קֶ֚שֶׁת — Zechariah 9:13 Hebrew Word Study

קֶ֚שֶׁת

𐤒𐤔𐤕

qeshet

bow

from קָשָׁה in the original sense (of קוֹשׁ) of bending; a bow, forshooting (hence, figuratively, strength) or the iris; [idiom] arch(-er), [phrase] arrow, bow(-man, -shot).

H7198

Zechariah 9:13 · Word #5

Lexicon `H7198`

Lemma	קֶשֶׁת
Lemma (Paleo)	𐤒𐤔𐤕
Transliteration	qesheth
Strong's	H7198
In-context	bow

Morphology `HNcfsa` All morphology codes

Part of Speech	`N` — Noun — A person, place, thing, or idea
Subtype	`c` — Common — Common noun
Gender	`f` — Feminine — Feminine
Number	`s` — Singular — Singular
State	`a` — Absolute — The noun stands independently

SIBI-P1 `H7198-14`

arched-bow

Root	קשה (q-sh-h)
Core Meanings	hardness, firmness, severity, tension, bending under strain
Semantic Range	a weapon for shooting arrows, archery equipment, bowman by association, figurative strength or military power, and the rainbow as the arched sign in the clouds
Conceptual Significance	The arched-bow symbolizes human warfare and strength, often standing for military might. In Genesis 9 it signifies the covenant sign—the divine "bow" set in the clouds—transforming an image of tension and weaponry into a token of mercy and restrained judgment.
Morphological Notes	Common feminine singular noun (absolute or construct). No pronominal suffixes in the cited forms. Used both independently and in construct chains ("bow of …").
Rendering Rationale	The noun is feminine singular (absolute or construct), so the rendering remains singular and concrete. "Arched-bow" preserves the imagery of something bent or made firm under tension, reflecting the root idea of hardness or tension that produces the curved weapon.

AI-generated (openai/gpt-5.2-chat-latest)

Words from Root קשה (hardness, firmness, severity, tension, bending under strain)

SILEX Code	Transliteration	SIBI-P1
`H7185-01`	aqesheh	I will make hard
`H7186-01`	haqashah	the hard (thing)
`H7186-02`	haqasheh	the hard (one)
`H7185-02`	hiqeshah	he caused to be hard
`H7185-03`	hiqeshita	You have caused to become hard
`H7185-04`	hiqeshu	they have made hard
`H7185-05`	maqesheh	one causing-to-harden
`H4748-01`	miqesheh	a hardened curl
`H7185-06`	niqesheh	a hardened one
`H7186-04`	qashah	hard (feminine singular)
`H7185-07`	qashatah	she was hard
`H7186-05`	qasheh	hard
`H7185-08`	qashetah	she was hard
`H7198-09`	qashetekha	your hard-bent bow
`H7198-11`	qasheto	his bending-bow
`H7186-06`	qashim	hard ones
`H7186-07`	qashot	hard things
`H7186-08`	qeshat	hard-of
`H7186-09`	qesheh	hard-of
`H7186-10`	qeshey	hard ones of
`H7190-01`	qeshi	hardness-of
`H7185-09`	taqeshu	you (plural) cause to be hard
`H7185-10`	umaqesheh	but the one causing-to-be-hard
`H7198-15`	uqeshatot	and bows
`H7186-11`	uqeshey	and hard ones of
`H7198-17`	uveqashetekha	and with your bending-bow
`H7198-18`	uveqasheti	and with my bending-bow
`H7185-11`	vateqash	and she became hard-pressed
`H7185-12`	vayaqeshu	and they made hard
`H7185-13`	vayeqesh	and he grew hard
`H7185-14`	vayiqesh	and he grew hard
`H7185-15`	vehaqeshotah	in her hardening
`H7198-24`	veqashetoteyhem	and their bending-bows
`H7198-25`	veqeshet	and a bending-bow
`H7191-02`	veqisheyon	and Hard-Ground (Kishion)
`H7185-16`	yiqesheh	he will be hard

Word Usage (76 occurrences of H7198)

