Lexicon
פַּקֻּעֹת
paq.qu.ah
H6498
H:N-F Hebrew

gourd

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paq.qu.ah denotes wild-vine produce gathered and sliced into a pot of stew.

Its attested use names produce gathered from a wild vine and cut into a stew pot in 2 Kings 4:39.

Senses in use

  1. Wild-vine produce for stew · dominant

    In 2 Kings 4:39, the feminine plural construct noun occurs in the account of a man gathering produce from a wild vine and slicing it into a pot of stew. The APB renders the clause with “wild gourds,”.

In the Anselm Project Bible: In 2 Kings 4:39, the APB presents the gathered items as “wild gourds” from a wild vine. This rendering is treated as confirmation of the verse’s scene rather than a precise lexical equation.

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