Hebrew root (lemma) ‘קַו’ (qav)

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Key: khaki:verbs.
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This root form (lemma) ‘קַו’ is used in 10 different forms in the Hebrew originals: קַו (6, Ncmsa), קָו (4, Ncmsa), לָ,קָו (4, R,Ncmsa), וְ,קָו (2, C,Ncmsa), קָּו (1, Ncmsa), לְ,קָו (1, R,Ncmsa), בַּ,קָּו (1, Rd,Ncmsa), קָו (1, Ncmsc), קַֽו (1, Ncmsc), קַוָּ,ם (1, Ncmsc,Sp3mp).

It is glossed in 10 different ways: ‘strength’(4), ‘to,line’(4), ‘line’(4), ‘a_measuring-line’(3), ‘and,a_measuring-line’(2), ‘(into)_a,measuring-line’(1), ‘measuring-line_of,their’(1), ‘the_measuring-line_of’(1), ‘a_measuring-line_of’(1), ‘by,measuring-line’(1).

Have 22 uses of Hebrew root (lemma) ‘קַו’ (qav) in the Hebrew originals

2 KI 21:13 קָו (qāv) Ncmsc contextual word gloss=‘the_measuring-line_of’ word gloss=‘measuring_line_of’ OSHB 2 KI 21:13 word 5

OET-LV: 13 And_I _will _stretch _out over Yərūshālam/(Jerusalem) DOM the_measuring-line_of Shomrōn and_DOM the _levelling _tool _of the _house _of ʼAḩʼāⱱ and_I _will _wipe _clean DOM Yərūshālam/(Jerusalem) just_as someone _wipes _clean DOM the_bowl he _wipes_it_clean and_he _turns_it_over on face _of_its. (KI2 21:13)

OET-RV: 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 Ahab’s extended family. I’ll wipe Yerushalem away, just like someone dries a bowl—they wipe it dry and then turn it upside down. (KI2 21:13)

2 CHR 4:2 וְ,קָו (və, qāv) C,Ncmsa contextual morpheme glosses=‘and, a_measuring-line’ morpheme glosses=‘and, line’ OSHB 2 CHR 4:2 word 15

OET-LV: 2 and_he/it _made DOM the_sea throw_metal was_ten by_cubit from_lip _of_its to lip _of_its round all _around and_was_five by_cubit height _of_its and_a_measuring-line thirty by_cubit it _went _round DOM_him/it all _around. (CH2 4:2)

OET-RV: 2 and he made the large round metal water tank (called ‘The Sea’), which was 4.5m in diameter and over two metres high. (CH2 4:2)

JOB 38:5 קָּו (qāv) Ncmsa contextual word gloss=‘a_measuring-line’ word gloss=‘measuring_line’ OSHB JOB 38:5 word 10

OET-LV: 5 Who did _he _appoint measurements _of_its if/because you _know or who did _he _stretch _out on/upon_it(f) a_measuring-line. (JOB 38:5)

OET-RV: 5 Who decided on its measurements, if you know?
⇔ ≈ Or who stretched out a tape measure over it? (JOB 38:5)

PSA 19:5 קַוָּ,ם (qaūā, m) Ncmsc,Sp3mp contextual morpheme glosses=‘measuring-line_of, their’ morpheme glosses=‘voice_of, their’ OSHB PSA 19:5 word 4

OET-LV: 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. (PSA 19:5)

OET-RV: 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. (PSA 19:4)

ISA 18:2 קַו (qav) Ncmsa contextual word gloss=‘strength’ word gloss=‘line_of’ OSHB ISA 18:2 word 23

OET-LV: 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. (ISA 18:2)

OET-RV: 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. (ISA 18:2)

ISA 18:2 קָו (qāv) Ncmsa contextual word gloss=‘strength’ word gloss=‘line’ OSHB ISA 18:2 word 24

OET-LV: 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. (ISA 18:2)

ISA 18:7 קַו (qav) Ncmsa contextual word gloss=‘strength’ word gloss=‘line_of’ OSHB ISA 18:7 word 16

OET-LV: 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). (ISA 18:7)

OET-RV: 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. Tsiyyon (Zion) where Commander-in-chief Yahweh’s name is known. (ISA 18:7)

ISA 18:7 קָו (qāv) Ncmsa contextual word gloss=‘strength’ word gloss=‘line’ OSHB ISA 18:7 word 17

