H6904 H6904
a battering ram or attacking engine used in siege warfare
This military term refers to siege equipment, specifically an engine designed to strike walls. Ezekiel 26:9 describes Nebuchadnezzar's assault on Tyre: 'the stroke of his battering ram' will be directed against the city's defenses. The Hebrew relates to Semitic roots meaning 'front' or 'advance,' capturing the forward-thrusting nature of siege machinery. The morphological form (qobolo with suffix) preserves an archaic pattern, suggesting ancient military vocabulary.
Senses
1. sense 1 — A siege weapon or battering ram employed to break down fortifications, mentioned in Ezekiel's prophecy against Tyre. The phrase 'the blow of his attacking-engine' evokes the repeated impact of Babylonian siege machinery against city walls. Spanish translates this as ariete (ram), recognizing the technical military equipment, while some modern versions leave the Hebrew untransliterated due to its rarity and morphological complexity. 1×
AR["مِنْجَنِيقِهِ"]·ben["তার-যন্ত্রের"]·DE["[קבלו]"]·EN["his-battering-ram"]·FR["front"]·heb["קבלו"]·ID["pendobraknya"]·IT["[קבלו]"]·jav["alat-panggebugipun"]·KO["파성퇴의-그의"]·PT["seu-aríete"]·RU["таранов-его"]·ES["su-ariete"]·SW["nguzo-yake"]·TR["koberini"]·urd["مینڈھے-اپنے-کی"]
Related Senses
H0935 1. come, arrive (Qal) (2413×)G1473 1. first person singular pronoun (2084×)H3318 1. Qal: go out, depart, come forth (891×)H7725 1. to return, come/go back (Qal) (874×)H5927 1. go up, ascend (Qal) (779×)H7971 1. to send, dispatch (Qal) (701×)G2064 1. come / arrive (physical movement toward) (588×)H5307 1. Qal: fall down physically (339×)H5375 1. Qal: to lift up, raise (330×)H5975 1. to stand, stand up (310×)H5674a 1. Qal: pass by, pass through (256×)H3381 1. Qal: to go down, descend (physical movement) (242×)G1831 1. go/come out physically (193×)H5337 1. deliver, rescue, save (Hifil) (188×)H7901 1. lie down, rest, sleep (183×)G1525 1. enter a place physically (179×)H7812 1. prostrate oneself, bow down, worship (173×)H3318 2. Hifil: bring out, lead out, take out (persons) (172×)H7725 2. to bring back, restore (Hifil) (151×)H5674a 2. Qal: cross over (134×)
BDB / Lexicon Reference
† [קְבֹל] n.[m.] 1. something in front, spec. an attacking-engine (cf. قُبُلٌ front; ܐܰܩܒܶܠ, advance to attack, so הקביל Ecclus 12:5), Ez 26:9 מְחִי קָֽבֳלּוֹ the stroke of his attacking-engine (on the form ḳobolló, from קְבֹל for ḳŭbŭl, see Ol§ 169 Köii. 68 f.; and cf. קָֽטֳנִּי from קְטֹן for ḳŭṭŭn, קָֽטָבְךָ, קָֽרָבְכֶם; and on the בֳ, Ges§ 93q). 2. cstr. קָֽבָל־עָם 2 K 15:10, explained…