STRONGS NUMBER H6895

H6895. qabab

II. [קָבַב‎] verb utter a curse against, curse (compare [ב‎] יקו‎ Ecclus 41:7); —

Qal curse, with accusative, usually person: Perfect3masculine singular suffix קַכֹּה‎ (Ges^{§ 58d}) Numbers 23:8; 2masculine singular suffix consecutive וְקַכֹּתוֺ‎ 23:27; Imperfect3masculine singular וַיִּקֹּב‎ (Ges^{§ 67g}) Leviticus 24:11 (with accusative אֶתהַֿשֵּׁם‎); 2 masculine singular suffix תִּקֳּבֶנּוּ‎ Numbers 23:25 (+ Infinitive absolute); 1 singular אֶקֹּב‎ 23:8 (object omitted); נָוֵהוּ וָאֶקּוֺב‎ Job 5:3 (probably corrupt; ᵐ5‎ Du read וַיִּדְקַב‎, compare Me Bi Siegf Beer; וַיִּמָּקֵד‎ Bu; וַיוּקַב‎ Che^{JQ July, 1897, 575}; וַיִּבֹּק‎ Bev^{JPhil, xxvi. 308} (compare Isaiah 24:1, 3; Jeremiah 51:2; Nahum 2:3)); 3masculine plural suffix יִקְּבֻהוּ‎ Job 3:8; Proverbs 11:26; 24:24; Imperative masculine singular קָֽבָהלִּֿי‎ (Ges^{§ 67p} Kö^{i. 329 ff.}) Numbers 22:11, 17, suffix 3masculine singular וְקָבְנרֹלִי‎ (Ges^{§ 67o}) 23:13 (all J E; all + לִי‎ as dativus commodi [dative of benefit], so also 23:27 see Perfect above); Infinitive absolute קֹב‎ 23:25 (+ Imperfect); Infinitive construct לָקֹב‎ 23:11; 24:10.

קבה‎ (√ of following (compare Dl^{Pr 113} Kö^{ii.1, 185}): Arabic echinus, i.e. stomachi pars pelliculata; Syriac is collect, contain, water, cistern; Ethiopic have dropsy; Late Hebrew קֵבָה‎ = Biblical Hebrew)