כְּסִיל
Kᵉçîyl · H3685 · Hebrew · 4 occurrences
Meanings
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constellation
Group of stars forming a recognized pattern
ExamplesIsaiah 13:10 For the stars of heaven and their constellations Will not flash their light; The sun will be dark when it rises And the moon will not shed its light.
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Orion
Group of stars forming a recognized pattern, often identified with "Orion"
ExamplesJob 9:9 Who makes the Bear, Orion, and the Pleiades, And the constellations of the south.
Job 38:31 “Can you tie up the chains of the Pleiades, Or untie the cords of Orion?
Amos 5:8 He who made the Pleiades and Orion, And changes deep darkness into morning, Who also darkens day into night, Who calls for the waters of the sea And pours them out on the surface of the earth, The LORD is His name.
How it’s used In 4 roles
Every occurrence, grouped by the words it is grammatically related to.
the word studied the word it goes with
Whose, or of whatGenitive or possessive
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- הֶםtheir 1
What it doesIt is the subject
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- הָלַלto praise 1
What is done to itIt is the object
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- עָשָׂהto do, to make 1
In phrases “… of it”It is the genitive
2 occurrences in 2 groups
- מוֹשְׁכָהcords 1
- עָשָׂהto do, to make 1
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 4 entries
- Foolish002001002010
- This entry carries no independent “Foolish” sense of its own; every tagged occurrence names the constellation Orion, as in “Who makes the Bear, Orion, and the Pleiades, and the constellations of the south” (Job 9:9). The “Foolish” domain is bundle-shared with the related lexemes כְּסִיל (kᵉçîyl, H3684) and כְּסִיל (Kᵉçîyl, H3686) rather than independently attested here.
- Celestial Bodies001002001
- This word is the name of the constellation Orion, referenced in Job 9:9, 38:31 and Amos 5:8, so it belongs among terms for celestial bodies.
- Names of Constellations003001002
- כְּסִיל names the constellation Orion, illustrated at Job 9:9 ("who makes the Bear, Orion, and the Pleiades") and Job 38:31 ("untie the cords of Orion").
- Names of Locations003001010
- This entry carries no independent place-name sense of its own; every tagged occurrence names the constellation Orion, as in “Who makes the Bear, Orion, and the Pleiades, and the constellations of the south” (Job 9:9). The “Names of Locations” domain is bundle-shared with the related lexemes כְּסִיל (kᵉçîyl, H3684) and כְּסִיל (Kᵉçîyl, H3686) rather than independently attested here.
Word family 12 words
Words formed from the same root. They share a form, not always a meaning.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon H3685. Kesil II. כְּסִיל noun masculine Orion (relation to above √ obscure); — Amo 5:8;…
II. כְּסִיל noun masculine Orion (relation to above √ obscure); — Amo 5:8; Job 9:9; also כ ׳משְׁכוֺת תְּפַתֵּחַ Job 38:31 the cords of Orion wilt (canst) thou let out ? (apparently some mythological allusion, see Di Che, to giant bound in skies; compare Homer 'Ωρίωνα δοκεύει, and σθέηος Ὠρίωνος); both times associated with the Pleiades; suffix כְּסִילֵיהֶם their Orions Isa 13:10, Orion and other constellations of the same brilliancy.
Brown, Driver and Briggs, A Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain
Sources
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