קץ
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Hebrew
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]- (Biblical Hebrew) IPA(key): /qisˤ/
- (Tiberian Hebrew) IPA(key): /qesˤ/
- (Modern Israeli Hebrew) IPA(key): /kets/
Noun
[edit]קֵץ • (kets) m [pattern: קֵטֶל]
- An end, a finish.
- Tanach, Ezekiel 7:6, with translation of the Jewish Publication Society:
- קֵץ בָּא בָּא הַקֵּץ הֵקִיץ אֵלָיִךְ הִנֵּה בָּאָה׃
- qets ba, ba ha-qets, heqíts eláyikh hinéh ba'ah.
- An end is come, the end is come, it awaketh against thee; behold, it cometh.
- a. 500 C.E., Babylonian Talmud, Pesachim 56a:
- בִּיקֵּשׁ יַעֲקֹב לְגַלּוֹת לְבָנָיו קֵץ הַיָּמִין, וְנִסְתַּלְּקָה מִמֶּנּוּ שְׁכִינָה.
- Biqqésh Ya'aqóv l-gallót l-vanáv qets ha-yamín, v-nistallqá mimménu sh'khiná.
- Jacob desired to reveal to his sons the end of days, but the Shechinah left him.
Derived terms
[edit]- אֵין קֵץ (ein kets)