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Numbers 5:26

“And the priest shall take an handful of the offering, even the memorial thereof, and burn it upon the altar, and afterward shall cause the woman to drink the water.” (KJV)

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Lexical meaning

קָמַץqâmats · kaw-mats'
H7061 · Hebrew
Definition
to grasp with the hand
Derivation
a primitive root;
KJV renderings
take an handful.
Grammar
  • וְ — conjunction
  • קָמַ֨ץ — verb Qal, sequential perfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular
Code HC/Vqq3ms
Usage
Occurs 3 times in the Hebrew Bible.Leviticus 2:2Leviticus 5:12

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 קָמַץ here.

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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.