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# קֶסֶת

Biblical Hebrew · Strong's H7083

**pot** — used 3 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

pot [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1511/7083/#m1)

### Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906

קֶ֑סֶת: pot ink-horn [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1511/7083/#m2)

**The whole BDB entry:** (for קֶשֶׂת) n.\[f.\] pot (for ink), ink-horn;—cstr. ק׳ הַסֹּפֵר Ez 9:2, 3, abs. הַקֶּסֶת v 11.

Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 3 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (2 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (1 candidates)

## Glosses

MACULA's English glosses of the word in the text, with how often each is used: writing-case (2); the writing-case (1).

## In the verses

[Ezekiel 9:11](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/EZK.9.11/) · [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/EZK.9.11/#tree)

וְהִנֵּ֞ה הָאִ֣ישׁ ׀ לְבֻ֣שׁ הַבַּדִּ֗ים אֲשֶׁ֤ר הַקֶּ֙סֶת֙ בְּמָתְנָ֔יו מֵשִׁ֥יב דָּבָ֖ר לֵאמֹ֑ר עָשִׂ֕יתִי כְּכֹ֖ל אֲשֶׁ֥רצִוִּיתָֽנִי׃ס

*Word for word:* and there! the man (the).clothed of the.linen(s) whom the writing-case \[was\].at hips his \[was\].bringing.back a.word (cmp) I.have.done according to.all that you commanded.me

*JPS 1917:* And, behold, the man clothed in linen, who had the inkhorn on his side, reported, saying: 'I have done according to all that Thou hast commanded me.'

[Ezekiel 9:3](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/EZK.9.3/) · [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/EZK.9.3/#tree)

וּכְב֣וֹד ׀ אֱלֹהֵ֣י יִשְׂרָאֵ֗ל נַעֲלָה֙ מֵעַ֤ל הַכְּרוּב֙ אֲשֶׁ֣ר הָיָ֣ה עָלָ֔יו אֶ֖ל מִפְתַּ֣ן הַבָּ֑יִת וַיִּקְרָ֗א אֶל־הָאִישׁ֙ הַלָּבֻ֣שׁ הַבַּדִּ֔ים אֲשֶׁ֛ר קֶ֥סֶת הַסֹּפֵ֖ר בְּמָתְנָֽיו׃ס

*Word for word:* and the.glory of.the.God of.Israel it.was.taken.up from on the cherub which it.had.been on it to the.threshold of the.house and he.called to the man clothed the linen(s) whom the.writing-case of.(the) scribe \[was\].at hips his

*JPS 1917:* And the glory of the God of Israel was gone up from the cherub, whereupon it was, to the threshold of the house; and He called to the man clothed in linen, who had the writer's inkhorn on his side.

## On Mova

- [This word in the Tanakh dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/w/7083.html) on Mova free.
- [Trees and pragmatics of its meanings](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1511/7083/): 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).