Words the Bible translates as line
English uses one word here. The Bible uses 4 words, and they do not mean the same thing. Each is listed with what it actually means, most frequent first.
- qavקַוa measuring line: the taut cord a builder or surveyor stretches to mark out, size up, or apportion something
+2 more meanings
- mocking nonsense syllables ("qav"): the babble drunken leaders throw at the prophet, which God then throws back as the sound of judgment
- a disputed word in Psalm 19:4: possibly the sound the heavens send out across the earth, though the text may instead mean "line" or be a copying slip for "voice"
- ḥaphahחָפָהto put a covering over a surface: to cover a person's head or face, or to clad a wall or object with a layer of gold, silver, or fine wood
- patilפָּתִילa twisted cord: a thin strand of spun or braided fiber, used to tie, carry, mark, or measure
+1 more meaning
- fastened tight: said of a covering sealed down onto a jar so that nothing can pass in or out
- ḥutחוּטa thread: one thin spun strand of wool or flax, and by extension a light cord or a measuring line
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