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# קְוֻצּוֹת

Biblical Hebrew · Strong's H6977

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

## Meaning

### OpenScriptures lexical index

locks [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1511/6977/#m1)

### Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906

קְוֻצּוֹת: n.f.pl. locks [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1511/6977/#m2)

**The whole BDB entry:** n.f.pl. locks of hair (√ obscure; NH id.; Syriac ܩܽܘܨܬܳܐ, ܩܰܘܨܳܬܳܐ PS3556; Arabic قُصَّةٌ hair over forehead);—sf. קְוֻצּוֹתַי Ct 5:2, -תָיו v 11.

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

## Glosses

MACULA's English glosses of the word in the text, with how often each is used: locks (2).

## In the verses

[Song of Songs 5:11](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/SNG.5.11/) · [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/SNG.5.11/#tree)

רֹאשׁ֖וֹ כֶּ֣תֶם פָּ֑ז קְוּצּוֹתָיו֙תַּלְתַּלִּ֔ים שְׁחֹר֖וֹת כָּעוֹרֵֽב׃

*Word for word:* head his \[is\].gold of.pure.gold locks his \[are\].curls black like (the) raven

*JPS 1917:* His head is as the most fine gold, his locks are curled, and black as a raven.

[Song of Songs 5:2](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/SNG.5.2/) · [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/SNG.5.2/#tree)

אֲנִ֥י יְשֵׁנָ֖ה וְלִבִּ֣י עֵ֑ר ק֣וֹל ׀ דּוֹדִ֣י דוֹפֵ֗ק פִּתְחִי־לִ֞י אֲחֹתִ֤י רַעְיָתִי֙ יוֹנָתִ֣י תַמָּתִ֔י שֶׁרֹּאשִׁי֙ נִמְלָא־טָ֔ל קְוֻּצּוֹתַ֖ירְסִ֥יסֵי לָֽיְלָה׃

*Word for word:* I \[was\].sleeping and heart my \[was\].awake the.sound my.lover my \[is\].knocking open to me my.sister my friend my dove my my.perfect \[one\] that head my \[is\].filled dew locks my dewdrops of.night

*JPS 1917:* I sleep, but my heart waketh; Hark! my beloved knocketh: 'Open to me, my sister, my love, my dove, my undefiled; for my head is filled with dew, my locks with the drops of the night.'

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of its meanings](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1511/6977/): 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).