OET-LV: 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). (ISA 18:7)

ISA 28:10 קַו (qav) Ncmsa contextual word gloss=‘line’ word gloss=‘line’ OSHB ISA 28:10 word 6

OET-LV: 10 If/because command to_command command to_command line to_line line to_line a _little there a _little there. (ISA 28:10)

OET-RV: 10 Because it’s ‘command to command to command, line to line to line, a little there, a little there’. (ISA 28:10)

ISA 28:10 לָ,קָו (lā, qāv) R,Ncmsa contextual morpheme glosses=‘to, line’ morpheme glosses=‘upon, line’ OSHB ISA 28:10 word 7

OET-LV: 10 If/because command to_command command to_command line to_line line to_line a _little there a _little there. (ISA 28:10)

OET-RV: 10 Because it’s ‘command to command to command, line to line to line, a little there, a little there’. (ISA 28:10)

ISA 28:10 קַו (qav) Ncmsa contextual word gloss=‘line’ word gloss=‘line’ OSHB ISA 28:10 word 8

OET-LV: 10 If/because command to_command command to_command line to_line line to_line a _little there a _little there. (ISA 28:10)

OET-RV: 10 Because it’s ‘command to command to command, line to line to line, a little there, a little there’. (ISA 28:10)

ISA 28:10 לָ,קָו (lā, qāv) R,Ncmsa contextual morpheme glosses=‘to, line’ morpheme glosses=‘upon, line’ OSHB ISA 28:10 word 9

OET-LV: 10 If/because command to_command command to_command line to_line line to_line a _little there a _little there. (ISA 28:10)

OET-RV: 10 Because it’s ‘command to command to command, line to line to line, a little there, a little there’. (ISA 28:10)

ISA 28:13 קַו (qav) Ncmsa contextual word gloss=‘line’ word gloss=‘line’ OSHB ISA 28:13 word 9

OET-LV: 13 And_it _was to/for_them the _message _of YHWH command to_command command to_command line to_line line to_line a _little there a _little there so _that they _may _go and_they _will _stumble backwards and_they _will _be _broken and_they _will _be _ensnared and_they _will _be _captured. (ISA 28:13)

OET-RV: 13 So Yahweh’s message to them,
⇔ ‘command to command to command, line to line to line, a little there, a little there’,
⇔ so they can go, but they’ll stumble backwards and will be broken,
⇔ plus they’ll become trapped and will be captured. (ISA 28:13)

ISA 28:13 לָ,קָו (lā, qāv) R,Ncmsa contextual morpheme glosses=‘to, line’ morpheme glosses=‘upon, line’ OSHB ISA 28:13 word 10

OET-LV: 13 And_it _was to/for_them the _message _of YHWH command to_command command to_command line to_line line to_line a _little there a _little there so _that they _may _go and_they _will _stumble backwards and_they _will _be _broken and_they _will _be _ensnared and_they _will _be _captured. (ISA 28:13)

OET-RV: 13 So Yahweh’s message to them,
⇔ ‘command to command to command, line to line to line, a little there, a little there’,
⇔ so they can go, but they’ll stumble backwards and will be broken,
⇔ plus they’ll become trapped and will be captured. (ISA 28:13)

ISA 28:13 קַו (qav) Ncmsa contextual word gloss=‘line’ word gloss=‘line’ OSHB ISA 28:13 word 11

OET-LV: 13 And_it _was to/for_them the _message _of YHWH command to_command command to_command line to_line line to_line a _little there a _little there so _that they _may _go and_they _will _stumble backwards and_they _will _be _broken and_they _will _be _ensnared and_they _will _be _captured. (ISA 28:13)

ISA 28:13 לָ,קָו (lā, qāv) R,Ncmsa contextual morpheme glosses=‘to, line’ morpheme glosses=‘upon, line’ OSHB ISA 28:13 word 12

OET-RV: 13 So Yahweh’s message to them,
⇔ ‘command to command to command, line to line to line, a little there, a little there’,
⇔ so they can go, but they’ll stumble backwards and will be broken,
⇔ plus they’ll become trapped and will be captured. (ISA 28:13)

ISA 28:17 לְ,קָו (lə, qāv) R,Ncmsa contextual morpheme glosses=‘(into)_a, measuring-line’ morpheme glosses=‘as, measuring_line’ OSHB ISA 28:17 word 3

