The meaning of “קָמָה”
Understanding qâmâh reveals the original theological depth often simplified in translation.
feminine of active participle of קוּם (standing) corn, grown up, stalk. - something that rises, i.e. a stalk of grain 1)...
קָמָה
feminine of active participle of קוּם (standing) corn, grown up, stalk. - something that rises, i.e. a stalk of grain 1) standing grain
Occurrences in the Bible
| Reference | Text | |
|---|---|---|
| Exodus 22:6 | “If fire break out, and catch in thorns, so that the stacks of corn, or the standing corn, or the field, be consumed therewith; he that kindled the fire shall surely make restitution.” Word: קָמָה (qâmâh) | |
| Deuteronomy 23:25 | “When thou comest into the standing corn of thy neighbour, then thou mayest pluck the ears with thine hand; but thou shalt not move a sickle unto thy neighbour’s standing corn. ” Word: קָמָה (qâmâh) | |
| Judges 15:5 | “And when he had set the brands on fire, he let them go into the standing corn of the Philistines, and burnt up both the shocks, and also the standing corn, with the vineyards and olives.” Word: קָמָה (qâmâh) | |
| 2 Kings 19:26 | “Therefore their inhabitants were of small power, they were dismayed and confounded; they were as the grass of the field, and as the green herb, as the grass on the housetops, and as corn blasted before it be grown up.” Word: קָמָה (qâmâh) | |
| Isaiah 37:27 | “Therefore their inhabitants were of small power, they were dismayed and confounded: they were as the grass of the field, and as the green herb, as the grass on the housetops, and as corn blasted before it be grown up.” Word: קָמָה (qâmâh) |
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