כּוֹכָב

כּוֺכָב noun masculine^{1 Mos 15,5} star (Late Hebrew id.; Aramaic כּוֺכְבָא, כּוֺכַבְתָּא , , feminine form specifically of planet Venus, see also We^{Skizzen iii. 36, 38}; Arabic generally of single stars and probably Aramaic loan-word, We^{Skizzen iii. 173}; Ethiopic ; probably for *כבכב see Mahri kubkob, kobkib, etc., Maltzan^{ZMG 1873, 227 and} Assyrian kakkabu Dl^{HWB 336}; Punic κακαβουμ (Dioscorides), name of a plant, probably from shape of seed-cup, Blau^{ZMG xxvii, 1873, 529}; on formation compare Nö^{M § 109} Ba^{NB § 138. 1}) — ׳כ absolute 4 Mos 24,17 construct כּוֺכַב Amos 5,26 plural כּוֺכָבִים 1 Mos 1,16 + 19 t.; construct כּוֺכְבֵי (כֹּכְבֵי) 1 Mos 22,17 + 13 t.; כֹּכְבֵיהֶם Ezk 32,7 — singular only אֱלֹהֵיכֶם ׳כ Amos 5,26 (where, however, ׳כ is probably a gloss, so GFM Dec. 19, 1890, and now We; see further כִּיּוּן); and מִיַּעֲקֹב ׳כ 4 Mos 24,12 (J E; || שֵׁבֶט בישׂראל, metaphor of future ruler); elsewhere plural stars, || sun and moon (compare also below) 1 Mos 1,16 (P) Sl 136,9 (to rule the night, compare 1 Mos 1,16), Jer 31,35; 1 Mos 37,9 (E), Joseph's dream (׳אַחַד עָשָׂר כ = 11 brethren); 5 Mos 4,19 object of idolatrous worship (compare below); observed in augury ׳הַחֹזִים בַּכּ Es 47,13 (of Babylon); Praed 12,2 (|| (also) light; figurative of brightness of youth); || sun Job 9,7 || moon Sl 8,4 sign of evening Neh 4,15 (׳מֵעֲלוֺת הַשַּׁחַר עַד צֵאת הַכּ) compare כּוֺכְבֵי נִשְׁכּוֺ Job 3,9 (apparently sign of dawn); numbered by God Sl 147,4 simile of abundant posterity, 1 Mos 15,5; 1 Mos 22,17; 1 Mos 26,4; 2 Mos 32,13 (all J E); of Israel 5 Mos 1,10; 5 Mos 10,22; 5 Mos 28,62; 1 Kron 27,32; Neh 9,23 of number of merchants of Nineveh Nah 3,16 as lofty, Job 22,12 so in figure of haughty nations Ob 1,4; Es 14,13 compare symbolic vision of Daniel (|| צָבָא, צְבָא הַשָּׁמַיִם) Dan 8,10 simile of brightness of righteous Dan 12,3 not pure (זַכּוּ) before God Job 25,5 (|| moon); darkened in Yahweh's judgment Joel 2,10; Joel 4,15; Ezk 32,7 (|| sun and moon; so) Es 13,10 (|| also כְּסִילֵיהֶם); personified: as fighting Dom 5,20 shouting Job 38,7 (בְּרָןיַֿחַד כּוֺכְבֵי בֹקֶר, || בְּנֵי אֱלֹחִים); praising Sl 148,3 (כּוֺכְבֵי אוֺר, || sun and moon). — On stars in Arabic mythology see We^{Skizzen iii. 173 f}.