קַו (qav) — measuring line / extent / note

Notes: Passages: OET KI1 7:23 · OET JER 31:39
{A:MT-Q} | {A:MT-K} קָוֶה = קַו; Passage: OET PSA 19:4
LXX φθόγγος SYM ἦχος VUL sonus NJPS "voice" = [4a] | DCH "chord > sound, music, melody, rhythm" | others read קֹולָם "their voice"; Passages: OET ISA 18:2 · OET ISA 18:7
RSV NJB NRSV REB GNT CEV | NIV "of strange speech" NJPS of gibber (and chatter)"

Form 1

Part of speech: nsm

Related lemmas: קוה

Sense 1: measuring line

Semantic domains: Cords (001004001004)

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

Definition: = line ► used for measuring the size of an object; ≈ sometimes used in a figurative sense in the context of moral and ethical standards

Further resources: Realia:1.8.6

Show passage in OET: KI1 7:23

OET-RV KI1 7:23

23 Huram also cast a very large round basin nicknamed ‘The sea’ that was five metres across (so a circumference of fourteen metres) and over two metres high.

OET-LV KI1 7:23

23 And_he/it _made DOM the_sea throw_metal was_ten by_cubit from_lip _of_its to lip _of_its round all _around five by_cubit height _of_its and thirty by_cubit it _went _round DOM_him/it all _around.

Show passage in OET: KI2 21:13

OET-RV KI2 21:13

13 I’ll use the same tape measure for Yerushalem that I used for Shomron (Samaria), and I’ll use the same plumb line that I used for Ahav’s extended family. I’ll wipe Yerushalem away, just like someone dries a bowl—they wipe it dry and then turn it upside down.

OET-LV KI2 21:13

13 And_I _will _stretch _out over Yərūshālaim/(Jerusalem) DOM the _measuring-line _of Shomrōn and_DOM the _levelling _tool _of the _house _of ʼAḩʼāⱱ and_I _will _wipe _clean DOM Yərūshālaim/(Jerusalem) just_as someone _wipes _clean DOM the_bowl he _wipes_it_clean and_he _turns_it_over on face _of_its.

Jump to OET KI1 7:23 section.

Jump to OET KI2 21:13 section.

All 12 recorded passages for this sense

KI1: OET KI1 7:23

KI2: OET KI2 21:13

CH2: OET CH2 4:2

JOB: OET JOB 38:5

ISA: OET ISA 28:17 · OET ISA 34:11 · OET ISA 34:17 · OET ISA 44:13

JER: OET JER 31:39

LAM: OET LAM 2:8

EZE: OET EZE 47:3

ZEC: OET ZEC 1:16

Sense 2: extent

Semantic domains: Dimension (002001001021)

Core domains: Size (161)

Definition: literally: measuring line; hence, possibly: = the dimensions of an object, ◄ as if determined with the help of a measuring line

Show passage in OET: PSA 19:5

OET-RV PSA 19:4

4 yet their words go out over all the earth,
⇔ ≈ and their speech to the end of the world.
⇔ He’s placed the sun in its home in the sky.

OET-LV PSA 19:5

5  In_all the_earth/land measuring-line _of_their it _has _gone _out and_at_the _end _of the_world words/messages _of_their for_sun he _has _put a _tent in_them.

Jump to OET PSA 19:4 section.

Sense 3: note, music

Semantic domains: Sounds (002004001009007)

Core domains: Music and Dance (111)

Definition: literally: line, extended to: string (of an instrument); hence, possibly: = the music produced by a stringed instrument

Show passage in OET: PSA 19:5

OET-RV PSA 19:4

4 yet their words go out over all the earth,
⇔ ≈ and their speech to the end of the world.
⇔ He’s placed the sun in its home in the sky.

OET-LV PSA 19:5

5  In_all the_earth/land measuring-line _of_their it _has _gone _out and_at_the _end _of the_world words/messages _of_their for_sun he _has _put a _tent in_them.

Jump to OET PSA 19:4 section.

Form 2

Part of speech: nsm

Sense 1: mighty, powerful, strong

Semantic domains: Strong (002001001060)

Core domains: Strength (172)

Definition: meaning unsure; possibly: = state in which a nation is described as strong and powerful

Collocations: קַו־קָו

Synonyms: מְבוּסָה

Show passage in OET: ISA 18:2

OET-RV ISA 18:2

2 You who send ambassadors across the ocean
⇔ skimming over the water in papyrus vessels.
⇔ You swift messengers, go to the nation where the people are tall and smooth-skinned—
⇔ a people who are feared—a very powerful nation
⇔ from a land that’s divided by rivers.

OET-LV ISA 18:2

2 The_one_which _is_sending on_sea envoys and_in_vessels _of papyrus on the_surface _of the_waters go Oh _messengers swift to a _nation tall and_smooth _skinned to a _people feared from it and_beyond a _nation strength strength and_trampling which rivers they _divide land _of_its.

Show passage in OET: ISA 18:7

OET-RV ISA 18:7

7 At that time, a gift will be brought for Commander-in-chief Yahweh,
⇔ from those tall, smooth-skinned people who are feared by every nation.
⇔ That very powerful nation whose land is divided by rivers.
⇔ They’ll take it to Mt. Tsiyon (Zion) where Commander-in-chief Yahweh’s name is known.

OET-LV ISA 18:7

7 At_time (the)_that a _gift it _will _be _brought to/for_YHWH soldiers/messengers a _people tall and_smooth _skinned and_from_a _people feared from it and_beyond a _nation _of strength strength and_trampling which rivers they _divide land _of_its to the _place _of the _name _of YHWH soldiers/messengers the _mountain _of Tsiyyōn/(Zion).

Jump to OET ISA 18:2 section.

Jump to OET ISA 18:7 section.

Form 3

Part of speech: nsc

Sense 1: tsade tsade qoph qoph

Semantic domains: Sounds (002004001009007)

Core domains: Communication (041)

Definition: = the letters tsade and qoph of the Hebrew alphabet recited as part of a kind of nursery rhyme; ≈ associated with childish behavior and therefore looked upon with contempt

Collocations: צַו לָצַו צַו לָצַו קַו לָקַו קַו לָקַו

Synonyms: צַו

Show passage in OET: ISA 28:10

OET-RV ISA 28:10