קְעָרָה17 H7086
Dish, plate, platter; a shallow silver vessel used in tabernacle service and dedication offerings.
A cultic utensil term appearing exclusively in the Priestly source. Every one of its seventeen occurrences belongs to the tabernacle or its dedication: Exodus 25:29 and 37:16 list the qe'arah among the table vessels, while Numbers 7 repeats it twelve times as each tribal leader presents a silver dish weighing 130 shekels. The singular consistency of its referent -- a shallow metal dish for sacred service -- is reflected across translations: English 'dish,' Spanish 'fuente,' and French 'plat' all point to the same ritual vessel.
Senses
1. dish, plate, bowl — A shallow dish or platter, always of silver in attested usage, serving as a cultic vessel in the tabernacle. Listed among the table furnishings for the bread of the Presence (Exod 25:29; 37:16), and presented twelve times as a dedication gift in Numbers 7 (each weighing 130 shekels). Also mentioned among the vessels set out on the table during transport (Num 4:7). The term is entirely restricted to Priestly ritual contexts. 17×
AR["الصَّحْنُ","الصِّحَافَ","صَحْنُ־","صُحونَها","صُحُونٌ"]·ben["তার-থালাগুলি","থালা","থালা-","থালাগুলি-তার"]·DE["der-dish","der-dishes","dish-von-","dishes-von","sein-dishes","sein-plates"]·EN["dish-of-","dishes-of","its-dishes","its-plates","the-dish","the-dishes"]·FR["dish-de-","dishes-de","le-dish","le-dishes","son-dishes","son-plates"]·heb["ה-קערה","ה-קערת","קערותיו","קערת"]·HI["उसकी-थालियाँ","थालियाँ","थालियां","थाली","थाली-"]·ID["pinggan","pinggan-pinggan","pinggan-pinggannya","satu-pinggan-"]·IT["dishes-di","il-dish","il-dishes","piatto-di-","suo-dishes","suo-plates"]·jav["pinggan-pingganipun","piring","piring-","piring-piring","piring-piring-ipun"]·KO["그-대접들","그-접시","그-접시들과","그것의-접시들을","접시","접시들"]·PT["o-prato","os-pratos","prato-de","pratos-de","pratos-dela","seus-pratos"]·RU["блюд","блюда","блюда-его","блюдо","блюдо-"]·ES["fuente-de-","fuentes-de","la-fuente","los-platos","sus-platos"]·SW["sahani","sahani-ya","sahani-za","sahani-zake"]·TR["-tabaklarını","tabaklakı-","tabaklar","tabaklarını","tabağı","tabağı-"]·urd["اُس-کے-طباق","اُس-کے-طباقوں","رکابی","رکابیاں","پیالوں"]
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
קְעָרָה17 n.f. dish, platter (P) (NH id.);—abs. ק׳ Nu 7:85; cstr. קַעֲרַת־כֶּסֶף Nu 7:13 + 11 times 7; pl. cstr. קַעֲרֹת כֶּסֶף 7:84, all of dedication gifts; as utensils in tabern. pl. abs. קְעָרֹת 4:7, sf. קְעָרֹתָיו Ex 25:29; 37:16.