קוטב

Hebrew

Etymology 1

Root
ק־ט־ב (q-ṭ-b)
3 terms

Borrowed from Arabic قُطْب (quṭb).

Noun

קוטב / קֹטֶב • (kótev) m (plural indefinite קְטָבִים) [pattern: קֹטֶל]

  1. pole
  2. magnetic pole
Derived terms

Proper noun

הקוטב / הַקֹּטֶב • (hakótev) [pattern: קֹטֶל]

  1. the North Pole
Derived terms

Etymology 2

In Biblical Hebrew: Cognate to Arabic قُطْب (quṭb), and Classical Syriac ܩܘܽܪܛܒܳܐ (qurṭəḇā), ܛܘܽܪܛܒܳܐ (ṭurṭəḇā), ܩܘܽܛܒܳܐ (quṭəḇā), ܩܘܽܛܒܬܳܐ (quṭəḇtā, “puncture-vine”). For the formation compare قُرْط (qurṭ, “Egyptian clover”), قَتَاد (qatād, “milkvetch”), قَتّ (qatt, “lucerne”), قَات (qāt, “qat”), قَصَل (qaṣal, “cut off awns of grain, shucks or husks of a cereal plant”), Classical Syriac ܩܽܘܪܛܡܳܐ (qūrṭəmā, “safflower”) borrowed as قُرْطُم (qurṭum).

In Modern Israeli Hebrew: Borrowed from Arabic قُطْب (quṭb).

Noun

קוטב / קֹטֶב • (kótev) m [pattern: קֹטֶל]
קֶטֶב • (kétev) m (Biblical Hebrew pausal form קָטֶב) [pattern: קֶטֶל]

  1. (Biblical Hebrew) thorn, sting
    • Tanach, Hosea 13:14:
      מִיַּד שְׁאוֹל אֶפְדֵּם מִמָּוֶת אֶגְאָלֵם אֱהִי דְבָרֶיךָ מָוֶת אֱהִי קָֽטָבְךָ שְׁאוֹל נֹחַם יִסָּתֵר מֵעֵינָי׃
      miyád sh'ól efdém mimávet eg'além ehí d'varékha mávet ehí katavkhá sh'ól nókham yisatér me'enáy
      Shall I ransom them from the power of the netherworld?
      Shall I redeem them from death?
      Ho, thy plagues, O death!
      Ho, thy thorn, O netherworld!
      Pity be hidden from mine eyes!
    • Tanach, Isaiah 28:2:
      הִנֵּה חָזָק וְאַמִּץ לַאדֹנָי כְּזֶרֶם בָּרָד שַׂעַר קָטֶב כְּזֶרֶם מַיִם כַּבִּירִים שֹׁטְפִים הִנִּיחַ לָאָרֶץ בְּיָד׃
      hiné khazák v'amíts ladonáy k'zérem barád sá'ar kátev, k'zérem máyim kabirím shotfím hiníakh la'árets b'yád
      Behold, the Lord has a mighty and strong one, which as a tempest of hail and a storm of stings—as a flood of mighty waters overflowing, shall cast down to the earth by hand.
  2. (Biblical Hebrew) the name of an infectious disease
    • Tanach, Deuteronomy 32:24:
      מְזֵי רָעָב וּלְחֻמֵי רֶשֶׁף וְקֶטֶב מְרִירִי וְשֶׁן־בְּהֵמוֹת אֲשַׁלַּח־בָּם עִם־חֲמַת זֹחֲלֵי עָפָר
      m'zé ra'áv ulkhumé réshef v'kétev m'rirí v'shen-b'hemót ashalakh-bám im-khamát zokhalé afár
      They shall be wasted by hunger and devoured by pestilence and plague; I will send against them the teeth of beasts, the venom of creepers in the dust.
    • Tanach, Psalms 91:6, with translation of the New International Version:
      מִדֶּבֶר בָּאֹפֶל יַהֲלֹךְ מִקֶּטֶב יָשׁוּד צׇהֳרָיִם
      midéver ba'ófel yahalókh mikétev yashúd tsohoráyim
      nor the pestilence that stalks in the darkness, nor the plague that destroys at midday.
  3. (Modern Israeli Hebrew) puncture-vine (Tribulus spp.)
Usage notes

Sources out of touch with the Orientalist science, which includes most circulating Old Covenant translations, mistakingly translate it as “destruction”, “plague”, “pain” etc., though even the Septuagint translates κέντρον (kéntron) in Hosea.

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