כִּבְשָׁן kibšān – kiln
Semantic Fields:
Utensils
Author(s):
Jacques T.A.G.M. van Ruiten
First published: 2025-02-05
Last update: 2026-01-06 (Paul Sanders)
Citation: Jacques T.A.G.M. van Ruiten, כִּבְשָׁן kibšān – kiln,
Semantics of Ancient Hebrew Database (sahd-online.com), 2025 (update: 2026)
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Introduction
Grammatical type: noun masc.
Occurrences: 4x HB (4/0/0); 1x Sir; 1x Qum; 0x Inscr. (Total: 6)
- Torah: Gen 19:28; Exod 9:8, 10; 19:18.
- Sira: 27:5A.
- Qumran: 1QHoda xvii:5.
Text Doubtful
A.1 Ps 68:23 (see BHKa, HALOT, 460).
1 Root and Comparative Material
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2. Formal Characteristics
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3. Syntagmatics
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4. Ancient Versions
Septuagint (LXX)
a. Septuagint (LXX) and other Greek versions (αʹ, σʹ, θʹ):
- κάμινος, ‘furnace’: Gen 19:28; Exod 9:8, 10; 19:18; Sir 27:5.
b. Peshitta (Pesh):
- ܐܬܘܢܐ (’attūnā), ‘furnace’: Gen 19:28; Exod 9:8, 10; 19:18.
c. Targum (Tg: O/N/PsJ/Frg/J/K)::
- אַתוּנָא, ‘fire-place, stove’: Gen 19:28; Exod 9:8, 10; 19:18 (in TgO, TgPsJ, TgN; TgN);
- נסופה, ‘high’: only in Gen 19:28 TgSmrA (כתננה נסופה, ‘like the high smoke’).10
d.Vulgate (Vg):11
- caminus, ‘domestic stove or furnace’: Exod 9:8, 10.
- fornax, ‘furnace, oven, kiln’: Gen 19:28; Exod 19:18; Sir 27:5[27:6].