כָּאַב

Biblical Hebrew · Strong's H3510

be in pain — used 8 times in the Hebrew Bible. Below: its meanings with their sources, MACULA's glosses, and 2 verses word for word and in JPS 1917.

Meaning

OpenScriptures lexical index

be in pain tree →

Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906

כָּאַב: vb. be in pain tree →

The whole BDB entry

vb. be in pain (Aramaic כְּאֵב, ܟܶܐܒ id.; Arabic كَىِٔبَ be sorrowful, sad; Assyrian in deriv., ikkibu, pain ZimBP 67, kêbtu, ruin Hpt in KAT2 Gloss. i.)— Impf. יִכְאָב־ Pr 14:13; יִכְאָ֑ב Jb 14:22; Pt. כּוֹאֵב ψ 69:30; כֹּאֲבִים Gn 34:25;— be in pain, physical Gn 34:25 (J, as result of circumcision); Jb 14;22 (subj. בָּשָׂר; poet. of body in grave ‖ נַפְשׁוֹ תֶּאֱבָ֑ל). of mental pain Pr 14:13 (subj. לֵב); prob. also ψ 69:30 (‖ עָנִי). Pf. 1 s. sf. הִכְאַבְתִּיו Ez 13:22; 2 fpl. הִכְאַבְתֶּן v 22 𝔊 𝔗 Co (MT הַכְאוֹת v. כָּאָה); Impf. יַכְאִיב Jb 5:18; תַּכְאִ֫בוּ 2 K 3:19; Pt. מַכְאִב Ez 28:24;—pain, mar; of enemies of Isr. under fig. of thorn causing pain (no object expr.) קוֹץ מַכ׳ Ez 28:24 (‖ סִלּוֹן מַמְאִיר); of שַׁדַּי, no obj. expr., Jb 5:18 (opp. חָבַשׁ, ‖ מָחַץ). of mental pain, obj. לֵב, Ez 13:22 (subj. false prophetesses, v. supr.); cf. v 22 (subj. י׳). (si vera l.) of marring good land with stones 2 K 3:19, 𝔊 ἀχρειώσετε (Klo תְּאַבְּדוּ).

Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 8 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (2 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (2 candidates)

Glosses

MACULA's English glosses of the word in the text, with how often each is used: in pain (2); it is in pain (2); I (1).

In the verses

Job 5:18 · tree →

כִּ֤י ה֣וּא יַכְאִ֣יב וְיֶחְבָּ֑שׁ יִ֝מְחַ֗ץ וְיָדָ֥יו תִּרְפֶּֽינָה׃

Word for word: (dm) he he.causes.pain and he.binds.up he.smashes and hands his they.heal

JPS 1917: For He maketh sore, and bindeth up; He woundeth, and His hands make whole.

Psalms 69:30 · tree →

וַ֭אֲנִי עָנִ֣י וְכוֹאֵ֑ב יְשׁוּעָתְךָ֖ אֱלֹהִ֣ים תְּשַׂגְּבֵֽנִי׃

Word for word: and I [am].afflicted and.[am] in.pain salvation your O.God may it.set.me.on.high

JPS 1917: But I am afflicted and in pain; let Thy salvation, O God, set me up on high.

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Sources. The words, their counts, glosses and the word-for-word renderings: MACULA Hebrew (the Westminster Leningrad Codex; Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0). Meanings: the OpenScriptures lexical index (CC BY 4.0), Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906 and Jastrow 1903 (public domain, via Sefaria); Targum Onkelos from Sefaria (public domain). Translation: JPS 1917 (public domain, from eBible.org).

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