קַרְקַע

I. קַרְקַע noun [masculine] floor (probably reduplication from a √ קרר, or קור; Late Hebrew id., ground, so ᵑ7 קַרְקְעָא, קַרְקָעִיתָא; apparently = Assyrian ‡a‡‡aru, ground, earth, Arabic terra aequabilis mollisque; compare Kö^{ii. 1, 91}); — absolute ׳ק 1 Kong 6,16; 1 Kong 7,7a, קָ֑ע- v1 Kong 7,7b (see below); construct קַרְקַע 4 Mos 5,17 +; — floor of temple 1 Kong 6,15 (twice in verse); 1 Kong 6,16; 1 Kong 6,30; 1 Kong 7,7a; v1 Kong 7,7b read probably הַקּוֺרוֺת rafters (compare 1 Kong 6,15 and קוֺרָה) ᵑ6 ᵑ9 Th Sta Kmp^Kau Benz; (earth)- floor of tabernacle 4 Mos 5,17 קַרְקַע הַיָּם Amos 9,3 the floor, bottom of the sea.