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Strong's #6894 - קַב
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- a dry measure-cab, kab
- about 1.5 litres, 1/6 of a seah, or 1/18 of an ephah
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1416) bq (קב QB) AC: Pierce CO: Cavity AB: ?: The pictograph q is a picture of the sun at the horizon and the gathering of the light, the b is a picture of a tent and what is inside. Combined these mean "gather inside". A container or hole for storing or holding something. (eng: cave; cavity)
A) bq (קב QB) AC: ? CO: Cavity AB: ?
Nm ) bq (קב QB) - Qav: A standard of measure. KJV (1): cab - Strongs: H6894 (קַב)
Nf1) ebq (קבה QBH) - Stomach: As a cavity. KJV (1): maw - Strongs: H6896 (קֵבָה)
Nf2) tbqm (מקבת MQBT) - Hammer: A piercing tool. KJV (2): hammer - Strongs: H4718 (מַקֶּבֶת)
af1) ebqm (מקבה MQBH) - Hammer: A piercing tool. KJV (3): hammer - Strongs: H4717 (מַקֶּבֶת)
gf1) ebfq (קובה QWBH) - Stomach: As a cavity. KJV (1): belly - Strongs: H6897 (קֹבָה)
of1) ebfq (קובה QWBH) - Tent: As a cavity. KJV (1): tent - Strongs: H6898 (קֻבָּה)
B) bbq (קבב QBB) AC: Pierce CO: ? AB: ?
V) bbq (קבב QBB) - Pierce: To pierce through creating a cavity. KJV (8): (vf: Paal) curse - Strongs: H6895 (קָבַב)
L) bqi (יקב YQB) AC: ? CO: Wine trough AB: ?: A boxed cavity below the winepress where the juice drains into.
Nm) bqi (יקב YQB) - Wine trough: KJV (16): winepress, press, fats, pressfat, wine - Strongs: H3342 (יֶקֶב)
Adopted Roots:
Jeff Benner, Ancient Hebrew Research Center Used by permission of the author.
; Talmud קַבָא); — a measure of capacity, Biblical Hebrew only dry measure, רֹבַע הַקַּב 2 Kings 6:25 4-Jan kab; on size of קַב = 4 לֹג = 1/6 סְאָה = 1/6 הִין = approximately 2litres see Now Archaeology i. 202f. Benz Archaeology 182.
קַב m. prop. a hollow vessel (see the root קָבַב No. 1 compare cupa, Engl. a cup); hence a cab, used as a measure of dry things, 2 Kings 6:25 according to the Rabbins, the sixth part of a seah (סֵאָה); comp. Gr. κάβος, i.e. χοῖνιξ.
