כּוֺכָב noun masculineGenesis 15:5 star (Late Hebrew
id.; Aramaic
כּוֺכְבָא,
כּוֺכַבְתָּא ,
, feminine form specifically of planet Venus, see also We
Skizzen iii. 36, 38; Arabic
generally of
single stars and probably Aramaic loan-word, We
Skizzen iii. 173; Ethiopic
; probably for *
כבכב see Mahri
kubkob, kobkib, etc., Maltzan
ZMG 1873, 227 and Assyrian
kakkabu Dl
HWB 336; Punic
κακαβουμ (Dioscorides), name of a plant, probably from shape of seed-cup, Blau
ZMG xxvii, 1873, 529; on formation compare Nö
M § 109 Ba
NB § 138. 1) —
כ׳ absolute
Numbers 24:17; construct
כּוֺכַב Amos 5:26; plural
כּוֺכָבִים Genesis 1:16 19 times; construct
כּוֺכְבֵי (
כֹּכְבֵי)
Genesis 22:17 13 times;
כֹּכְבֵיהֶם Ezekiel 32:7; — singular only
אֱלֹהֵיכֶם כ׳ Amos 5:26 (where, however,
כ׳ is probably a gloss, so GFM Dec. 19, 1890, and now We; see further
כִּיּוּן); and
מִיַּעֲקֹב כ׳ Numbers 24:12 (J E; ||
שֵׁבֶט בישׂראל, metaphor of future ruler); elsewhere plural
stars, || sun and moon (compare also below)
Genesis 1:16 (P)
Psalm 136:9 (to rule the night, compare
Genesis 1:16),
Jeremiah 31:35;
Genesis 37:9 (E), Joseph's dream (
אַחַד עָשָׂר כ׳ = 11 brethren);
Deuteronomy 4:19 object of idolatrous worship (compare below); observed in augury
הַחֹזִים בַּכּ׳ Isaiah 47:13 (of Babylon);
Ecclesiastes 12:2 (|| (also)
light; figurative of brightness of youth); || sun
Job 9:7; || moon
Psalm 8:4; sign of evening
Nehemiah 4:15 (
מֵעֲלוֺת הַשַּׁחַר עַד צֵאת הַכּ׳) compare
כּוֺכְבֵי נִשְׁכּוֺ Job 3:9 (apparently sign of dawn); numbered by God
Psalm 147:4; simile of abundant posterity,
Genesis 15:5;
Genesis 22:17;
Genesis 26:4;
Exodus 32:13 (all J E); of Israel
Deuteronomy 1:10;
Deuteronomy 10:22;
Deuteronomy 28:62;
1 Chronicles 27:32;
Nehemiah 9:23; of number of merchants of Nineveh
Nahum 3:16; as lofty,
Job 22:12; so in figure of haughty nations
Obadiah 4;
Isaiah 14:13; compare symbolic vision of Daniel (||
צָבָא,
צְבָא הַשָּׁמַיִם)
Daniel 8:10; simile of brightness of righteous
Daniel 12:3; not pure (
זַכּוּ) before God
Job 25:5 (|| moon); darkened in Yahweh's judgment
Joel 2:10; Joel 4:15;
Ezekiel 32:7 (|| sun and moon; so)
Isaiah 13:10 (|| also
כְּסִילֵיהֶם); personified: as fighting
Judges 5:20; shouting
Job 38:7 (
בְּרָןיַֿחַד כּוֺכְבֵי בֹקֶר, ||
בְּנֵי אֱלֹחִים); praising
Psalm 148:3 (
כּוֺכְבֵי אוֺר, || sun and moon). — On stars in Arabic mythology see We
Skizzen iii. 173 f.
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