Word

קֶרֶשׁ

qeresh · H7175 · Hebrew · 51 occurrences

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A word for 2 things

Frames, boardsTabernacle construction34 verses
DeckBoat, ship3 verses

Meanings

frame, support

Frames, possibly consisting of two vertical poles held together with crossbars; made of wood; used to support a tent

Examples
Exodus 26:15 “Then you shall make the boards for the tabernacle of acacia wood, standing upright.
Exodus 26:16 “Ten cubits shall be the length of each board and one and a half cubits the width of each board.
Exodus 26:17 “There shall be two tenons for each board, fitted to one another; that is what you shall do for all the boards of the tabernacle.
deck

Flat platform; made out of wooden planks; used to form the floor of a ship

Examples
Ezekiel 27:6 “Of oaks from Bashan they have made your rudders; With ivory they have inlaid your deck of boxwood from the coastlands of Cyprus.

How it’s used In 8 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

14 occurrences in 4 groups

מִשְׁכָּןtabernacle, dwelling place 5
צֵלָעrib 5
הוּhis 3
ךְyour 1

Words describing itAdjectives, demonstratives, participles

27 occurrences in 5 groups

אֶחָדone 15
עֶשְׂרִיםtwenty 6
שְׁמֹנֶהeight 2
שְׁנַיִםtwo 2
שֵׁשׁsix 2

What it doesIt is the subject

2 occurrences in 1 groups

הָיָהto be, to become 2

What is done to itIt is the object

13 occurrences in 3 groups

עָשָׂהto do, to make 10
צָפָהto look out 2
שׂוּםto put, to set, to place 1

What it is said to bePredicate

1 occurrences in 1 groups

צֵלָעrib 1

What is said to be itIt is the predicate

14 occurrences in 4 groups

אֶדֶןbase 8
בְּרִיחַcrossbar 4
חָמֵשׁfive 2
פְּקֻדָּהmuster 1

After prepositionsPrepositional phrases

23 occurrences in 2 groups

תַּחַתunder, below, instead of 15
לto/for 12

In phrases “… of it”It is the genitive

6 occurrences in 3 groups

רֹחַבbreadth 2
אֹרֶךְlength 2
תָּוֶךְmiddle 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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In the other Testament 1 word

στῦλος stŷlos · G4769 · pillar, column, leader: Greek στῦλος renders Hebrew קֶרֶשׁ in LXX contexts describing the upright structural boards/planks of the Tabernacle framework, where both terms denote vertical supporting members in architectural construction.

Semantic domains 2 entries

Tents001003002009: The word means a board or frame, directly illustrated by the acacia-wood boards standing upright to form the tabernacle's frame, with their tenons and silver bases (Exodus 26:15-19).
Ships001003001001015: This domain reflects the word's use for a ship's deck or plank (compare Ezekiel 27:6); it is not independently illustrated by the sampled citations, which all concern the tabernacle's frame boards.

Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon H7175. qeresh קֶ֫רֶשׁ51 noun masculineExo 26:16 board, boards; — absolute ׳ק Exo 26:18 +,…

H7175. qeresh
קֶ֫רֶשׁ51 noun masculineExo 26:16 board, boards; — absolute ׳ק Exo 26:18 +, קָ֑רֶשׁ Exo 26:20 +; suffix קַרְשֵׁח Eze 27:6; plural קְרָשִׁים Eze 27:15 +; construct קַרְשֵׁי Eze 27:26 +; suffix קְרָשָׁיו Eze 35:11 +; —
1 collective boards, of deck Eze 27:6 (of Tyre under figure of ship).
2 board of tabernacle Exo 26:15-16, (twice in verse) + 45 t. 26-40; Num 3:36; Num 4:31 (all P).
קֶ֫רֶת see קרה.
קשׂה (√ of following, meaning dubious; compare Arabic basket of palm-leaves; Ethiopic urn, jar; Late Hebrew קַסְוָה = Biblical Hebrew קשׂוה, compare קַסְוָותָא ᵑ7, or קסתות; Talmud קִיסְטָא קִסְטְ, a measure, Syriac jar, (ט after ק), NöSB Akkadian 1882, 1179 Frä63, 205 Brocks. see ).

Brown, Driver and Briggs, A Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain

Topical studies with this word 2 entries

Ships1 occurrence Tents50 occurrences

Meanings adapted from the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament, © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0 and the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew (from the Semantic Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew), © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0; MACULA Greek Linguistic Datasets, available at https://github.com/Clear-Bible/macula-greek/, licensed CC BY 4.0; MACULA Hebrew Linguistic Datasets © 2022-2024 by Biblica, Inc., CC BY 4.0. Westminster Leningrad Codex (tanach.us). OpenScriptures Hebrew Bible morphology (hb.openscriptures.org), CC BY 4.0.

Sources

eRhema lexical overview, based on the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew and the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament (© United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Macula Hebrew and Greek (Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0); released under CC BY-SA 4.0