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kwiv´ẽr (×ש×פּה, 'ashpaÌ„h, תּלי, telı̄; ΦαÏεÌÏ„Ïα, phareÌtra (Sirach 26:12)): A case or sheath for carrying arrows, a part of the ordinary equipment of the warrior, both foot-soldier and charioteer (; ), and also of the huntsman (). Figuratively of a group in passages where children () or prophets of Yahweh () are spoken of as arrows. Arrows are called beneÌ„ 'ashpaÌ„h, “sons of the quiver†(). By identifying the arrows with the death they produce, the quiver is likened to an open grave ().