קָאַת, קָאָת noun [feminine] a bird, usually pelican (compare ᵐ5 Leviticus, Deuteronomy, Psalms, ᵑ9 Psalms (derived by Thes from [קוא], קיא (see Kö^{ii. 1, 173}, and, on ת, Ges^{§ 80g}), as throwing up food from its crop for its young); but sea-fowl improbable in Psalms, Isaiah; Late Hebrew קָאָת, ᵑ7 קָאתָא id.); — absolute הַקָּאָת Leviticus 11:18 = Deuteronomy 14:17, as unclean; קָאַת (van d. H. Gi; Baer קָאָת) Isaiah 34:11; Zephaniah 2:14, as inhabiting ruins; construct קְאַת מִדְכָּר Psalm 102:7, simile of loneliness.

קַב see I. קבב. Below

I. קבב (√ of following; compare Arabic arch, dome (hence 'al-cove'), vaulted tent, especially tent of honour Goldziher^{ZMG xlvii (1893), 74 f.} Jacob^{Beduinenleben (2) 86, 245}; Syriac vault, dome, id., vaulted tent PS^3466b; so Late Hebrew קוּבָּה, specifically lupanar; ᵑ7 קוּבְּתָא vault (especially vaulted heavens); perhaps also Assyrian ‡abâbu, shield).