fig., of pers., symbl of strength
Devarim 33:17,
ק׳ יִשְׁעִי Shmuel Beis 22:3 =
Tehillim 18:3 (of
י׳ as deliverer); others sub
3 or
4; especially as lifted up (
רום, as of a lordly animal, cf. Dr
Shmuel Alef 2:1), denoting increase of might, dignity
Shmuel Alef 2:1,
Shmuel Alef 2:10 Eicha 2:17 Tehillim 75:11;
Tehillim 89:18,
Tehillim 89:25;
Tehillim 92:11;
Tehillim 112:9, so perhaps
Divrei HaYamim Alef 25:5 (v. Kau; > Be
blow loudly [cf.
1 c]), +
לְעַמּוֹ Tehillim 148:14 (subj.
י׳); also haughtiness, arrogance
Tehillim 75:5,
Tehillim 75:6; opp.
גָּדַע ק׳ hew off horns, i.e. reduce, humiliate,
Eicha 2:3 Tehillim 75:11, pass.
Yirmiya 48:25, so
וְעֹלַלתִּי בֶעָפָר קַרְנִי Iyov 16:15;
אַצְמִיחַ ק׳ לְבֵית יִשׂ׳ Yechezkel 29:21 is appar. of restoration of might (as
Tehillim 148:14 supr., c.
וַיָּרֶם), but
אַצ׳ ק׳ לְדָוִד Tehillim 132:17 of raising up individual ruler of Davidic line.