קשת

Cognate with Akkadian 𒄑𒉼 (qaštum, “bow”) and Arabic قَوْس‎ (qaws, “bow”).

• (קֶשֶׁת, késhet):
  • (Modern Israeli Hebrew) IPA^(key): /ˈkɛʃɛt/
  • (Ashkenazi Hebrew) IPA^(key): /ke.ʃes/, /kej.ʃejs/
  • (Iraqi Hebrew) IPA^(key): /ˈqe.ʃeθ/
  • (Sephardi Hebrew) IPA^(key): /ˈke.ʃet̪/, [ˈke.ʃeθ]
  • (Syrian Hebrew) IPA^(key): /ˈqe.ʃet/, [ˈʔe.ʃet]
  • (Yemenite Hebrew) IPA^(key): /ˈɡæ.ʃæθ/
  • (Tiberian Hebrew) IPA^(key): /ˈqɛ.ʃɛθ/
• (קַשָּׁת, kashát):
  • (Modern Israeli Hebrew) IPA^(key): /kaˈʃat/

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1. (weaponry) bow
2. rainbow
3. headband
4. (geometry) arc
5. (graph theory) edge connecting two vertices
6. (physics) electric arc
7. (music) bow (as used with string instruments)
8. (construction, chiefly masonry) arch, archway

• (rainbow): קֶשֶׁת בְּעָנָן‎ (késhet be'anán)

• דַּקַּת קֶשֶׁת‎ (dakát késhet)
• חץ וקשת‎
• קשת ארוכה / קֶשֶׁת אֲרֻכָּה‎ (késhet aruká)

• H7198 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible

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1. archer; soldier whose main weapon is the bow and arrow
   • Genesis 21:20, with translation of the New International Version:

     ‏וַיְהִי אֱלֹהִים אֶת־הַנַּעַר וַיִּגְדָּל וַיֵּשֶׁב בַּמִּדְבָּר וַיְהִי רֹבֶה קַשָּׁת׃‎‎

     God was with the boy as he grew up. He lived in the desert and became an archer.

קַשָּׁת • (kashát)

1. Sagittarius (constellation)
2. Sagittarius (zodiac sign)