1) line, measuring-line 2) (BDB) onomatapoetic mimicry of Isaiah's words, perhaps senseless
STRONG'S WORD STUDY
H6957 — קַו
qav · cord · Hebrew/Aramaic
14 tagged verse occurrences
1 Kings 7:23 · וְקָו֙He made the molten sea of ten cubits from brim to brim, round in compass, and its height was five cubits; and a line of thirty cubits encircled it.2 Kings 21:13 · קָ֣וI will stretch over Jerusalem the line of Samaria, and the plummet of the house of Ahab; and I will wipe Jerusalem as a man wipes a dish, wiping it and turning it upside down.2 Chronicles 4:2 · וְקָו֙Also he made the molten sea of ten cubits from brim to brim, round in compass; and its height was five cubits; and a line of thirty cubits encircled it.Job 38:5 · קָּֽו׃Who determined its measures, if you know? Or who stretched the line on it?Psalm 19:4 · קַוָּ֗םTheir voice has gone out through all the earth, their words to the end of the world. In them he has set a tent for the sun,Isaiah 28:10 · קַ֥ו · לָקָ֖ו · קַ֣ו · לָקָ֑וFor it is precept on precept, precept on precept; line on line, line on line; here a little, there a little.Isaiah 28:13 · קַ֤ו · לָקָו֙ · קַ֣ו · לָקָ֔וTherefore the word of Yahweh will be to them precept on precept, precept on precept; line on line, line on line; here a little, there a little; that they may go, fall backward, be broken, be snared, and be taken.Isaiah 28:17 · לְקָ֔וI will make justice the measuring line, and righteousness the plumb line. The hail will sweep away the refuge of lies, and the waters will overflow the hiding place.Isaiah 34:11 · קַֽו־But the pelican and the porcupine will possess it. The owl and the raven will dwell in it. He will stretch the line of confusion over it, and the plumb line of emptiness.Isaiah 34:17 · בַּקָּ֑וHe has cast the lot for them, and his hand has divided it to them with a measuring line. They shall possess it forever. From generation to generation they will dwell in it.Isaiah 44:13 · קָו֒The carpenter stretches out a line. He marks it out with a pencil. He shapes it with planes. He marks it out with compasses, and shapes it like the figure of a man, with the beauty of a man, to reside in a house.Jeremiah 31:39 · קָ֤וThe measuring line shall go out further straight onward to the hill Gareb, and shall turn about to Goah.Lamentations 2:8 · קָ֔וYahweh has purposed to destroy the wall of the daughter of Zion; He has stretched out the line, he has not withdrawn his hand from destroying; He has made the rampart and wall to lament; they languish together.Zechariah 1:16 · וְקָ֥וTherefore thus says Yahweh: “I have returned to Jerusalem with mercy. My house shall be built in it,” says Yahweh of Armies, “and a line shall be stretched forth over Jerusalem.”’