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.