Bow Weapon Rainbow

† קֶ֫שֶׁת n.f. Gn 9:14 (appar. m. 2 S 1:22 but v. AlbrZAW xvi (1896) 91) bow (orig. √ perhaps קושׁ, meaning unknown; NH id.; Assyrian ḳaštu; Ethiopic ቀስት: Arabic قَوْسٌ, pl. قُسِىٌّ, قِسِىٌّ, etc.; 𝔗 קַשְׁתָּא and (ט for ת after ק) קוּשְׁטָא (rare), all bow, קַשָּׁתָא bowman; Syriac ܩܶܫܬܳܐ bow, ܩܰܫܳܬܳܐ bowman; Old Aramaic קשת bow, Mand. כשטא (Frä 206); Palm. קשטא bowman);—abs. ק׳ Ho 1:7 +, קָ֑שֶׁת Je 46:9 +; cstr. קֶ֫שֶׁת Ho 1:5 +; sf. קַשְׁתִּי Gn 48:22 +, etc.; pl. abs. קְשָׁתוֹת 2 Ch 26:14 +; sf. קַשְּׁתֹתָיו (Ges§ 20 h) Is 5:28, קַשְּׁתוֹתָם Je 51:56 ψ 37:15, קַשְּׁתֹתֵיהֶם Ne 4:7 (קַשְׁתֹּתָיו etc., van d. H. [except ψ 37:15]);— 1. bow: a. for hunting Gn 27:3 (J; + תְּלִי). b. battle: + (or ‖) חֶרֶב, Gn 48:22; Jos 24:12 (both E), Ho 1:7; 2:20 1 S 18:4 (+ חֲגֹרוֹ), 2 S 1:22; 2 K 6:22; Is 41:2 Ne 4:7 (+ רָמְחֵיחֶם), Zc 9:13 (fig. of Judah as י׳’s bow), ψ 37:15 (fig.), 44:7 (+ or ‖ חֶרֶב also infr.); + (or ‖) חִזִּים Is 7:24; 2 K 13:15(×2); Ez 39:3, 9; 1 Ch 12:2a; cf. רִשְׁפֵי ק׳ ψ 76:4 = arrow (+ מָגֵן וְחֶרֶב) so בֶּן ק׳ Jb 41:20 (cf. La 3:13; Jb 5:7); + חֲנִית ψ 46:10, + כִּידוֹן Je 6:23; 50:42; + various weapons Ne 4:10; 2 Ch 26:14; alone Is 13:18 (context corrupt), 22:3; Je 51:56; Hb 3:9 (of י׳ as warrior); ק׳ מִלְחָמָה Zc 9:10; 10:4; in sim. כְּק׳ רְמִיָּה like a bow of deception Ho 7:16 ψ 78:57 (i.e. one that misses its aim; al. slack bow). c. ק׳ coll. = bow(-men), archers Is 21:17. d. phrases are: הַמּוֹרִים אֲנָשִׁים בַּקּ׳ 1 S 31:3 archers, bowmen (but dub.; Dr Kit Löhr tr., א׳ הַמּ׳; We Bu del. א׳, as ‖ 1 Ch 10:3; HPS Now del. א׳ בַּקּ׳), הַמּוֹרִים בַּקּ׳ 1 Ch 10:3; מְטַחֲוֵי ק׳ Gn 21:16 (v. [טָחָה]), רמֵה ק׳ Je 4:29, cf. perhaps Gn 21:21 v. קַשַּׁת, ‖ נשְׁקֵי ק׳ (v. II. נָשַׁק) 1 Ch 12:2 b; 2 Ch 17:17, נוֹ׳ רוֹמֵי ק׳ ψ 78:9; תֹּפֵשׂ הַקּ׳ Am 2:15 one grasping the bow, (v. Je 46:9 infr.) v. also מִלֵּא יָדוֹ בַקּ׳ 2 K 9:24, הַרְכֵּב יָֽדְךָ עַל־הַקּ׳ 13:16; דָּרַךְ ק׳ bend (lit. tread) the bow, Is 5:28 (pt. pass), 21:15 (id.; ‖ חֶרֶב), Je 50:14, 29; 51:3; 1 Ch 5:18; 8:40; 2 Ch 14:7; ψ 37:14 (‖ חֶרֶב), in fig. 11:2 (‖ חֵץ), and, of God, La 2:4; 3:12 ψ 7:13 (‖ חֶרֶב); תֹּפְשֵׂי דֹּרְכֵי ק׳ Je 46:9; cf. (fig.) וַיַּדְרְכוּ אֶת־לְשׁוֹנָם קַשְׁתָּם Je 9:2; also וְנִחֲתָה ק׳ נְחוּשָׁה ψ 18:35 = 2 S 22:35 (read וְנִחֲתָה for וְנִחַת); מָשַׁךְ בַּקּ׳ draw the bow 1 K 22:34 = 2 Ch 18:33; Is 66:19. e. bow (passing over into) fig. of might, Gn 49:24 (poem), 1 S 2:4; Ho 1:5; Je 49:35; Jb 29:20 (cf. ψ 37:15, b. supr.). f. ק׳ נְחוּשָׁה fig. of divine judgment Jb 20:24 (‖ נֵשֶׁק בַּרְזֶל). 2. rainbow: כְּמַרְאֵה הַקּ׳ אֲשֶׁר יִהְיֶה בֶעָנָן בְּיוֹם הַגֶּשֶׁם Ez 1:28; Gn 9:13, 14, 16 (P).—וַיֹּאמֶד לְלַמֵּד בְּנֵי־יְהוּדָה קָ֑שֶׁת 2 S 1:18 is corrupt; 𝔊 al. om.; We Now think misplaced gloss on v 6; v. further HPS.

