Lexical Summary qaath: (a bird) perhaps pelican Original Word: קָאַתTransliteration: qaath Phonetic Spelling: (kaw-ath') Part of Speech: Noun Feminine Short Definition: (a bird) perhaps pelican Meaning: (a bird) perhaps pelican Strong's Concordance cormorant From qow'; probably the pelican (from vomiting) -- cormorant. see HEBREW qow' Brown-Driver-Briggs H6893. qaath קָאָת קָאַת, noun [feminine] a bird, usually pelican (compare ᵐ5 Leviticus, Deuteronomy, Psalms, ᵑ9 Psalms (derived by Thes from [קוא], קיא (see Köii. 1, 173, and, on ת, Ges§ 80g), as throwing up food from its crop for its young); but sea-fowl improbable in Psalms, Isaiah; Late Hebrew קָאתָא ᵑ7 קָאָת, id.); — absolute הַקָּאָת Leviticus 11:18 = Deuteronomy 14:17, as unclean; קָאַת (van d. H. Gi; Baer קָאָת) Isaiah 34:11; Zephaniah 2:14, as inhabiting ruins; construct מִדְכָּר קְאַת Psalm 102:7, simile of loneliness. קַב see I. קבב. Below I. קבב (√ of following; compare Arabic arch, dome (hence 'al-cove'), vaulted tent, especially tent of honour GoldziherZMG xlvii (1893), 74 f. JacobBeduinenleben (2) 86, 245; Syriac vault, dome, id., vaulted tent PS3466b; so Late Hebrew קוּבָּה, specifically lupanar; קוּבְּתָא ᵑ7 vault (especially vaulted heavens); perhaps also Assyrian ‡abâbu, shield). |
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