Word Study · Strong's H6982 · Hebrew
קוֹרָה
qorah
ko-raw'
Strong's 1890 spelling: qôwrâh
“a rafter (forming trenches as it were)”
Strong's Dictionary · 1890 · public domain
a rafter (forming trenches as it were); by implication, a roof
Rendered in the KJV as
beam, roof.
- 5occurrencesin the Old Testament
- 4 of 39Old Testament bookswhere the word stands
- 5inflected formsdistinct spellings
Across 5 occurrences
The word itself
Inflected forms · 5
- הַקּוֹרָ֔ה1
- הַקֹּר֧וֹת1
- קוֹרָ֣ה1
- קֹר֤וֹת1
- קֹרָתִֽי׃1
How it is rendered · 5
- [the] beams of1
- a beam1
- roof my1
- the beam1
- the beams1
The sense the word carries at each spot — how the translators read it there, not a fixed translation.
How it parses · 5
- noun · feminine plural · in construct (“…of”)1
- noun · feminine singular1
- noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine singular1
- the definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine plural1
- the definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine singular1
Show the grammar codes as tagged
- HNcfpc · 1
- HNcfsa · 1
- HNcfsc/Sp1bs · 1
- HTd/Ncfpa · 1
- HTd/Ncfsa · 1
All 5, in canonical order
The ledger of occurrences
Where this word lives
2 Kings carries the most and opens below; every other book is one click.
2 Kings2 occurrences
- 2 Kings 6:2קוֹרָ֣הkorahnoun · feminine singularPlease let us go to the Jordan, where each of us can get a log so we can build ourselves a place to live there.” “Go,” said Elisha.here: a beam
- 2 Kings 6:5הַקּוֹרָ֔הhakorahthe definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine singularAs one of them was cutting down a tree, the iron axe head fell into the water. “Oh, my master,” he cried out, “it was borrowed!”here: the beam