קוֹרָה

hebrewOld TestamentNoun · feminine5 occurrences4 books5 verses

Definition

or קֹרָה; from H6979; a rafter (forming trenches as it were); by implication, a roof
Traditional renderings: beam, roof.

Usage patterns

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Occurrences

5 total
  1. Genesis 19:8קֹרָתִֽי׃ · of my roof
    Look, I have two daughters who have never slept with a man. Let me bring them to you, and you can do to them as you please. But do not do anything to these men, for they have come under the protection of my roof.”
  2. 2 Kings 6:2קוֹרָ֣ה · log
    Please let us go to the Jordan, where each of us can get a log so we can build ourselves a place to live there.” “Go,” said Elisha.
  3. 2 Kings 6:5הַקּוֹרָ֔ה · a tree
    As one of them was cutting down a tree, the iron axe head fell into the water. “Oh, my master,” he cried out, “it was borrowed!”
  4. 2 Chronicles 3:7הַקֹּר֧וֹת · beams
    He overlaid its beams, thresholds, walls, and doors with gold, and he carved cherubim on the walls.
  5. Song of Solomon 1:17קֹר֤וֹת · The beams
    The beams of our house are cedars; our rafters are fragrant firs.