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כּוֺכָב noun masculineGenesis 15:5 star (Late Hebrew
id.; Aramaic
כּוֺכְבָא,
כּוֺכַבְתָּא ![](/bdbgif/bdb045609.gif)
,
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, feminine form specifically of planet Venus, see also We
Skizzen iii. 36, 38; Arabic
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Generally of
single stars and probably Aramaic loan-word, We
Skizzen iii. 173; Ethiopic
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; probably for *
כבכב see Mahri
kubkob, kobkib, etc., Maltzan
ZMG 1873, 227 and Assyrian
kakkabu Dl
HWB 336; Punic
κακαβουμ (Dioscorides), name of a plant, probably from shape of seed-cup, Blau
ZMG xxvii, 1873, 529; on formation compare Nö
M § 109 Ba
NB § 138. 1) —
׳כ absolute
Numbers 24:17; construct
כּוֺכַב Amos 5:26; plural
כּוֺכָבִים Genesis 1:16 19t.; construct
כּוֺכְבֵי (
כֹּכְבֵי)
Genesis 22:17 13t.;
כֹּכְבֵיהֶם Ezekiel 32:7; — singular only
אֱלֹהֵיכֶם ׳כ Amos 5:26 (where, however,
׳כ is probably a gloss, so GFM Dec. 19, 1890, and now We; see further
כִּיּוּן); and
מִיַּעֲקֹב ׳כ Numbers 24:12 (J E; ""
שֵׁבֶט בישׂראל, metaphor of future ruler); elsewhere plural
stars, "" sun and moon (compare also below)
Genesis 1:16 (P)
Psalm 136:9 (to rule the night, compare
Genesis 1:16),
Jeremiah 31:35;
Genesis 37:9 (E), Joseph's dream (
׳אַחַד עָשָׂר כ = 11 brethren);
Deuteronomy 4:19 object of idolatrous worship (compare below); observed in augury
׳הַחֹזִים בַּכּ Isaiah 47:13 (of Babylon);
Ecclesiastes 12:2 ("" (also)
light; figurative of brightness of youth); "" sun
Job 9:7; "" moon
Psalm 8:4; sign of evening
Nehemiah 4:15 (
׳מֵעֲלוֺת הַשַּׁחַר עַד צֵאת הַכּ) compare
כּוֺכְבֵי נִשְׁכּוֺ Job 3:9 (apparently sign of dawn); numbered by God
Psalm 147:4; simile of abundant posterity,
Genesis 15:5;
Genesis 22:17;
Genesis 26:4;
Exodus 32:13 (all J E); of Israel
Deuteronomy 1:10;
Deuteronomy 10:22;
Deuteronomy 28:62;
1 Chronicles 27:32;
Nehemiah 9:23; of number of merchants of Nineveh
Nahum 3:16; as lofty,
Job 22:12; so in figure of haughty nations Obadiah 4;
Isaiah 14:13; compare symbolic vision of Daniel (""
צָבָא,
צְבָא הַשָּׁמַיִם)
Daniel 8:10; simile of brightness of righteous
Daniel 12:3; not pure (
זַכּוּ) before God
Job 25:5 ("" moon); darkened in Yahweh's judgment
Joel 2:10; Joel 4:15;
Ezekiel 32:7 ("" sun and moon; so)
Isaiah 13:10 ("" also
כְּסִילֵיהֶם); personified: as fighting
Judges 5:20; shouting
Job 38:7 (
בְּרָןיַֿחַד כּוֺכְבֵי בֹקֶר, ""
בְּנֵי אֱלֹחִים); praising
Psalm 148:3 (
כּוֺכְבֵי אוֺר, "" sun and moon). — On stars in Arabic mythology see We
Skizzen iii. 173 f.
Forms and Transliterations
בַּכּ֣וֹכָבִ֔ים בכוכבים הַכּ֣וֹכָבִ֔ים הַכּֽוֹכָבִ֗ים הַכּֽוֹכָבִים֙ הַכּוֹכָבִ֖ים הַכּוֹכָבִֽים׃ הכוכבים הכוכבים׃ וְ֝כוֹכָבִ֗ים וְ֭כוֹכָבִים וְהַכּוֹכָבִ֑ים וְכוֹכָבִ֖ים והכוכבים וכוכבים כְּכֹכְבֵ֖י כְּכוֹכְבֵ֖י כְּכוֹכְבֵ֣י כְּכוֹכְבֵ֥י כַּכּוֹכָבִ֖ים כֹּֽכְבֵיהֶ֑ם כּ֣וֹכְבֵי כּ֥וֹכְבֵי כּֽוֹכָבִ֔ים כּֽוֹכָבִ֖ים כּוֹכְבֵ֪י כּוֹכַב֙ כּוֹכָ֜ב כּוֹכָבִ֣ים כוֹכְבֵ֤י כוכב כוכבי כוכבים ככביהם ככוכבי ככוכבים כככבי לְכֽוֹכְבֵי־ לַכּוֹכָבִ֑ים לכוכבי־ לכוכבים מִכּוֹכְבֵ֖י מכוכבי bak·kō·w·ḵā·ḇîm bakKochaVim bakkōwḵāḇîm chochVei hak·kō·w·ḵā·ḇîm hakkochaVim hakkōwḵāḇîm kak·kō·w·ḵā·ḇîm kakkochaVim kakkōwḵāḇîm kə·ḵō·ḵə·ḇê kə·ḵō·wḵ·ḇê kechocheVei kechochVei kəḵōḵəḇê kəḵōwḵḇê kō·ḵə·ḇê·hem kō·w·ḵā·ḇîm kō·w·ḵaḇ kō·w·ḵāḇ kō·wḵ·ḇê ḵō·wḵ·ḇê koChav kochaVim kocheveiHem kochVei kōḵəḇêhem kōwḵaḇ kōwḵāḇ kōwḵāḇîm kōwḵḇê ḵōwḵḇê lak·kō·w·ḵā·ḇîm lakkochaVim lakkōwḵāḇîm lə·ḵō·wḵ·ḇê- lechochvei ləḵōwḵḇê- mik·kō·wḵ·ḇê mikkochVei mikkōwḵḇê vechochaVim vehakkochaVim wə·hak·kō·w·ḵā·ḇîm wə·ḵō·w·ḵā·ḇîm wəhakkōwḵāḇîm wəḵōwḵāḇîm
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