Lexical Summary qarqa: floor Original Word: קַרְקַעTransliteration: qarqa Phonetic Spelling: (kar-kah') Part of Speech: Noun Masculine Short Definition: floor Meaning: floor, of a, building, the sea Strong's Concordance bottom, one side of the floor From qara'; floor (as if a pavement of pieces or tesseroe), of a building or the sea -- bottom, (X one side of the) floor. see HEBREW qara' Brown-Driver-Briggs H7172. qarqa I. קַרְקַע noun [masculine] floor (probably reduplication from a √ קרר, or קור; Late Hebrew id., ground, so קַרְקָעִיתָא קַרְקְעָא, ᵑ7; apparently = Assyrian ‡a‡‡aru, ground, earth, Arabic terra aequabilis mollisque; compare Köii. 1, 91); — absolute ׳ק 1 Kings 6:16; 7:7a, קָ֑ע- 7:7b (see below); construct קַרְקַע Numbers 5:17 +; — floor of temple 1 Kings 6:15 (twice in verse); 6:16, 30; 7:7a; 7:7b read probably הַקּוֺרוֺת rafters (compare 6:15 and קוֺרָה) ᵑ9 ᵑ6 Th Sta KmpKau Benz; (earth)- floor of tabernacle Numbers 5:17; הַיָּם קַרְקַע Amos 9:3 the floor, bottom of the sea. |