H1375 H1375
Cup, bowl — a cup-shaped vessel, whether Joseph's divination goblet or the lampstand's calyx ornaments
A masculine noun designating a cup-shaped or bowl-shaped vessel, appearing in two quite different narrative settings that nonetheless share the same basic shape. In Genesis 44, gāvīa' is Joseph's silver cup — the goblet he secretly places in Benjamin's sack and then claims to use for divination (Gen 44:2, 12, 16, 17). In Exodus 25 and 37, the same word describes the decorative almond-blossom-shaped cups adorning the golden lampstand (menorah), where three cups shaped like almond flowers ornament each branch (Exod 25:31-34; 37:17-20). Jeremiah 35:5 rounds out the picture with gevi'im full of wine set before the Rechabites. The Arabic cognate qub'ah ('cup') and the consistent cross-linguistic rendering (spa: copa, fra: coupe, deu: Kelch/Becher) confirm a unified semantic core centered on the vessel's rounded, cup-like form.
Senses
1. cup, bowl — A cup-shaped or bowl-shaped vessel, encompassing both functional drinking vessels and decorative architectural ornaments sharing the same rounded form. In Genesis 44, it is Joseph's silver divination cup planted in Benjamin's sack (Gen 44:2, 12, 16, 17). In Exodus 25 and 37, the plural designates the almond-blossom-shaped calyx ornaments on the golden lampstand's branches (Exod 25:31-34; 37:17-20). In Jeremiah 35:5, wine-filled bowls are set before the Rechabites. Cross-linguistic renderings (eng: cup/bowls, spa: copa/copas, fra: coupe/coupes, deu: Kelch/Becher) confirm a single semantic profile unified by the vessel's rounded cup form. 14×
AR["الْ-كَأْسُ","كؤُوسًا","كَأْسَ","كَأْسِي","كُؤوسٍ","كُؤوسُها"]·ben["আমার-পাত্র","তার-পেয়ালাগুলি","পাত্র","পেয়ালা","পেয়ালাগুলি-তার"]·DE["Kelche","[גבעים]","den-Becher","der-Becher","meinen-Becher","sein-Kelche"]·EN["bowls","cup-of","cups","its-cups","my-cup","the-cup"]·FR["[גבעים]","coupe-de","coupes","la-coupe","mon-coupe","son-coupes"]·heb["גביע","גביעי-י","גביעיה","גביעים","ה-גביע"]·HI["उसके-कटोरे","उसके-प्याले","कटोरे","प्याला","प्याला-मेरा","प्याले"]·ID["cawan","cawan-cawan","cawan-cawannya","mangkuk-mangkuk","piala","piala-itu","piala-ku"]·IT["[גבעים]","coppa-di","coppe","il-coppa","mio-coppa","suo-coppe"]·jav["cangkir","cangkir,","cangkir-kula","cangkir-punika","cangkiripun","mangkok-mangkok","mangkok-mangkok-ipun","tuwung-tuwung"]·KO["그-잔들과","그것의-잔들","나의-잔을","잔","잔들","잔들을","잔들이","잔이"]·PT["a-taça","cálices","cálices-dele","suas-taças","taça-de","taça-minha","taças"]·RU["чаша","чашечки","чашечки-её","чаши","чаши-его","чашу","чашу-мою"]·ES["copa-de","copa-mía","copas","la-copa","sus-copas"]·SW["bakuli","kikombe","vikombe","vikombe-vyake","yangu"]·TR["-kadeh","kadeh","kadehi-mi","kaseler","kâse","kâseleri","çanak","çanaklarını"]·urd["اُس-کے-پیالے","پیالہ","پیالہ-میرا","پیالے"]
Gen 44:2, Gen 44:2, Gen 44:12, Gen 44:16, Gen 44:17, Exod 25:31, Exod 25:33, Exod 25:33, Exod 25:34, Exod 37:17, Exod 37:19, Exod 37:19 (+2 more)
Related Senses
H3808 1. simple negation (not) (4839×)G1722 1. locative: in, within (2442×)H1004b 1. house, dwelling, building (2015×)G3756 1. not (negation particle) (1635×)H4480a 1. source or separation (1198×)H5892b 1. city, town (1093×)G1519 1. direction: into, to, toward (1061×)H3427 1. Qal: to dwell, inhabit (937×)G1537 1. from, out of (source/origin) (886×)H8034 1. Name (designation / identifier) (856×)G3361 1. subjective negation (not) (834×)G1909 1. on, upon (spatial surface) (757×)H0369 1. existential negation: there is not (738×)H5869a 1. in the eyes/sight of (evaluative) (734×)H5650 1. Servant, attendant, subject (723×)H0408 1. prohibitive negation do-not (712×)G2443 1. so that, in order that (purpose/result) (665×)G0575 1. from (649×)G1223 1. through, by means of (582×)H3541 1. thus, so, in this manner (569×)
BDB / Lexicon Reference
† גָּבִיעַ n.m. Gn 44:12 cup, bowl—ג׳ Gn 44:12 + 2 times; cstr. גְּבִיעַ Gn 44:2; sf. גְּבִיעִי Gn 44:2; pl. גְּבִיעִים Ex 25:34, גְּבִעִים v 33(×2) + 4 times; sf. גְּבִיעֶיהָ Ex 25:31; 34:17;—cup (of Joseph) Gn 44:2, 12, 16, 17; pl. cups (of golden candlestick in tab.) Ex 25:31, 33(×2), 34; 37:17, 19(×2), 20; bowls Je 35:5 גְּבִעִים מלאים יין וכֹסוֹת.