קֶ֥רֶן
𐤒𐤓𐤍
Qeren Hapukhe
horn
Proper name: 'Keren-happukh,' meaning 'horn of antimony' (or cosmetic horn), referring to a container or vessel (fashioned from a horn or shaped like a horn) used for storing a black cosmetic powder (antimony/galena) applied around the eyes in the ancient Near East. Used in the Hebrew Bible exclusively as the name of Job’s third daughter, symbolizing beauty or adornment.
Job 42:14 · Word #10
Lexicon H7163
| Lemma | קֶרֶן הַפּוּךְ |
| Lemma (Paleo) | 𐤒𐤓𐤍 𐤄𐤐𐤅𐤊 |
| Transliteration | Qeren Hapukhe |
| Strong's | H7163 |
| Definition | Proper name: 'Keren-happukh,' meaning 'horn of antimony' (or cosmetic horn), referring to a container or vessel (fashioned from a horn or shaped like a horn) used for storing a black cosmetic powder (antimony/galena) applied around the eyes in the ancient Near East. Used in the Hebrew Bible exclusively as the name of Job’s third daughter, symbolizing beauty or adornment. |
Morphology HNp
All morphology codes
| Part of Speech | N — Noun — A person, place, thing, or idea |
| Subtype | p — Proper Name — Proper name |
Common Translation
| Phrase | horn |
SIBI-P1 Translation H7163-02
projecting horn
| Morphological Notes | Noun, common; singular; construct state; gender listed as both (typically feminine in usage). |
| Rendering Rationale | "Horn" preserves the primary concrete sense of a hard projecting animal horn, directly reflecting the root idea of projection or radiance. "Projecting" makes explicit the root’s core meaning while maintaining the singular construct noun form. |
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SILEX v2
SIBI-P2 (Context-Aware)
Qeren Hapukhe
| Same as P1 | No — adjusted for context |
| Rationale | Proper noun transliterated from Hebrew. P1 meaning: Horn-of-Antimony |