Lexical Definition

‎קָצֶה‎ qâtseh (kaw-tseh') end ^H:N-M
or (negative only) קֵצֶה qêtseh (kay'-tseh); from ‎קָצָה‎; (used in a great variety of applications and idioms; compare ‎קֵץ‎)

[idiom] after, border, brim, brink, edge, end, (in-) finite, frontier, outmost coast, quarter, shore, (out-) side, [idiom] some, ut(-ter-) most (part).

• an extremity

1) end, extremity
1a) end, mouth, extremity
1b) border, outskirts
1c) the whole (condensed term for what is included within extremities)
1d) at the end of (a certain time)

See Greek: ἀριθμός

Extended Information

spelling of: קָצֶה

• end
• Another spelling of qa.tseh (‎ק‎ָ‎צ‎ֶ‎ה‎ "end" קָצֶה)

Brown-Driver-Briggs

‎קָצֶה‎ :92 noun [masculine] end, extremity, only singular: absolute ‎׳‎‎ק‎ Gen 19:4 + 3 t.; construct ‎קְצֵה‎ Judg 6:21 +; suffix ‎קָצֵ֫הוּ‎ Gen 47:21 + 4 t.; ‎קְצֵיהֶם‎ (‎מִ‎) Ezek 33:2 (singular; Ges^{«GKC:93ss»§ 93ss}); plural (construct) supplied by ‎קְצוֺת‎, see following; —

1. end, of staff Judg 6:21, rod 1Sam 14:27; 1Sam 14:43, curtains Exod 26:5 = Exod 36:12 (P; compare ‎קָצָה‎); of conduit Isa 7:3, river, = mouth vIsa 7:18 (probably), Josh 15:5 (twice in verse); Josh 18:19 of field Gen 23:9, valley Josh 15:8, tribe vJosh 15:21, sea vJosh 15:2; Num 34:3 (all P); of territory (‎נְּכוּל‎) Num 20:16 (J E; just without), Num 22:36 (E; just within), compare Ezek 25:9 (al. below 3); ‎גְּבוּלמִֿצְרַיִם וְעַרקָֿצֵהוּ‎ ‎׳‎‎מִק‎ Gen 47:21 (J); compare ‎׳‎‎אֶלהַֿקּ‎ ‎׳‎‎מִןהַֿקּ‎ Exod 26:28 = Exod 36:33 (of side of tabernacle); ‎מִקְצֵה צָפ֫וֺנָה‎ Ezek 48:1 at the northern extremity, compare ‎תַימָן‎ ‎׳‎‎מִק‎ Josh 15:1 (P); of earth, ‎(הָ)אָרֶץ‎ ‎׳‎‎מִק‎ Isa 5:26; Isa 43:6; Deut 28:49 (all || ‎מֵרָחוֺק‎), Isa 42:10 + 4 t.; + phrase ‎הָאָרֶץ‎ ‎׳‎‎(תָ)אָרֶץ וְעַדקֿ‎ ‎׳‎‎מִק‎ Deut 13:8*; Deut 28:64; , of land Jer 12:12 (compare Isa 26:15); of earth, abbreviated ‎׳‎‎הָא‎ ‎׳‎‎עַאקֿ‎ Isa 25:31; Isa 48:20; Isa 49:6; Ps 46:10*, ‎׳‎‎אֶלקֿ‎ ‎׳‎‎הָא‎ Isa 62:11 of earth, ‎אָֿ֑רֶץ‎‎׳‎‎בִּקי‎ Prov 17:24, ‎תֵּבֵל‎ ‎׳‎‎בִּק‎ Ps 19:5* ‎הַשָׁמַיִם‎ ‎׳‎‎מִק‎ Isa 13:5 (|| ‎מֵאֶרֶץ מֶרְחָק‎), Ps 19:7* (|| ‎עַלקְֿצוֺתָם‎), ‎׳‎‎הַשּׁ‎ ‎׳‎‎בִּק‎ Deut 30:4 = Neh 1:9 ‎׳‎‎הַשּׁ‎ ‎׳‎‎לְמִק‎ ‎׳‎‎הַשּׁ‎ ‎׳‎‎וְַעדקֿ‎ Deut 4:32.

2. border, outskirts, of city 1Sam 9:27; 1Sam 14:2; Josh 4:19; Josh 18:15, camp Num 11:1 (JE); especially to one approaching Judg 7:17; Judg 7:19; 2Kgs 7:5; 2Kgs 7:8, so of armed force Judg 7:11, people Num 22:41 (E), Num 23:13 (J E; emphatic ‎׳‎‎אֶפֶס ק‎, opposed to ‎כֻּלּוֺ‎), mountain Exod 19:12 (E), Josh 18:16 (JE); see also Josh 3:8 (D), vJosh 3:15 (JE), Exod 13:20 = Num 33:6; Exod 16:35; Num 33:37; Josh 13:27 (all P), Ruth 3:7.

3. condensed term for what is included within extremities, = the whole: ‎אֶחָיו‎ ‎׳‎‎מִק‎ Gen 47:2 (J), compare Ezek 33:2 absolute ‎מִקִּצֶה‎ Gen 19:4 (J) = in (its) entirety; = on all sides, Jer 51:31 + Jer 50:26 (‎מִקָּצֶה‎ for ‎מִקֵּץ‎, Gie); so ‎מִקָּצֵהוּ‎ Isa 56:11 Di, but omitted ‎׳‎‎מִקּ‎ ᵐ5 Du Che Marti.

4. ‎מִקְצֵה‎ at the end of a certain time Josh 9:16 (JE), 2Sam 24:8 + 8 t.

‎קֵ֫צֶה‎ (Baer ‎קֶצֶה‎) noun [masculine] end (on ‎ֵ֯‎ Ba^{NB § 12 a, and} [on ‎ה‎] Kö^{ii. 1, 63}); — only ‎׳‎‎אֵין ק‎, usually + ‎ל‎, no end to (of), Isa 2:7 (twice in verse); Nah 2:10*; Nah 3:3 absolute ‎אֵין קֵ֑צֶה‎ vNah 3:9.

‎קצא‎ (√ of following; Biblical Hebrew I. ‎קצה‎, ‎קָצֶה‎).

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