Lexical Definition

‎יֶקֶב‎ yeqeb (yeh'-keb) wine ^H:N-M
from an unused root meaning to excavate

fats, presses, press-fat, wine(-press).

• a trough (as dug out)
• specifically, a wine-vat (whether the lower one, into which the juice drains
• or the upper, in which the grapes are crushed)

1) wine vat, wine-press

See Greek: ληνός · οἶνος · ὑπολήνιον

Brown-Driver-Briggs

‎יֶ֫קֶב‎ noun masculine^{Prov 3:10} wine-vat (a trough or hollow excavated (‎חצב‎ Isa 5:2) in the rock for receiving the juice trodden out in the ‎גַּת‎: Benz^{212 f.}), sometimes also wine-press (the trough in which the grapes were trodden out); — absolute ‎יֶ֫קֶב‎ Isa 5:2 + 4 t.; ‎יָ֑קֶב‎ Num 18:30 construct ‎ֶ י֫קֶב‎ Judg 7:25 suffix ‎יִקְבֶ֑ךָ‎ Deut 15:14; Deut 16:13 plural ‎יְקָבִּים‎ Job 24:11 + 4 t.; ‎יִקְבֵּי‎ Zech 14:10 ‎יְקָבֶיךָ‎ Prov 3:10 — wine- vat, Isa 5:2; Hag 2:16; Joel 4:13* (|| ‎גַּת‎), Prov 3:10 often || ‎גֹּרֶן‎, Num 18:27; Num 18:30; Deut 15:14; Deut 16:13; 2Kgs 6:27; Hos 9:2; Joel 2:24 apparently of the wine-press Job 24:11 ‎יְקָבִים דָּֽרְכוּ‎, Isa 16:10n (hence Jer 48:33). Designating particular localities, Judg 7:25 ‎יֶקֶב זְאֵב‎, Zech 14:10 ‎יִקְבֵי הַמֶּלֶךְ‎ (near Jerusalem). ‎יְקַבְצְאֵל‎ see below ‎קבץ‎.

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