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קַשַׁת קַשְׁתָּא‏ n.f. bow

bow Com^-BA. TgO Gen27:3 : סַב כְעַן זֵינָך סֵיפָך וְקַשתָך‏ now take up your weaponry: your sword and your bow [=MT שָׂא־נָא כֵלֶיךָ תֶּלְיְךָ וְקַשְׁתֶּךָ]. TgPs11:2 : הא רשיעי נגדין קשתא מתקנין גיריהון על נימא‏ now are the wicked stretching the bow, preparing their arrows on the bowstring. rainbow Qumran, JLAtg, PTA, Syr, Man, LJLA. GenApoc 12.1 : הא קשת֗י֗ [בענן י]ה֗ב֗ת֗‏ . TgO Gen9:13 : יָת קַשתִי יְהַבִית בְעֲנָנָא‏ . GT E Gen9:13 : ית חזון֯ קשתי יהבית בעננה‏ . PJ Gen9:13 . a decoration on a bow (?) LJLA. TgEsth2^sup25.8-08:15 : הוו טעינין קשתתא דדהבא ואזלין קדמוי ועליהון קשתוון דדהבא‏ they were carrying golden bows going before him with golden bow-decorations(?) on them †.

Page refs. in other dictionaries: DJPA: 509b; DJBA: 1051a; Jastrow: 1433; Levy Ch-W: 2:395; Tal Sam: 806; DNWSI: 1040;

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Derivatives:

qšṭ, qšt vb. a(e?)/ to shoot an arrow

qšṭ vb. to be correct, vindicated

qšwṭ, qwšṭˀ (qŭšoṭ, qušṭā) n.m. honesty, truth

bqwšṭ, bqwšṭˀ adv. actually, truely

mn qwšṭˀ, mn qšwṭ adv. truly

mn qwšṭyn adv. truly

qwšṭn n.m. honest

qwštˀ (quštā) n.m. truth

qšyṭ (qaššīṭ, qšīṭ) adj. honest

qšyṭw, qšyṭwtˀ (qaššīṭū, qaššīṭūṯā) n.f. honesty

qšt, qštˀ (qaššāṯ, qaššāṯā) n.m. #2 bowman