קֶ֫שֶׁת noun feminine[Gen 9:14] (apparently masculine [2Sam 1:22] but see AlbrZAW xvi (1896) 91) bow (originally √ perhaps קושׁ, meaning unknown; Late Hebrew id.; Assyrian ‡aštu; Ethiopic Arabic plural , etc.; ᵑ7 and (קַשְׁתָּא and (ט for ת after ק P) קוּשְׁטָא (rare), all bow, קַשָּׁתָא bowman; Syriac bow, bowman; Old Aramaic קשת bow, Mandean כשטא (Frä206); Palmyrene קשטא bowman); — absolute ׳ק [Hos 1:7] +, קָ֑שֶׁת [Jer 46:9] +; constructקֶ֫שֶׁת [Hos 1:5] +; suffix קַשְׁתִּי [Gen 48:22] + ,etc.; plural absolute קְשָׁתוֺת [2Chr 26:14] +; suffix קַשְּׁתֹתָיו (Ges«GKC:20h»§ 20h) [Isa 5:28], קַשְּׁתוֺתָם [Jer 51:56]; [Ps 37:15], קַשְּׁתֹתֵיהֶם [Neh 4:7] (קַשְׁתֹּתָיו etc., van d. H. [except [Ps 37:15]]); —
1. bow:
\ \ a. for hunting [Gen 27:3] (J; + תְּלְי)
\ \ b. battle: + (or ||) חֶרֶב [Gen 48:22]; [Josh 24:12] (both E), [Hos 1:7]; [Hos 2:20]; [1Sam 18:4] (+ חְַגֹרוֺ), [2Sam 1:22]; [2Kgs 6:22]; [Isa 41:2]; [Neh 4:7] (+ רָמְחֵיהֶם), [Zech 9:13] (figurative of Judah as ׳י's bow), [Ps 37:15] (figurative) [Ps 44:7] (+ or || חֶרֶב also below) ;+ (or ||) חִצִּים [Isa 7:24]; [2Kgs 13:15] (twice in verse); [Ezek 39:3]; [Ezek 39:9]; [1Chr 12:2]a; compare ׳רִשְׁפֵי ק [Ps 76:4] = arrow (+ מָנֵן וְחֶרֶב) so ׳בֶּן ק [Job 41:20] (compare [Lam 3:13]; [Job 5:7]); + חֲנִית [Ps 46:10], + כִּידוֺן [Jer 6:23]; [Jer 50:42] + varius weapons [Neh 4:10]; [2Chr 26:14] alone [Isa 13:18] (context corrupt), [Isa 22:3]; [Jer 51:56]; [Hab 3:9] (of ׳י as warrior); מִלְחָמָה ׳ק [Zech 9:10]; [Zech 10:4] in simile רְמִיָּה ׳כְּק like a bow of deception [Hos 7:16]; [Ps 78:57] (i.e. one that misses its aim; al. slack bow).
\ \ c. ׳ק collective = bow (-men), archers [Isa 21:17].
\ \ d. phrases are: ׳הַמּרִים אֲנָשִׁים בַּקּ [1Sam 31:3] archers, bowmen (but dubious; Dr Kit Löhr translates, ׳הַמּ ׳א; We Bu strike out ׳א as || [1Chr 10:3] HPS Now strike out ׳בַּקּ ׳א), ׳הַמּוֺרִים בַּקּ [1Chr 10:3] ׳מְטַחֲוֵי ק [Gen 21:16] (see [טָתָה], ׳רמֵה ק [Jer 4:29], compare perhaps [Gen 21:21] see קִשָּׁת, || ׳נשְׁקֵי ק (see II.נָשַׁק) [1Chr 12:2]b [2Chr 17:17], ׳רוֺמֵי ק ׳נוֺ [Ps 78:9] ׳תֹּפֵשׁ הַקּ [Amos 2:15] one grasping the bow, (see [Jer 46:9] below) see also ׳מִלֵּא יָדוֺ בַקּ [2Kgs 9:24], ׳הַרְכֵּב יָֽדְךָ עַלהַֿקּ [2Kgs 13:16] ׳דָּרַח ק bend (literally tread) the bow, [Isa 5:28] (participle passive), [Isa 21:15] (id.; || חֶרֶב) [Jer 50:14]; [Jer 50:29]; [Jer 51:3]; [1Chr 5:18]; [1Chr 8:40]; [2Chr 14:7]; [Ps 37:14] (|| חֶרֶב), in figure [Ps 11:2] (|| חֵץ), and, of God, [Lam 2:4]; [Lam 3:12]; [Ps 7:13] (|| הֶרֶב); ׳תֹּפְשֵׂי דֹּרְכֵי ק [Jer 46:9] compare(figurative) וַיַּדְרְכוֺ אֶתלְֿשׁוֺנָם קַשְׁתָּם [Jer 9:2] also נְחוּשָׁה וְנִחֲתָה ׳ק [Ps 18:35] = [2Sam 22:35] (readוְנִחֲתָה for וְנִחַת) ׳מָשַׁח בַּקּdraw the bow [1Kgs 22:34] = [2Chr 18:33]; [Isa 66:19].
\ \ e. bow (passing over into) figurative of might [Gen 49:24] (poem), [1Sam 2:4]; [Hos 1:5]; [Jer 49:35]; [Job 29:20] (compare [Ps 37:15],
\ \ b. above) feminine נְחוּשָׁה ׳ק fig of divine judgment [Job 20:24] (|| נֵשֶׁק בַּרְזֶל)
2. rainbow: אֲשַׁר יִהְיֶה בֶעָנָן בְּיוֺם הַנֶּשֶׁם ׳כְּמַרְאֵה הַקּ [Ezek 1:28]; [Gen 9:13]; [Gen 9:14]; [Gen 9:16] (P). — קָ֑שֶׁה וַיּאֹמֶר לְלַמֵּד בְּנֵייְֿהוּדָה [2Sam 1:18] is corrupt; ᵐ5 al. omits; We Now think misplaced gloss on v[2Sam 1:6] see further HPS.
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