Lexical Definition

‎קִמּוֹשׁ‎ qimmôwsh (kim-moshe') nettle ^H:N-M
or קִימוֹשׁ qîymôwsh (keemoshe'); from an unused root meaning to sting

nettle. Compare ‎קִמָּשׁוֹן‎.

• a prickly plant

1) thistles or nettles, a thorny or useless plant

See Greek: ὄλεθρος

Extended Information

• Also means: qim.ma.shon (‎ק‎ִ‎מ‎ָּ‎ש‎ׂ‎ו‎ֹ‎ן‎ "thorn" קִמָּשׁוֹן)

Brown-Driver-Briggs

‎קִמּוֺשׂ‎ noun masculine^{Hos 9:6} collective thistles or nettles (ᵐ5 ἄκανθαι,compare Ki; ᵑ9 urtica); — absolute ‎׳‎‎ק‎, sign of desolation, Hos 9:6 ( > van d. H. ‎קִימשׁ‎; compare Baer De^{Complut.Var.28}; || ‎חוֺהַ‎), Isa 34:13 (+ ‎סִירִים‎, ‎חוֺחַ‎); plural (with ‎נ‎ insert, Thes Nö^{M 169, Anm.3} Löw^{194 Anm}.) ‎קִמְּשׂנִים‎ Prov 24:31 (>van d. H. ‎קִמְּשׁוֺנִים‎; || ‎חֲרֻלּים‎). ‎קֵן‎ see ‎קנן‎.

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