Original Word: קָבַב
Part of Speech: Verb
Transliteration: qabab
Phonetic Spelling: (kaw-bab')
Short Definition: curse II. [קָבַב] verb utter a curse against, curse (compare [ב] יקו Ecclus 41:7); —

Qal curse, with accusative, usually person: Perfect3masculine singular suffix קַכֹּה (Ges^{§ 58d}) Numbers 23:8; 2masculine singular suffix consecutive וְקַכֹּתוֺ Numbers 23:27; Imperfect3masculine singular וַיִּקֹּב (Ges^{§ 67g}) Leviticus 24:11 (with accusative אֶתהַֿשֵּׁם); 2 masculine singular suffix תִּקֳּבֶנּוּ Numbers 23:25 (+ Infinitive absolute); 1 singular אֶקֹּב Numbers 23:8 (object omitted); וָאֶקּוֺב נָוֵהוּ Job 5:3 (probably corrupt; ᵐ5 Du read וַיִּדְקַב, compare Me Bi Siegf Beer; וַיִּמָּקֵד Bu; וַיוּקַב Che^{JQ July, 1897, 575}; וַיִּבֹּק Bev^{JPhil, xxvi. 308} (compare Isaiah 24:1,3; Jeremiah 51:2; Nahum 2:3)); 3masculine plural suffix יִקְּבֻהוּ Job 3:8; Proverbs 11:26; Proverbs 24:24; Imperative masculine singular קָֽבָהלִּֿי (Ges^{§ 67p} Kö^{i. 329 ff.}) Numbers 22:11,17, suffix 3masculine singular וְקָבְנרֹלִי (Ges^{§ 67o}) Numbers 23:13 (all J E; all + לִי as dativus commodi [dative of benefit], so also Numbers 23:27 see Perfect above); Infinitive absolute קֹב Numbers 23:25 (+ Imperfect); Infinitive construct לָקֹב Numbers 23:11; Numbers 24:10.

קבה (√ of following (compare Dl^{Pr 113} Kö^{ii.1, 185}): Arabic echinus, i.e. stomachi pars pelliculata; Syriac is collect, contain, water, cistern; Ethiopic have dropsy; Late Hebrew קֵבָה = Biblical Hebrew)

curse

A primitive root; to scoop out, i.e. (figuratively) to malign or execrate (i.e. Stab with words) -- X at all, curse.

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