Original Word: פֶקַע
Part of Speech: Noun Masculine
Transliteration: peqa`
Pronunciation: peh-kah-eem
Phonetic Spelling: (peh'-kah)
KJV: knop
NASB: gourds
Word Origin: [from an unused root meaning to burst]

1. only used as an architectural term of an ornament similar to H6498, a semi-globe

a semi-globe

From an unused root meaning to burst; only used as an architectural term of an ornament similar to paqqu'ah, a semi-globe -- knop.

see HEBREW paqqu'ah

Word Origin
from an unused word
Definition
gourd (shaped) ornaments
NASB Translation
gourds (3).

מְּקָעִים noun masculine^{1Kings 7:24}

plural carved wood or metal ornaments, either ball-, knob-shaped (Löw^{p. 332 f.}) of gourd-shaped (so most; compare following; Syriac flowers [Lexicons]); — 1 Kings 6:18; 1 Kings 7:24 (twice in verse).

הַפְּקָעִ֔ים הפקעים וּפְקָעִים֩ ופקעים פְּקָעִ֔ים פקעים hap·pə·qā·‘îm happekaIm happəqā‘îm pə·qā·‘îm pekaIm pəqā‘îm ū·p̄ə·qā·‘îm ufekaIm ūp̄əqā‘îmInterlinear Greek • Interlinear Hebrew • Strong's Numbers • Englishman's Greek Concordance • Englishman's Hebrew Concordance • Parallel Texts