קסת

Hebrew

Etymology

Usually considered a derivative of קַשְׂוָה; however, possibly a loanword from Egyptian gstj (“scribal palette”),

Noun

קֶסֶת • (késet) f (plural indefinite קְסָתוֹת, singular construct קֶסֶת־, plural construct קַסְתוֹת־)

1. inkstand, inkwell
   • Tanach, Ezekiel 9:2, with translation of the Jewish Publication Society:

     וְהִנֵּה שִׁשָּׁה אֲנָשִׁים בָּאִים מִדֶּרֶךְ־שַׁעַר הָעֶלְיוֹן אֲשֶׁר מָפְנֶה צָפוֹנָה וְאִישׁ כְּלִי מַפָּצוֹ בְּיָדוֹ וְאִישׁ־אֶחָד בְּתוֹכָם לָבֻשׁ בַּדִּים וְקֶסֶת הַסֹּפֵר בְּמָתְנָיו וַיָּבֹאוּ וַיַּעַמְדוּ אֵצֶל מִזְבַּח הַנְּחֹשֶׁת׃

     v'hiné shishá 'anashím ba'ím miderekh-shá'ar ha'elyón 'ashér mofné tsafóna v'ísh k'lí mapatsó b'yadó v'ísh-'ekhád b'tokhám lavúsh badím v'késet hasofér b'motnáv vayavó'u vaya'am'dú 'étsel mizbákh han'khóshet.
     wəhinnē šiššā ʾănāšīm bāʾīm middereḵ-šáʿar hāʿelyōn ʾăšer mop̄ne ṣāp̄ṓnā wəʾīš kəlī mappāṣō bəyādō wəʾīš-ʾeḥāḏ bəṯōḵām lāḇūš baddīm wəqéseṯ hassōp̄ēr bəmoṯnāw wayyāḇṓʾū wayyaʿaməḏū ʾḗṣel mizbaḥ hannəḥṓšeṯ.

     And, behold, six men came from the way of the upper gate, which lieth toward the north, every man with his weapon of destruction in his hand; and one man in the midst of them clothed in linen, with a writer's inkhorn on his side. And they went in, and stood beside the brazen altar.

Synonyms

• קֶסֶת דְּיוֹ (késet d'yó), דְּיוֹתָה (d'yota)