H3598

כִּימָה

ki.mahN:N-F-T

Pleiades

Pleiades, a constellation of seven stars

Full Brown-Driver-Briggs lexicon entry

כִּימָה noun feminine perhaps Pleiades (see above; Late Hebrew id.; ᵑ7 כִּימָא, ᵑ6 ) — as made by ׳י, Amos 5:8 (|| כְּסִיל), Job 9:9 (|| עָשׁ, כְּסִיל, חַדְרֵי תֵמָן); and under his control, ׳מַעֲדַנּוֺת כ Job 38:31 (|| משְׁכוֺת כְּסִיל). — (SternJüd. Zeitschr. f. Wissen. u. Leben. iii. (1864-65) 258 ff. Nö in SchenkelBL HoffmZAW iii. 107 ff. interpret עשׁ as Pleiades, and כימה as Sirius).


3 occurrences

Job (2), Amos (1)