H7198. qesheth

קֶ֫שֶׁת‎ noun feminine^{Genesis 9:14} (apparently masculine 2 Samuel 1:22 but see Albr^{ZAW xvi (1896) 91}) bow (originally √ perhaps קושׁ‎, meaning unknown; Late Hebrew id.; Assyrian ‡aštu; Ethiopic Arabic plural , etc.; ᵑ7‎ and (קַשְׁתָּא‎ and (ט‎ for ת‎ after ק‎ P) קוּשְׁטָא‎ (rare), all bow, קַשָּׁתָא‎ bowman; Syriac bow, bowman; Old Aramaic קשת‎ bow, Mandean כשטא‎ (Frä²⁰⁶); Palmyrene קשטא‎ bowman); — absolute ׳ק‎ Hosea 1:7 +, קָ֑שֶׁת‎ Jeremiah 46:9 +; constructקֶ֫שֶׁת‎ Hosea 1:5 +; suffix קַשְׁתִּי‎ Genesis 48:22 + ,etc.; plural absolute קְשָׁתוֺת‎2 Chronicles 26:14 +; suffix קַשְּׁתֹתָיו‎ (Ges^{§ 20h}) Isaiah 5:28, קַשְּׁתוֺתָם‎ Jeremiah 51:56; Psalm 37:15, קַשְּׁתֹתֵיהֶם‎ Nehemiah 4:7 (קַשְׁתֹּתָיו‎ etc., van d. H. [except Psalm 37:15]); —

1 bow:

a. for hunting Genesis 27:3 (J; + תְּלְי‎)

b. battle: + (or "") חֶרֶב‎ Genesis 48:22; Joshua 24:12 (both E), Hosea 1:7; 2:20; 1 Samuel 18:4 (+ חְַגֹרוֺ‎), 2 Samuel 1:22; 2 Kings 6:22; Isaiah 41:2; Nehemiah 4:7 (+ רָמְחֵיהֶם‎), Zechariah 9:13 (figurative of Judah as ׳י‎s bow), Psalm 37:15 (figurative) 44:7 (+ or "" חֶרֶב‎ also below) ;+ (or "") חִצִּים‎ Isaiah 7:24; 2 Kings 13:15 (twice in verse); Ezekiel 39:3, 9; 1 Chronicles 12:2a; compare ק ׳רִשְׁפֵי‎ Psalm 76:4 = arrow (+ וְחֶרֶב מָנֵן‎) so ק ׳בֶּן‎ Job 41:20 (compare Lamentations 3:13; Job 5:7); + חֲנִית‎ Psalm 46:10, + כִּידוֺן‎ Jeremiah 6:23; 50:42; + varius weapons Nehemiah 4:10; 2 Chronicles 26:14; alone Isaiah 13:18 (context corrupt), 22:3; Jeremiah 51:56; Habakkuk 3:9 (of ׳י‎ as warrior); ׳ק מִלְחָמָה‎ Zechariah 9:10; 10:4; in simile ׳כְּק רְמִיָּה‎ like a bow of deception Hosea 7:16; Psalm 78:57 (i.e. one that misses its aim; al. slack bow).

c. ׳ק‎ collective = bow (-men), archers Isaiah 21:17.

d. phrases are: בַּקּ אֲנָשִׁים ׳הַמּרִים‎ 1 Samuel 31:3 archers, bowmen (but dubious; Dr Kit Löhr translates, ׳א ׳הַמּ‎; We Bu strike out ׳א‎ as "" 1 Chronicles 10:3; HPS Now strike out ׳א ׳בַּקּ‎), בַּקּ ׳הַמּוֺרִים‎ 10:3; ק ׳מְטַחֲוֵי‎ Genesis 21:16 (see [טָתָה‎], ק ׳רמֵה‎ Jeremiah 4:29, compare perhaps Genesis 21:21 see קִשָּׁת‎, "" ק ׳נשְׁקֵי‎ (see II.נָשַׁק‎) 1 Chronicles 12:2b 2 Chronicles 17:17, ׳נוֺ ק ׳רוֺמֵי‎ Psalm 78:9; הַקּ ׳תֹּפֵשׁ‎ Amos 2:15 one grasping the bow, (see Jeremiah 46:9 below) see also בַקּ יָדוֺ ׳מִלֵּא‎ 2 Kings 9:24, עַלהַֿקּ יָֽדְךָ ׳הַרְכֵּב‎ 13:16; ק ׳דָּרַח‎ bend (literally tread) the bow, Isaiah 5:28 (participle passive), 21:15 (id.; "" חֶרֶב‎) Jeremiah 50:14, 29; 51:3; 1 Chronicles 5:18; 8:40; 2 Chronicles 14:7; Psalm 37:14 ("" חֶרֶב‎), in figure 11:2 ("" חֵץ‎), and, of God, Lamentations 2:4; 3:12; Psalm 7:13 ("" הֶרֶב‎); ק דֹּרְכֵי ׳תֹּפְשֵׂי‎ Jeremiah 46:9; compare(figurative) קַשְׁתָּם אֶתלְֿשׁוֺנָם וַיַּדְרְכוֺ‎ 9:2; also ׳ק וְנִחֲתָה נְחוּשָׁה‎ Psalm 18:35 = 2 Samuel 22:35 (readוְנִחֲתָה‎ for וְנִחַת‎) בַּקּ ׳מָשַׁח‎draw the bow 1 Kings 22:34 2 Chronicles 18:33; Isaiah 66:19.

e. bow (passing over into) figurative of might Genesis 49:24 (poem), 1 Samuel 2:4; Hosea 1:5; Jeremiah 49:35; Job 29:20 (compare Psalm 37:15,

b. above) feminine ׳ק נְחוּשָׁה‎ fig of divine judgment Job 20:24 ("" בַּרְזֶל נֵשֶׁק‎)

2 rainbow: הַקּ ׳כְּמַרְאֵה הַנֶּשֶׁם בְּיוֺם בֶעָנָן יִהְיֶה אֲשַׁר‎ Ezekiel 1:28; Genesis 9:13-14, 16 (P). — בְּנֵייְֿהוּדָה לְלַמֵּד וַיּאֹמֶר קָ֑שֶׁה‎ 2 Samuel 1:18 is corrupt; ᵐ5‎ al. omits; We Now think misplaced gloss on 1:6; see further HPS.