Lexical Definition

‎קִדָּה‎ qiddâh (kid-daw') cassia ^H:N-F
from ‎קָדַד‎

cassia.

• cassia bark (as in shrivelled rolls)

1) a spice-cassia

See Greek: ἶρις

Brown-Driver-Briggs

‎קִדָּה‎ noun feminine a spice, usually cassia ᵑ6 ᵑ9 ᵑ7 compare Di^Ex; √ dubious; perhaps foreign word); *— merchandise Ezek 27:19 ingredient of sacred oil Exod 30:24 (P): — compare Dioscor: De Mater. Med. I.12 (κασσία = ἡ κιττώ) Theophr^{Hist. Paint ix. 5} Plin^{NH xii. 19 (42 ff.)}; see also Schröd^{Phoenician Spr. 126} Lewy^{Fremdw. 36}.

[‎קָדַח‎] verb be kindled, kindle (Late Hebrew id., also bore, Aramaic ‎קְדַח‎, bore, kindle; Arabic strike fire (with flint, etc.); Phoenician ‎מקדח‎ is lamp-lighter (in temple) accusative To CIS^{I, No.352, i.s}); —

Qal 1. be kindled: Perfect 3 feminine singular‎אֵשׁ קָֽדְחָה בְּאַפִּי‎ Deut 32:22; Jer 15:14; Jer 15:14; Jer 17:4 (reading‎קָֽדְחָה‎ for ‎קְדַחְתֶּם‎), all of ‎׳‎‎י‎'s wrath.

2. active kindle; Infinitive construct ‎כִּקְדֹחַ‎ ‎אֵשׁ הֲמָסִים‎ Isa 64:1* (see [‎הֶמֶס‎]); Participle‎קֹדְחֵי אֵשׁ‎ Isa 50:11.

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