Biblical Hebrew

hebrew #3598 - כִּימָה Kimah (a cluster of stars)

Original Word:	כִּימָה
Transliteration:	Kimah
Definition:	a cluster of stars
Part of Speech:	Noun Feminine
Phonetic Spelling:	(kee-maw')
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Strong's Exhaustive Concordance

Pleiades, seven stars

From the same as kuwmaz; a cluster of stars, i.e. The Pleiades -- Pleiades, seven stars.

see HEBREW kuwmaz

Englishman's Concordance

1) Pleiades, a constellation of seven stars
Part of Speech: noun feminine collective
A Related Word by BDB/Strong’s Number: from the same as H3558

Brown-Driver-Briggs

כִּימָהnoun feminine perhaps Pleiades (see above; Late Hebrew id.; ᵑ7כִּימָא, ᵑ6

) — as made by ׳י, Amos 5:8 ("" כְּסִיל), Job 9:9 ("" עָשׁ, כְּסִיל, חַדְרֵי תֵמָן); and under his control, ׳מַעֲדַנּוֺת כJob 38:31 ("" משְׁכוֺת כְּסִיל). — (Stern^{Jüd. Zeitschr. f. Wissen. u. Leben. iii.((1864-65) 258 ff.} Nö in Schenkel^BL Hoffm^{ZAW iii. 107 ff.} interpret עשׁ as Pleiades, and כימה as Sirius).

Englishman's Concordance (References)

Strong's Hebrew: 3598. כִּימָה (Kimah) — 3 Occurrences

Job 9:9
HEB:עָ֭שׁ כְּסִ֥יל וְכִימָ֗ה וְחַדְרֵ֥י תֵמָֽן׃
NAS: Orion and the Pleiades, And the chambers
KJV: Orion, and Pleiades, and the chambers
INT: the Bear Orion and the Pleiades and the chambers of the south

Job 38:31
HEB:הַֽ֭תְקַשֵּׁר מַעֲדַנּ֣וֹת כִּימָ֑ה אֽוֹ־ מֹשְׁכ֖וֹת
NAS: the chains of the Pleiades, Or
KJV: the sweet influences of Pleiades, or loose
INT: bind the chains of the Pleiades Or the cords

Amos 5:8
HEB: עֹשֵׂ֨ה כִימָ֜ה וּכְסִ֗יל וְהֹפֵ֤ךְ
NAS: He who made the Pleiades and Orion
KJV: [Seek him] that maketh the seven stars and Orion,
INT: made the Pleiades and Orion and changes

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