OET-LV: 17 And_I _will _make justice (into)_a_measuring-line and_righteousness (into)_a_levelling _tool and_ hail _it _will _sweep _away the_refuge _of falsehood and_the_shelter waters they _will _overflow. (ISA 28:17)

OET-RV: 17 Then I’ll make justice into a measuring stick,
⇔ and righteous into a levelling tool.
⇔ Hail will sweep away the shelter of lies,
⇔ and floods will drown the hiding place. (ISA 28:17)

ISA 34:11 קַֽו (qav) Ncmsc contextual word gloss=‘a_measuring-line_of’ word gloss=‘measuring_line_of’ OSHB ISA 34:11 word 10

OET-LV: 11 And_they_will _take _possession _of _it wilderness _owl and_hedgehog and_great _owl and_raven they _will _dwell in_it and_he _will _stretch _out on/upon_it(f) a_measuring-line_of formlessness and_stones _of emptiness. (ISA 34:11)

OET-RV: 11 Desert owls and hedgehogs will take it over—
⇔ ≈ owls and ravens will live there.
⇔ Yahweh will stretch the measuring line of ruin over it
⇔ and plumb lines of destruction. (ISA 34:11)

ISA 34:17 בַּ,קָּו (ba, qāv) Rd,Ncmsa contextual morpheme glosses=‘by, measuring-line’ morpheme glosses=‘in / on / at / with, line’ OSHB ISA 34:17 word 8

OET-LV: 17 And_he he _has _throw for_them a _lot and_hand _of_his it_has _divided _it to/for_them by_measuring-line until perpetuity they_will _possess _it to_a _generation and_a _generation they _will _dwell in_it. (ISA 34:17)

OET-RV: 17 He has thrown dice for them,
⇔ and his hand divided out their territory with a measuring line.
⇔ It’ll be theirs forever—they’ll live there throughout the generations. (ISA 34:17)

ISA 44:13 קָו (qāv) Ncmsa contextual word gloss=‘a_measuring-line’ word gloss=‘line’ OSHB ISA 44:13 word 4

OET-LV: 13 A _craftsman _of wood(s) he _stretches _out a_measuring-line he_outlines _it with_marker he_works _it with _(the)_tools and_with_compass he_outlines _it and_he_made _it like_the_form _of a _man like_the_beauty _of a _man to_dwell a _house. (ISA 44:13)

OET-RV: 13 The carpenter measures a piece of wood.
⇔ He outlines it with a marker and works it with his chisels.
⇔ He outlines it with a compass and makes it like the figure of a man—
⇔ like a good-looking man who might live in a house. (ISA 44:13)

LAM 2:8 קָו (qāv) Ncmsa contextual word gloss=‘a_measuring-line’ word gloss=‘line’ OSHB LAM 2:8 word 8

OET-LV: 8 YHWH he _has _planned to_destroy the _wall _of the _daughter _of Tsiyyōn he _has _stretched _out a_measuring-line not he _has _turned _back his/its_hand from_swallowing _up and_he _has _caused _to _mourn rampart and_wall together they _have _languished. (LAM 2:8)

OET-RV: 8 Yahweh planned to destroy the wall of the daughter that’s Tsiyyon.
⇔ He stretched out the measuring line.
⇔ He didn’t withhold his hand from devouring,
⇔ and he’s brought the ramparts and wall to mourning. Together they wasted away. (LAM 2:8)

EZE 47:3 וְ,קָו (və, qāv) C,Ncmsa contextual morpheme glosses=‘and, a_measuring-line’ morpheme glosses=‘and, measuring_line’ OSHB EZE 47:3 word 4

OET-LV: 3 When_ the_man _went _out east and_a_measuring-line in_his/its_hand and_he _measured _out a _thousand by_cubit and_he_made _me _pass in_waters waters _of ankles. (EZE 47:3)

OET-RV: 3 As the man started walking toward the east holding his measuring line in his hand, he measured off five hundred metres and led me through the water, which was ankle-deep. (EZE 47:3)

Lemmas with same root consonants as ‘קו’ (qv)

It's possible that this might not have any actual semantic connection to the main root above—use with caution.

Hebrew root (lemma) ‘קַו’ (qav)

Have 22 uses of Hebrew root (lemma) ‘קַו’ (qav) in the Hebrew originals

Lemmas with same root consonants as ‘קו’ (qv)

Have 0 uses of Hebrew root (lemma) ‘קָו’ (qāv) in the Hebrew originals