Lexicon
קָיָה
qa.yah
H7006
H:V Hebrew

to vomit

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qa.yah denotes an imperative command to vomit in a sequence of commanded acts.

The attested use is a plural command to vomit, set among commands to drink, become drunk, fall, and not rise again in Jeremiah 25:27.

Senses in use

  1. Command to vomit · dominant

    In Jeremiah 25:27, the form is a Qal imperative addressed to masculine plural recipients within a sequence of commands. The APB renders the clause "Drink, become drunk, vomit, fall, and do not rise again," confirming the action in the verse's commanded sequence.

In the Anselm Project Bible: In Jeremiah 25:27, the APB presents the term as "vomit" within a sequence of imperatives. The verse is read as a whole, but this rendering fits the clause's command sequence.

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