Brown-Driver-Briggs
קַוְקָו (or
קַוְקַו,
קָוְקָו)
noun [masculine] might (?); — so read (according to most) for קַוקָֿו in phrase ׳גּוֺי ק Isaiah 18:2,7 i.e. a mighty nation (compare Arabic strength; see (on reduplication) Ges§ 123e); > RV 'meting out conquered lands, literally 'of line, line' (11. קַו).
I. [קוּר] verb bore, dig (Arabic () cut a round hole in, scoop out); —
Qal Perfect1singular קַרְתִּי 2 Kings 19:24 I have dug (that is, a well)= Isaiah 37:25 (Meinh conjectures כָּרִתִי). —
Hiph`il, Pilpel, see I, II. קרר.
I. [קָרַר] verb be cold (Arabic be cold, so Ethiopic Syriac ; ᵑ7 Ithpa`al 1 singular cool onself (rare); Levy compare also Late Hebrew Nithp. רִתְקָרֵר grow calm [i.e. cool]); —
Hiph`il make or keep cool: Perfect3feminine singular הֵקֵ֫רָה, figurative, Jeremiah 6:7b Jerusalem keepeth her wickedness cool, fresh; Infinitive construct metaplastic הָקִיר (Ges§ 67v) Jeremiah 6:7a, of בּוֺר keeping water cool (simile).
II. [קָרַר] verb Pilpel tear down (?) (Late Hebrew קִרְקֵר tear down wall); — only Participle מְקַרְקַר קִר Isaiah 22:5 usually (men are) tearing down wall (s), but see I. קִיר
3 near the end.
קרשׁ (√ of following; compare Late Hebrew רַשׁ be (come) firm, solid, קֶרֶשׁ board (rare)).