H7172. qarqa
I. קַרְקַע noun [masculine] floor (probably reduplication from a √ קרר, or קור; Late Hebrew id., ground, so קַרְקָעִיתָא קַרְקְעָא, ᵑ7; apparently = Assyrian ‡a‡‡aru, ground, earth, Arabic terra aequabilis mollisque; compare Köii. 1, 91); — absolute ׳ק [1Kin 6:16]; [7:7]a, קָ֑ע- [7:7]b (see below); construct קַרְקַע [Num 5:17] +; — floor of temple [1Kin 6:15] (twice in verse); [6:16], [30]; [7:7]a; [7:7]b read probably הַקּוֺרוֺת rafters (compare [6:15] and קוֺרָה) ᵑ9 ᵑ6 Th Sta KmpKau Benz; (earth)- floor of tabernacle [Num 5:17]; הַיָּם קַרְקַע [Amos 9:3] the floor, bottom of the sea.