כְּבָרָה
kᵉbârâh · H3531 · Hebrew · 1 occurrence
Thing
Meanings
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sieve
A shallow, flat circular container with a mesh bottom of straw, cord, bark strips, or reed, used in winnowing and as a figure for distinguishing good from bad
ExamplesAmos 9:9 “For behold, I am commanding, And I will shake the house of Israel among all nations As grain is shaken in a sieve, But not a pebble will fall to the ground.
How it’s used In 1 role
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1 occurrences in 1 groups
- בin/on/with 2
When two words share a role, as in “Paul and Barnabas said”, the verse appears under each, so a section’s counts can add up to more than the number of occurrences.
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Semantic domains 2 entries
- Tools001003001001017
- The word names a sieve, a tool used for shaking and separating grain, as in the imagery of Israel shaken among the nations like grain in a sieve in Amos 9:9.
- Dimension002001001020
- The sieve's shaking action involves separating by size, distinguishing what falls through from what remains, an implicit dimensional sorting in Amos 9:9's imagery.
Word family 10 words
Words formed from the same root. They share a form, not always a meaning.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon H3531. kebarah כְּבָרָה noun feminine a sieve (a net-like implement), Amo 9:9 בַּכְּבָרָה…
כְּבָרָה noun feminine a sieve (a net-like implement), Amo 9:9 בַּכְּבָרָה יִנּוֺעַ כַּאֲשֶׁר as it (corn) is shaken (i.e. sifted) in a sieve. compare WetzstZPV xiv. 1 ff.
Brown, Driver and Briggs, A Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain
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