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# זִיקָה

Biblical Hebrew · Strong's H2131

**missile** — used 2 times in the Hebrew Bible. Below: its meanings with their sources, MACULA's glosses, and 1 verse word for word and in JPS 1917.

## Meaning

### OpenScriptures lexical index

missile [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1494/2131/#m1)

### Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906

זֵק: missile, spark [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1494/2131/#m2)

**The whole BDB entry:** n.\[m.\] missile, spark (√ dub.; cf. NH זִיקִין fiery arrows, Aramaic זִיקָא id., זִיקוּקָא id. + spark, ܙܺܝܩܳܐ shooting star, ray of light, ܙܺܝܩܬܳܐ shooting star)—only pl. זִקִּים of (fire-?) missiles Pr 26:18 (‖ חִצִּים, c. ירה); so זִיקוֹת sparks, brands (as leaping, springing forth?) מְאַזְּרֵי ז׳ (v. אזר) Is 50:11 (‖ קֹדְחֵי אֵשׁ), ז׳ בִּעַרְתֶּם v 11 (‖ אוּר אֶשְׁכֶם).

Why these entries: BDB: another headword, part of speech agrees, 1 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (4 candidates); OSHB: another headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (2 candidates)

## Glosses

MACULA's English glosses of the word in the text, with how often each is used: (of) firebrands (1); firebrands (1).

## In the verses

[Isaiah 50:11](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/ISA.50.11/) · [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/ISA.50.11/#tree)

הֵ֧ן כֻּלְּכֶ֛ם קֹ֥דְחֵי אֵ֖שׁ מְאַזְּרֵ֣י זִיק֑וֹת לְכ֣וּ ׀ בְּא֣וּר אֶשְׁכֶ֗ם וּבְזִיקוֹת֙ בִּֽעַרְתֶּ֔ם מִיָּדִי֙ הָיְתָה־זֹּ֣את לָכֶ֔ם לְמַעֲצֵבָ֖ה תִּשְׁכָּבֽוּן׃פ

*Word for word:* here! all.of.you O \[who\].kindle (of).a.fire \[who\].gird.on (of).firebrands walk by the.flame your.fire your and with.\[the\] firebrands \[which\].you.have.kindled from hand my it.will.belong this to you to pain you will.lie.down

*JPS 1917:* Behold, all ye that kindle a fire, that gird yourselves with firebrands, begone in the flame of your fire, and among the brands that ye have kindled. This shall ye have of My hand; ye shall lie down in sorrow.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of its meanings](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1494/2131/): every English meaning parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.

Sources. The words, their counts, glosses and the word-for-word renderings: MACULA Hebrew (the Westminster Leningrad Codex; Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0). Meanings: the OpenScriptures lexical index (CC BY 4.0), Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906 and Jastrow 1903 (public domain, via Sefaria); Targum Onkelos from Sefaria (public domain). Translation: JPS 1917 (public domain, from eBible.org).