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Deuteronomy 14:17
“And the pelican, and the gier eagle, and the cormorant,” (KJV)
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Lexical meaning
קָאַתqâʼath · kaw-ath'
H6893 · Hebrew
H6893 · Hebrew
- Definition
- probably the pelican (from vomiting)
- Derivation
- from H6958 (קוֹא);
- KJV renderings
- cormorant.
- Grammar
- וְ — conjunction
- הַ — particle (definite article)
- קָּאָ֥ת — common noun, feminine, singular, absolute
- Usage
- Occurs 5 times in the Hebrew Bible.Leviticus 11:18Psalms 102:7Isaiah 34:11Zephaniah 2:14
Theological interpretation (AI)
The card on the left shows lexical data from published sources. Interpretation is separate: ask the Companion to explain how traditions read קָאַת here.
Hebrew text: Westminster Leningrad Codex (public domain). Morphology & lemmas: Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible, CC BY 4.0 (hb.openscriptures.org). Lexicon: Strong's Hebrew Dictionary (1894, public domain; JSON edition © Open Scriptures, CC BY-SA). Verse numbers follow the Hebrew text, which occasionally differs from English Bibles.