UBS Hebrew Dictionary Article

Form 1

Part of speech: nsm

Related lemmas: קנה

Sense 1: reed

Semantic domains: Plants (001003001)

Core domains: Plant (125); Water (189)

Definition: = a tall grass with stiff, sharply-pointed leaves and a plume-like flower head that reaches to more than 2 m; it grows in lakes and streams, the roots creeping across the bottom of the lake to produce new leaves and stalks; or on riverbanks; ◄ Phragmites australis (Common reed) or Arundo donax (Giant reed); ► used for baskets, mats, flutes, pens, arrows, and roof-coverings; ≈ symbol of weakness and undependability, but also flexibility

Further resources: Flora:5.1.4

KI1 14:15: RV KI1 14:15 · LV KI1 14:15 · Read together KI1 14:15

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OET-RV KI1 14:15

15 And Yahweh will strike Yisrael just like the reeds bend over in the swamps, and he’ll uproot Yisrael from this good soil that he gave to their ancestors and he’ll scatter them beyond the Perat (Euphrates), because they made their Asherah statues which provoked Yahweh to anger.

OET-LV KI1 14:15

15 And_ YHWH _he _will _strike DOM Yisrā^ʼēl/(Israel) just_as (the)_reed it _sways in_water and_he _will _pluck _up DOM Yisrā^ʼēl/(Israel) from_under the_soil (the)_good (the)_this which he _gave to_ancestors _of_their and_he_will _scatter _them from_the_other _side of_River because that they _have _made DOM poles_their _ʼAshērāh provoking _to _anger DOM YHWH.

KI2 18:21: RV KI2 18:21 · LV KI2 18:21 · Read together KI2 18:21

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OET-RV KI2 18:21

21 Listen, your king’s trusting in a broken stick to lean on which will just splinter and pierce his hand. That’s what King Par’oh (Pharaoh) of Mitsrayim (Egypt) is like to everyone who puts their trust in him.

OET-LV KI2 18:21

21 Now HERE you _rely (for)_yourself on the _staff _of (the)_reed (the)_crushed the_this on Miʦrayim/(Egypt) which anyone he _will _support _himself on/upon/above_him/it and_it _will _go in_palm _of_his and_it_will _pierce _it is_thus Parˊoh the _king _of Miʦrayim to/from_all/each/any/every those_who_rely on/upon/above_him/it.

All 9 recorded passages for this sense

KI1: RV KI1 14:15 · LV KI1 14:15 · Read together KI1 14:15

KI2: RV KI2 18:21 · LV KI2 18:21 · Read together KI2 18:21

JOB: RV JOB 40:21 · LV JOB 40:21 · Read together JOB 40:21

PSA: RV PSA 68:30 · LV PSA 68:31 · Read together PSA 68:30

ISA: RV ISA 19:6 · RV ISA 35:7 · RV ISA 36:6 · RV ISA 42:3 · LV ISA 19:6 · LV ISA 35:7 · LV ISA 36:6 · LV ISA 42:3 · Read together ISA 19:6 · Read together ISA 35:7 · Read together ISA 36:6 · Read together ISA 42:3

EZE: RV EZE 29:6 · LV EZE 29:6 · Read together EZE 29:6

Sense 2: fragrant grass, calamus, sweet flag

Semantic domains: Plants (001003001); Spices (001006013)

Core domains: Plant (125)

Definition: meaning unsure; either: (1) = type of grass that grows in clumps to more than a meter high and has stiff leaves like sword grass and has a sweet smell; ◄ Cymbopogon; ► oil is extracted by boiling and distilling the leaves; used in the oil for anointing priests; or (2) = a type of reed with stiff leaves, distinguished by its green flower head that grows on a stalk to about 50 cm high; ◄ Acorus calamus or Calamus; ► the scented leaves and more strongly scented tubers have traditionally been used medicinally and to make fragrances, and the dried and powdered tubers have been used as a substitute for ginger, cinnamon and nutmeg

Further resources: Flora:4.1.2

EXO 30:23: RV EXO 30:23 · LV EXO 30:23 · Read together EXO 30:23

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OET-RV EXO 30:23

23 Then you yourself must collect these spices: 6kg of fragrant sap named myrrh, then 3kg of fragrant cinnamon, 3kg of fragrant cane,

OET-LV EXO 30:23

23 And_you(ms) take to/for_yourself(m) spices the_best _of myrrh _of flowing five hundred(s) and_cinnamon _of spice half _of_its fifty and_two _hundred and_cane _of spice fifty and_two _hundred.

SNG 4:14: RV SNG 4:14 · LV SNG 4:14 · Read together SNG 4:14

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OET-RV SNG 4:14

14 nard and saffron, calamus and cinnamon, with all trees used for incense,
⇔ myrrh and aloes, with all the best spices,

OET-LV SNG 4:14

14 Nard and_saffron calamus and_cinnamon with all _of the_trees _of frankincense myrrh and_aloes with all _of the_best _of spices.

All 5 recorded passages for this sense

EXO: RV EXO 30:23 · LV EXO 30:23 · Read together EXO 30:23

SNG: RV SNG 4:14 · LV SNG 4:14 · Read together SNG 4:14

ISA: RV ISA 43:24 · LV ISA 43:24 · Read together ISA 43:24

JER: RV JER 6:20 · LV JER 6:20 · Read together JER 6:20

EZE: RV EZE 27:19 · LV EZE 27:19 · Read together EZE 27:19

Sense 3: measuring reed, measuring stick

Semantic domains: Tools (001004001017)

Core domains: Crafts (027); Size (161)

Definition: = reed used as a linear measure of six royal cubits, i.e. of 3.1 meters

Collocations: קְנֵה מִדָּה

Further resources: Realia:1.8.6; Realia:11.4.1.6

EZE 40:3: RV EZE 40:3 · LV EZE 40:3 · Read together EZE 40:3

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OET-RV EZE 40:3

3 and he took me there. Then wow, there was a man standing in the city gateway who looked like bronze! He was holding a linen cord and a measuring rod.

OET-LV EZE 40:3

3 And_he _brought me to_(to) and_BEHOLD/LO/SEE a _man appearance _of_his was_like_the_appearance _of bronze and_a _cord _of linen(s) in_his/its_hand and_the _reed _of (the)_measurement and_he was_standing in_gate.

EZE 40:5: RV EZE 40:5 · LV EZE 40:5 · Read together EZE 40:5

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OET-RV EZE 40:5

5 There was a wall surrounding the temple area. The measuring rod in the man’s hand was just over three metres long. (It was six long cubits—each long cubit was a cubit long plus a handbreadth.) So he measured the wall, and it was one measuring rod thick and one high.

OET-LV EZE 40:5