq (קא QA) AC: ? CO: Vomit AB: ?
Nm ) aq (קא QA) - Vomit: [df: ayq] KJV (4): vomit - Strongs: H6892 (קִיא)
Nf2 ) taq (קאת QAT) - Qaat: An unknown bird that vomits up its food for its chicks. KJV (5): pelican, cormorant - Strongs: H6893 (קָאַת)
J) afq (קוא QWA) AC: ? CO: Vomit AB: ?
V) afq (קוא QWA) - Vomit: [df: hyq]KJV (8): (vf: Paal, Hiphil) vomit, spue - Strongs: H6958 (קָיָה)
M) aiq (קיא QYA) AC: ? CO: Vomit AB: ?
V) aiq (קיא QYA) - Vomit: [df: hyq] KJV (1): (vf: Paal) spue - Strongs: H7006 (קָיָה)
Jeff Benner, Ancient Hebrew Research Center Used by permission of the author.
קַב see I. קבב. Below
I. קבב (√ of following; compare Arabic arch, dome (hence 'al-cove'), vaulted tent, especially tent of honour Goldziher ZMG xlvii (1893), 74f. Jacob Beduinenleben (2) 86,245; Syriac vault, dome, id., vaulted tent PS3466b; so Late Hebrew קוּבָּה, specifically lupanar; ᵑ7קוּבְּתָא vault (especially vaulted heavens); perhaps also Assyrian ‡abâbu, shield).
קָאַת with the art. הַקָּאָת Leviticus 11:18; Deuteronomy 14:17 const. st. קְאַת f. a bird found in marshes (Levit. and Deut. locc. citt.) and inhabiting deserts, Isaiah 34:11; Zephaniah 2:14; Psalms 102:7 according to several old translators, the pelican; Aram. and Arab. קָקָא, ܩܳܩܐܳ, قيق, قوق, prob. so called from its vomiting, as this very voracious bird is accustomed to vomit sea-shells and other things which it has swallowed. [So in Thesaur. from קוֹא.]