Lexical Summary qabab: to utter a curse against, curse Original Word: קָבַבTransliteration: qabab Phonetic Spelling: (kaw-bab') Part of Speech: Verb Short Definition: to utter a curse against, curse Meaning: to scoop out, to malign, execrate Strong's Concordance curse A primitive root; to scoop out, i.e. (figuratively) to malign or execrate (i.e. Stab with words) -- X at all, curse. Brown-Driver-Briggs H6895. qabab II. [קָבַב] verb utter a curse against, curse (compare [ב] יקו Ecclus 41:7); — Qal curse, with accusative, usually person: Perfect3masculine singular suffix קַכֹּה (Ges§ 58d) Numbers 23:8; 2masculine singular suffix consecutive וְקַכֹּתוֺ 23:27; Imperfect3masculine singular וַיִּקֹּב (Ges§ 67g) Leviticus 24:11 (with accusative אֶתהַֿשֵּׁם); 2 masculine singular suffix תִּקֳּבֶנּוּ Numbers 23:25 (+ Infinitive absolute); 1 singular אֶקֹּב 23:8 (object omitted); נָוֵהוּ וָאֶקּוֺב Job 5:3 (probably corrupt; ᵐ5 Du read וַיִּדְקַב, compare Me Bi Siegf Beer; וַיִּמָּקֵד Bu; וַיוּקַב CheJQ July, 1897, 575; וַיִּבֹּק BevJPhil, xxvi. 308 (compare Isaiah 24:1, 3; Jeremiah 51:2; Nahum 2:3)); 3masculine plural suffix יִקְּבֻהוּ Job 3:8; Proverbs 11:26; 24:24; Imperative masculine singular קָֽבָהלִּֿי (Ges§ 67p Köi. 329 ff.) Numbers 22:11, 17, suffix 3masculine singular וְקָבְנרֹלִי (Ges§ 67o) 23:13 (all J E; all + לִי as dativus commodi [dative of benefit], so also 23:27 see Perfect above); Infinitive absolute קֹב 23:25 (+ Imperfect); Infinitive construct לָקֹב 23:11; 24:10. קבה (√ of following (compare DlPr 113 Köii.1, 185): Arabic echinus, i.e. stomachi pars pelliculata; Syriac is collect, contain, water, cistern; Ethiopic have dropsy; Late Hebrew קֵבָה = Biblical Hebrew) |
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