קשת

Cognate with Akkadian 𒄑𒉼 (qaštum, “bow”) and Arabic قَوْس (qaws, “bow”).

• (קֶשֶׁת, késhet):
  • (Modern Israeli Hebrew) IPA^(key): /ˈkɛʃɛt/
  • (Ashkenazi Hebrew) IPA^(key): /ke.ʃes/, /kej.ʃejs/
  • (Iraqi Hebrew) IPA^(key): /ˈqe.ʃeθ/
  • (Sephardi Hebrew) IPA^(key): /ˈke.ʃet̪/, [ˈke.ʃeθ]
  • (Syrian Hebrew) IPA^(key): /ˈqe.ʃet/, [ˈʔe.ʃet]
  • (Yemenite Hebrew) IPA^(key): /ˈɡæ.ʃæθ/
  • (Tiberian Hebrew) IPA^(key): /ˈqɛ.ʃɛθ/
• (קַשָּׁת, kashát):
  • (Modern Israeli Hebrew) IPA^(key): /kaˈʃat/

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קֶשֶׁת • (késhet) f (plural indefinite קְשָׁתוֹת, singular construct קֶשֶׁת־) [pattern: קֶטֶל]

1. (archery) bow
2. rainbow
3. headband
4. (geometry) arc
5. (graph theory) edge (a connected pair of vertices in a graph)
6. (physics) electric arc
7. (music) bow (a rod with horsehair (or an artificial substitute) stretched between the ends, used for playing various stringed musical instruments)
8. (construction, chiefly masonry) arch, archway

• (rainbow): קֶשֶׁת בְּעָנָן (késhet be'anán)

• דַּקַּת קֶשֶׁת (dakát késhet)
• חץ וקשת
• קשת ארוכה / קֶשֶׁת אֲרֻכָּה (késhet aruká)

• H7198 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible

קַשָּׁת • (kashát) m (plural indefinite קַשָּׁתִים, singular construct קַשַּׁת־) [pattern: קַטָּל]

1. archer; soldier whose main weapon is the bow and arrow
   • Tanach, Genesis 21:20, with translation of the New International Version:

     וַיְהִי אֱלֹהִים אֶת־הַנַּעַר וַיִּגְדָּל וַיֵּשֶׁב בַּמִּדְבָּר וַיְהִי רֹבֶה קַשָּׁת׃

     God was with the boy as he grew up. He lived in the desert and became an archer.

קַשָּׁת • (kashát)

1. (astronomy) Sagittarius (a constellation of the zodiac supposedly shaped like a centaur who is an archer)
2. (astrology) Sagittarius (the zodiac sign for the archer, ruled by Jupiter and covering November 23 - December 21 (tropical astrology) or December 16 - January 14 (sidereal astrology))

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