Location	Form	Transliteration	Meaning
Genesis 9:13	קַשְׁתִּ֕/י	qasheti	my bow
Genesis 9:14	הַ/קֶּ֖שֶׁת	haqeshet	the bow
Genesis 9:16	הַ/קֶּ֖שֶׁת	haqeshet	the bow
Genesis 21:16	קֶ֔שֶׁת	qeshet	of a bow
Genesis 27:3	וְ/קַשְׁתֶּ֑/ךָ	veqashetekha	and your bow
Genesis 48:22	וּ/בְ/קַשְׁתִּֽ/י	uveqasheti	and with my bow
Genesis 49:24	קַשְׁתּ֔/וֹ	qasheto	his bow
Joshua 24:12	בְ/קַשְׁתֶּֽ/ךָ	veqashetekha	by your bow
1 Samuel 2:4	קֶ֥שֶׁת	qeshet	The bows
1 Samuel 18:4	קַשְׁתּ֖/וֹ	qasheto	his bow
1 Samuel 31:3	בַּ/קָּ֑שֶׁת	baqashet	with the bow
2 Samuel 1:18	קָ֑שֶׁת	qashet	bow
2 Samuel 1:22	קֶ֚שֶׁת	qeshet	the bow
2 Samuel 22:35	קֶֽשֶׁת	qeshet	a bow
1 Kings 22:34	בַּ/קֶּ֨שֶׁת֙	baqeshet	his bow
2 Kings 6:22	וּֽ/בְ/קַשְׁתְּ/ךָ֖	uveqashetekha	and with your bow
2 Kings 9:24	בַ/קֶּ֗שֶׁת	vaqeshet	with the bow
2 Kings 13:15	קֶ֣שֶׁת	qeshet	a bow
2 Kings 13:15	קֶ֥שֶׁת	qeshet-2	a bow
2 Kings 13:16	הַ/קֶּ֔שֶׁת	haqeshet	the bow
Isaiah 5:28	קַשְּׁתֹתָ֖י/ו	qashetotayv	their bows
Isaiah 7:24	וּ/בַ/קֶּ֖שֶׁת	uvaqeshet	and with the bow
Isaiah 13:18	וּ/קְשָׁת֖וֹת	uqeshatot	their bows
Isaiah 21:15	קֶ֣שֶׁת	qeshet	bow
Isaiah 21:17	קֶ֛שֶׁת	qeshet	of the bow
Isaiah 22:3	מִ/קֶּ֣שֶׁת	miqeshet	from bow
Isaiah 41:2	קַשְׁתּֽ/וֹ	qasheto	his bow
Isaiah 66:19	קֶ֖שֶׁת	qeshet	the bow
Jeremiah 4:29	קֶ֗שֶׁת	qeshet	of the bow
Jeremiah 6:23	קֶ֣שֶׁת	qeshet	bow
Jeremiah 9:2	קַשְׁתָּ֣/ם	qashetam	their-bow
Jeremiah 46:9	קָֽשֶׁת	qashet	the bow
Jeremiah 49:35	קֶ֣שֶׁת	qeshet	bow
Jeremiah 50:14	קֶ֔שֶׁת	qeshet	the bow
Jeremiah 50:29	קֶ֜שֶׁת	qeshet	bow
Jeremiah 50:42	קֶ֣שֶׁת	qeshet	bow
Jeremiah 51:3	קַשְׁתּ֔/וֹ	qasheto	his bow
Jeremiah 51:56	קַשְּׁתוֹתָ֑/ם	qashetotam	their bows
Ezekiel 1:28	הַ/קֶּ֡שֶׁת	haqeshet	of-the-bow
Ezekiel 39:3	קַשְׁתְּ/ךָ֖	qashetekha	your bow
Ezekiel 39:9	בְּ/קֶ֣שֶׁת	beqeshet	with bow
Hosea 1:5	קֶ֣שֶׁת	qeshet	the bow
Hosea 1:7	בְּ/קֶ֤שֶׁת	beqeshet	by-bow
Hosea 2:20	וְ/קֶ֨שֶׁת	veqeshet	and-bow
Hosea 7:16	כְּ/קֶ֣שֶׁת	keqeshet	like a bow
Amos 2:15	הַ/קֶּ֨שֶׁת֙	haqeshet	the bow
Habakkuk 3:9	קַשְׁתֶּ֔/ךָ	qashetekha	your bow
Zechariah 9:10	קֶ֣שֶׁת	qeshet	the bow
Zechariah 9:13	קֶ֚שֶׁת	qeshet	bow
Zechariah 10:4	קֶ֣שֶׁת	qeshet	bow
Psalms 7:13	קַשְׁתּ֥/וֹ	qasheto	his bow
Psalms 11:2	קֶ֗שֶׁת	qeshet	bow
Psalms 18:35	קֶֽשֶׁת	qeshet	bow
Psalms 37:14	קַ֫שְׁתָּ֥/ם	qashetam	their bow
Psalms 37:15	וְ֝/קַשְּׁתוֹתָ֗/ם	veqashetotam	and their bows
Psalms 44:7	בְ/קַשְׁתִּ֣/י	veqasheti	in my bow
Psalms 46:10	קֶ֣שֶׁת	qeshet	bow
Psalms 76:4	קָ֑שֶׁת	qashet	bow
Psalms 78:9	קָ֑שֶׁת	qashet	bow
Psalms 78:57	כְּ/קֶ֣שֶׁת	keqeshet	like a bow
Job 20:24	קֶ֣שֶׁת	qeshet	bow
Job 29:20	וְ֝/קַשְׁתִּ֗/י	veqasheti	and my bow
Job 41:20	קָ֑שֶׁת	qashet	bow
Lamentations 2:4	קַשְׁתּ֜/וֹ	qasheto	his bow
Lamentations 3:12	קַשְׁת/וֹ֙	qasheto	His bow
Nehemiah 4:7	וְ/קַשְּׁתֹתֵי/הֶֽם	veqashetoteyhem	and their bows
Nehemiah 4:10	וְ/הַ/קְּשָׁת֖וֹת	vehaqeshatot	and the bows
1 Chronicles 5:18	קֶ֔שֶׁת	qeshet	bow
1 Chronicles 8:40	קֶ֗שֶׁת	qeshet	bow
1 Chronicles 10:3	בַּ/קָּ֑שֶׁת	baqashet	with the bow
1 Chronicles 12:2	קֶ֗שֶׁת	qeshet	bows
1 Chronicles 12:2	בַּ/קָּ֑שֶׁת	baqashet	with the bow
2 Chronicles 14:7	קֶ֔שֶׁת	qeshet	bow
2 Chronicles 17:17	קֶ֥שֶׁת	qeshet	bow
2 Chronicles 18:33	בַּ/קֶּ֨שֶׁת֙	baqeshet	in the bow
2 Chronicles 26:14	וּ/קְשָׁת֑וֹת	uqeshatot	and bows

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Lexicon H7198

Morphology HNcfsa All morphology codes

SIBI-P1 H7198-14

Words from Root קשה (hardness, firmness, severity, tension, bending under strain)

Word Usage (76 occurrences of H7198)

Lexicon `H7198`

Morphology `HNcfsa` All morphology codes

SIBI-P1 `H7198-14`