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קשת

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קשת

  • /ˈkeʃet/ Modern Israeli
  • /ke.ʃes/
  • /kej.ʃejs/
  • /ˈqe.ʃeθ/
  • /ˈke.ʃet̪/
  • [ˈke.ʃeθ]
  • /ˈqe.ʃet/
  • [ˈʔe.ʃet]
  • /ˈɡæ.ʃæθ/
  • /ˈqɛ.ʃɛθ/
  • /kaˈʃat/ Modern Israeli

Where it comes from

Cognate with Akkadian 𒄑𒉼 (qaštum, “bow”), Arabic قَوْس (qaws, “bow”) and Amharic ቀስት (ḳäst).

noun קֶשֶׁת · késhet · קְשָׁתוֹת · קֶשֶׁת־

  1. rainbow אֶת־קַשְׁתִּ֕י נָתַ֖תִּי בֶּֽעָנָ֑ן וְהָֽיְתָה֙ לְא֣וֹת בְּרִ֔ית בֵּינִ֖י וּבֵ֥ין הָאָֽרֶץ׃

    Similar: קֶשֶׁת בְּעָנָן

  2. bow (a weapon made of a curved piece of wood or other flexible material whose ends are connected by a string, used for shooting arrows)
  3. arch
  4. bow (a rod with horsehair (or an artificial substitute) stretched between the ends, used for playing various stringed musical instruments)
  5. arc
  6. edge (a connected pair of vertices in a graph)
  7. electric arc
  8. headband

noun קַשָּׁת · kashát · קַשָּׁתִים · קַשַּׁת־

  1. archer; soldier whose main weapon is the bow and arrow וַיְהִי אֱלֹהִים אֶת־הַנַּעַר וַיִּגְדָּל וַיֵּשֶׁב בַּמִּדְבָּר וַיְהִי רֹבֶה קַשָּׁת׃

proper noun קַשָּׁת · kashát

  1. Sagittarius (a constellation of the zodiac traditionally figured as a centaur drawing a bow)
  2. Sagittarius (the zodiac sign for the archer, ruled by Jupiter and covering November 23 - December 21 (tropical astrology) or December 16 - January 14 (sidereal astrology))

In English

  • bow rod used for playing stringed instruments
  • arch architectural element
  • edge in graph theory: any of the pairs of vertices in a graph
  • archer one who shoots an arrow from a bow or a bolt from a crossbow
  • Sagittarius constellation
  • circular arc continuous section of the circumference of a circle
  • headband strip of fabric worn around the head

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@misc{micwyn_2026,
  title = {קשת},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/he/%D7%A7%D7%A9%D7%AA},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}