Lexical Definition

‎קַו‎ qav (kav) cord ^H:N-M
or קָו qâv (kawv); from ‎קָוָה‎ (compare ‎קָוֶה‎)

line. Compare ‎קַו־קַו‎.

• a cord (as connecting), especially formeasuring
• figuratively, a rule
• also a rim, a musical string or accord

1) cord, line, measuring-line
1a) cord
1b) measuring-line
2) (BDB) onomatapoetic mimicry of Isaiah's words, perhaps senseless

See Greek: ἐλπίς · μέτρον · φθόγγος

Brown-Driver-Briggs

I. ‎קַו‎ only in ‎קַו לָקָו‎ Isa 28:10 (twice in verse); Isa 28:13 (twice in verse), mimicry of Isaiah's words, perhaps senseless, see ‎צַו‎ p. 846. II. ‎קַו‎ see ‎קוה‎.

II. ‎קַו‎ noun masculine^{Zech 1:16} line (compare Kö^{ii. l. 40 Anm. 2}); — absolute ‎קַו‎ Ezek 47:3 + Zech 1:16 Qr (Kt ‎קוה‎), ‎קָ֑ו‎ Isa 34:17 +; construct ‎קַו‎ 2Kgs 21:13 +; — measuring-line (‎מִדָּה‎ ‎׳‎‎ק‎ Jer 31:39): 1Kgs 7:23 (Qr; Kt ‎קוה‎, see below) = 2Chr 4:2; Ezek 47:3 for marking off a possession inland Isa 34:17 (figurative); especially ‎עַל‎‎׳‎‎נְטָה ק‎ in building, Job 38:5 (figurative of earth), Zech 1:16 (‎יִנְּטֶה‎; || ‎יִבָּנֶה‎), so ‎׳‎‎יְצָא ק‎ Jer 31:39 (Qr; Kt ‎קיה‎); ‎׳‎‎נָטָה ק‎ of designing idol Isa 44:13 marking off for destruction, ‎עַל‎‎׳‎‎נָטָה ק‎ 2Kgs 21:13; Isa 34:11 (‎קַרתֹהוּ‎), ‎׳‎‎ק‎ ‎׳‎‎נ‎ Lam 2:8 so ‎מִשְׁפָּט לְקָ֔ו וְשַׂמְתִּ֫י‎ Isa 28:27. — ‎קַוָּם‎ Ps 19:5* (AV their line. figurative of their domain) read probably ‎קֹלָם‎ their sound, Capp. 0l Che and now most. Isa 18:2; Isa 18:7 see ‎קוקו‎ -below; Isa 28:10; Isa 28:13 see I. ‎קַו‎.

‎קוה‎ noun masculine Kt = II. ‎קַו‎ Qr; absolute (‎קֶ֫וֶה‎ or ‎קָוֶה‎) Zech 1:16 construct (‎קֶ֫וֶה‎ or ‎קְוֵה‎) 1Kgs 7:23; Jer 31:39.

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