What does קַיִץ (qayiṣ) mean in the Bible?
קַיִץ (qayiṣ): Summer season marking the dry, productive period; harvest both as time and ripened crop itself.
Hebrew · H7019
קַיִץ
Harvest (as the crop), whether the product (grain or fruit) or the (dry) season
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קַיִץ H7019
Pronunciation qayiṣ
What does קַיִץ (qayiṣ) mean in the Bible?
קַיִץ (qayiṣ): Summer season marking the dry, productive period; harvest both as time and ripened crop itself.
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Questions this entry answers
How does the BSB render H7019?
The BSB source-word alignment has 20 aligned rows for this entry. Common renderings include in summer (4), the summer (3), and summer fruit (2), of summer fruit (2), summer fruit (2).
Where does קַיִץ (qayiṣ) appear in Scripture?
The source-word alignment first shows this entry at Genesis 8:22. Its strongest book concentrations include Jeremiah (4), Proverbs (4), Amos (3), 2 Samuel (2).
Source Word Evidence
BSB source-word alignment connects this entry to exact verse rows, English rendering, source form, transliteration, and parsing.
How English Renders It in summer 4× Proverbs 6:8, Proverbs 10:5, Proverbs 26:1, Zechariah 14:8
the summer 3× Psalms 74:17, Jeremiah 8:20, Amos 3:15
and summer fruit 2× 2 Samuel 16:2, Jeremiah 40:12
of summer fruit 2× Amos 8:1, Amos 8:2
summer fruit 2× Jeremiah 40:10, Micah 7:1
your summer fruit 2× Isaiah 16:9, Jeremiah 48:32
as in the summer 1× Psalms 32:4
in the summer 1× Proverbs 30:25
summer 1× Genesis 8:22
summer fruits 1× 2 Samuel 16:1
the summer harvest 1× Isaiah 28:4
Show sample aligned rows
Genesis 8:22 וְקַ֧יִץ to summer Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular 2 Samuel 16:1 קַ֖יִץ to summer fruits Noun - masculine singular 2 Samuel 16:2 וְהַקַּ֙יִץ֙ to and summer fruit Conjunctive waw, Article | Noun - masculine singular Psalms 32:4 קַ֣יִץ to as in the summer Noun - masculine singular Psalms 74:17 קַ֥יִץ to the summer Noun - masculine singular Proverbs 6:8 בַּקַּ֣יִץ to in summer Preposition-b, Article | Noun - masculine singular Proverbs 10:5 בַּ֭קַּיִץ to in summer Preposition-b, Article | Noun - masculine singular Proverbs 26:1 בַּקַּ֗יִץ to in summer Preposition-b, Article | Noun - masculine singular Proverbs 30:25 בַקַּ֣יִץ to in the summer Preposition-b, Article | Noun - masculine singular Isaiah 16:9 קֵיצֵ֛ךְ to your summer fruit Noun - masculine singular construct | second person feminine singular
Usage map
A compact distribution from source-word alignment before the full evidence tables.
First aligned row Genesis 8:22
Aligned rows 20
Books represented 9
Genesis 1 2 Samuel 2 Psalms 2 Proverbs 4 Isaiah 2 Jeremiah 4 Amos 3 Micah 1 Zechariah 1
Source forms
קַ֔יִץ 2x qa·yiṣ Isaiah 28:4, Micah 7:1
קָ֑יִץ 2x qā·yiṣ Jeremiah 8:20, Amos 8:2
בַקַּ֣יִץ 1x ḇaq·qa·yiṣ Proverbs 30:25
בַּקַּ֣יִץ 1x baq·qa·yiṣ Proverbs 6:8
בַּ֭קַּיִץ 1x baq·qa·yiṣ Proverbs 10:5
בַּקַּ֗יִץ 1x baq·qa·yiṣ Proverbs 26:1
בַּקַּ֥יִץ 1x baq·qa·yiṣ Zechariah 14:8
הַקָּ֑יִץ 1x haq·qā·yiṣ Amos 3:15
Parsing patterns
Noun - masculine singular 8x 2 Samuel 16:1, Psalms 32:4, Psalms 74:17, Isaiah 28:4
Preposition-b, Article | Noun - masculine singular 5x Proverbs 6:8, Proverbs 10:5, Proverbs 26:1, Proverbs 30:25
Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular 3x Genesis 8:22, Jeremiah 40:10, Jeremiah 40:12
Noun - masculine singular construct | second person feminine singular 2x Isaiah 16:9, Jeremiah 48:32
Article | Noun - masculine singular 1x Amos 3:15
Conjunctive waw, Article | Noun - masculine singular 1x 2 Samuel 16:2
Evidence Summary
Hebrew word. Summer season marking the dry, productive period; harvest both as time and ripened crop itself.
Source Gloss
harvest (as the crop), whether the product (grain or fruit) or the (dry) season
Extended definition Source: Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon + Brown-Driver-Briggs
Summer season marking the dry, productive period; harvest both as time and ripened crop itself.
harvest (as the crop), whether the product (grain or fruit) or the (dry) season BDB: summer Usage: summer (fruit, house).
Grammatical Forms
How this word appears across different grammatical cases and numbers.
Selected Scripture Witness
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Biblical Witnesses
Season of agricultural work, contrasted with sleeping during harvest time
Showing 1 selected witness from 20 lexical occurrence verses.
Word Origins
קַיִץ is built from this root:
קוּץ H6972
Sources
MorphGNT Strong's Dictionary XML — CC0 1.0 Public Domain
Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible (morphhb/OSHB) — CC BY 4.0
Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon — CC BY 4.0
Berean Standard Bible (BSB) source-word alignment - CC0 Public Domain