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Strong's #6895 - קָבַב
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- to curse, utter a curse against
- (Qal) to curse
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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.
Qal curse, with accusative, usually person: Perfect 3 masculine singular suffix קַכֹּה (Ges§ 58d) Numbers 23:8; 2 masculine singular suffix consecutive וְקַכֹּתוֺ Numbers 23:27; Imperfect 3 masculine singular וַיִּקֹּב (Ges§ 67g) Leviticus 24:11 (with accusative אֶתהַֿשֵּׁם); 2 masculine singular suffix תִּקֳּבֶנּוּ Numbers 23:25 (+ Infinitive absolute); 1 singular אֶקֹּב Numbers 23:8 (object omitted); וָאֶקּוֺב נָוֵהוּ Job 5:3 (probably corrupt; ᵐ5 Du read וַיִּדְקַב, compare Me Bi Siegf Beer; וַיִּמָּקֵד Bu; וַיוּקַב Che JQ July, 1897,575; וַיִּבֹּק Bev JPhil, xxvi. 308 (compare Isaiah 24:1,3; Jeremiah 51:2; Nahum 2:3)); 3 masculine plural suffix יִקְּבֻהוּ Job 3:8; Proverbs 11:26; Proverbs 24:24; Imperative masculine singular קָֽבָהלִּֿי (Ges§ 67p Kö i. 329 ff.) Numbers 22:11,17, suffix 3 masculine singular וְקָבְנרֹלִי (Ges§ 67o) Numbers 23:13 (all J E; all + לִי as dativus commodi [dative of benefit], so also Numbers 23:27 see Perfect above); Infinitive absolute קֹב Numbers 23:25 (+ Imperfect); Infinitive construct לָקֹב Numbers 23:11; Numbers 24:10.
קבה (√ of following (compare Dl Proverbs 113 Kö ii.1,185): Arabic 
echinus, i.e. stomachi pars pelliculata; Syriac 
is collect, contain, water, 
cistern; Ethiopic 
have dropsy; Late Hebrew קֵבָה = Biblical Hebrew)
קָבַב kindred to the roots גָּבַב, כָּוָה No. II, to make gibbous and hollow
(1) i.q. נָקַב to hollow out; hence also, to arch, to vault (comp. גָּבַב, כָּוַו = כָּוָה) i.q. Arab. قَبَّ Conj. II, Ch. קַבֵּב. Hence קַב, קֻבָּה.
(2) metaph, i.q. נָקַב No. 3 (which see), to curse, to execrate (prop. to pierce, to perforate). Hence pret. inf. and imp. Numbers 23:8, seq. Imp. with suff. and Nun epenth, קָבְנוֹ Numbers 23:13.