† [מֵיתָר] n.m. cord, string (cf. ii. יֶתֶר); of tent-cords מֵתָרַי Je 10:20; מֵיתָרַיִךְ Is 54:2; specif. of cords of tabernacle, מֵיתָרָיו Ex 39:40 Nu 3:26; מֵיתְרֵיהֶם Ex 35:18 Nu 3:37; 4:26, 32 (all P); of bow-strings מֵיתָרֶיךָ ψ 21:13.

Included with: Ἶρις, ιδος, ἡ, accusative Ἶριν, vocative Ἶρι:— “Iris”, the messenger of the gods among themselves, Refs 8th c.BC+, compare ὠκέα Ἶρις Refs 8th c.BC+ __II as appellative, ἶρις, ἡ, genitive ἴριδος Refs 4th c.BC+; accusative ἶριν Refs 2nd c.BC+; Epic dialect dative plural ἴρισσιν (see. below):—rainbow, δράκοντες.., ἴρισσιν ἐοικότες, ἅς τε Κρονίων ἐν νέφεϊ στήριξε, τέρας μερόπων ἀνθρώπων Refs 8th c.BC+ __II.2 any bright-coloured circle surrounding another body, as the lunar rainbow, Refs 4th c.BC+halo of candle, Refs 4th c.BC+; the iris of the eye, Refs 2nd c.AD+; also, section through the ciliary region, Refs 2nd c.AD+ __II.3 iridescent garment, Refs __II.4 various species of the botanical genus iris, e.g. the purple Iris, I. germanica or pallida, εὐάνθεμον ἶριν Refs 4th c.BC+; also, the white variety of it, I. florentina, from the rhizome of which the orris-root of commerce is made, Refs 4th c.BC+: in this sense some wrote it oxytone ἰρίς, ίδος, Refs __II.5 a precious stone, Refs 1st c.AD+

τόξον, τό, bow, Refs 8th c.BC+; ἐτιταίνετο.. τόξα drew the bow, Refs 8th c.BC+; τόξον ἕλκετ᾽ (variant{εἷλκεν}) Refs 8th c.BC+; τόξον τείνειν, ἐντείνειν, Refs 8th c.BC+; τόξου ῥῦμα (i.e. the Persians, the bow being an oriental weapon), opposed to λόγχης ἰσχύς (i.e. the Greeks), Refs 4th c.BC+ __2 τόξῳ by guess, Refs __3 bowmanship, archery, τόξων ἐῢ εἰδώς Refs 8th c.BC+; τόξῳ (i.e. νικῶν) Refs 2nd c.BC+ __II in plural also, bow and arrows, τόξα πεπτεῶτ᾽ ἄλλυδις ἄλλα Refs 8th c.BC+; sometimes in plural for the arrows only,Refs 5th c.BC+ __III metaphorically, τόξα ἡλίου its rays, Refs 5th c.BC+; ἀμπελίνοις τόξοις δαμέντες, of the effects of wine, Refs 5th c.BC+; κότταβος.. ὃν σκοπὸν ἐς λατάγων τόξα καθιστάμεθα for shooting of liquor from the cup, Refs 5th c.BC+ __IV rainbow, LXX+4th c.BC+ __IV.2 arch, Refs __IV.3 curved support, cradle used in amputations, Refs 2nd c.AD+; part of a carriage or cart, Refs 3rd c.BC+

† קַשָּׁת n.m. bowman (si vera l.);—וַיְהִי רֹבֶה ק׳ Gn 21:20 and he became, growing up, a bowman; but ר׳ then superfluous (om. 𝔊), after וַיִּגְדָּ֑ל v a; Kn Di רֹבֵה קָ֑שֶׁת (= רֹמֵה ק׳ Je 4:29, which Ball reads here), cf. Holz Gunk.