קֵאqêʼ
קֵא: what is vomited up, vomit (Proverbs 26:11)
Pronunciation: kay · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H6892
Meanings
קִיא: id. (Isaiah 28:8; Isaiah 19:14; Jeremiah 48:26)
Same root
Where it appears
Appears 4 times in the Bible.
- Proverbs 26:11 As a dog returns to its vomit, so a fool repeats his foolishness.
- Isaiah 19:14 The Lord has sent a spirit of foolishness on them, so all their suggestions are wrong. They cause Egypt to stagger like a drunk in his vomit.
- Isaiah 28:8 Their tables are covered with vomit; filth is everywhere.
- Jeremiah 48:26 “Let him stagger and fall like a drunkard, for he has rebelled against the Lord. Moab will wallow in his own vomit, ridiculed by all.
Source: Brown, Driver and Briggs, Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain; markup by unfoldingWord, CC BY (github.com/unfoldingWord/Brown-Driver-Briggs-Enhanced).