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qaw קַוAcord, Bline’ (Hebrew)

Etymology?: from qāwā קָוָה ‘to await / to collect’, compare qwh קוה ‘line’
Roots: קוה
Variants: קַו, קַו

qaw n, m
A1) line, measuring-line
2) (BDB) onomatapoetic mimicry of Isaiah's words, perhaps senseless
B1) cord, line, measuring-line
 1a) cord
 1b) measuring-line

Mentioned in 2 Kings 21:13 Isaiah 34:11, 44:13, 28:13, 28:17, 34:17, 28:10 Ezekiel 47:3 Psalms 19:5 Job 38:5 Lamentations 2:8 2 Chronicles 4:2

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