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כָּבָה

Biblical Hebrew · Strong's H3518

be quenched — used 24 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 quenched tree →

Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906

כָּבָה: vb. be quenched, extinguished, go, out light of eyes tree →

The whole BDB entry

vb. be quenched, extinguished, go, out, of fire or lamp (NH id.; Aramaic כְּבָא light of eyes; Arabic كَبَا id.)— Pf. 3 pl. כָּבוּ Is 43:17; Impf. יִכְבֶּה 1 S 3:3; Pr 21:18; 3 fs. תִּכְבֶּה Lv 6:5 + 10 times; Inf. cstr. כְּבוֹתְךָ Ez 32:7 𝔊 𝔖 𝔙 Co (MT כַּבּ׳ Pi.)—be quenched, extinguished (c. neg. except 1 S 3:3; Pr 26:20; Is 43:17), of lamp (נֵר אֱלֹהִים) in sanctuary 1 S 3:3; of altar-fire Lv 6:5, 6; of נֵרָהּ Pr 31:18; of bodies of renegade Israelites Is 66:24 (cf. גֵּיא בֶן־הִנֹּם); subj. אֵשׁ fig. of contention Pr 26:20; fig. subj. fire kindled by י׳ Ez 21:3, 4; subj. wrath (חֵמָה) of י׳ 2 K 22:17 = 2 Ch 34:25; Je 7:20; wrath under fig. of fire (אֵשׁ) Je 17:27; so of burning land of Edom Is 34:10; of annihilation of Yahweh’s enemies Is 43:17 (כַּפִּשְׁתָּה; ‖ דָּעַךְ), cf. Pharaoh Ez 32:7 (v. supr.) Pf. וְכִבּוּ consec. 2 S 14:7; Impf. 3 ms. sf. יְכַבֶּנָּה Is 42:3; 2 ms. תְּכַבֶּה 2 S 21:17; וַיְכַבּוּ 2 Ch 29:7; Inf. כַּבּוֹת Ct 8:7; also MT כַּבּוֹתְךָ Ez 32:7 (but cf. supr.); Pt. מְכַבֶּה Is 1:31 + 3 times;—quench, extinguish, fig. except 2 Ch 29:7 (of extinguishing lamps, נֵרוֹת, in temple); sq. נֵר יִשְׂרָאֵל (fig. for life of David) 2 S 21:17; sq. גַּחַלְתִּי (coal = family-hope) 2 S 14:7 (of killing widow’s only son); sq. פִּשְׁתָּה כֵהָה Is 42:3 dimly-burning wick (fig. of spiritually weak); implied obj. ref. to wrath of י׳ Am 5:6 Je 4:4; 21:12; to people and idols Is 1:31; sq. love אַהֲבָה Ct 8:7 (subj. מַּיִם רַבִּים) Ez 32:7 cf. supr.

Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 24 of its verses cited, 2 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (1 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (1 candidates)

Glosses

MACULA's English glosses of the word in the text, with how often each is used: it will be extinguished (7); [one who] extinguishes (4); it will be quenched (3).

In the verses

Leviticus 6:6 · tree →

אֵ֗שׁ תָּמִ֛יד תּוּקַ֥ד עַל־הַמִּזְבֵּ֖חַ לֹ֥א תִכְבֶֽה׃

Word for word: a.fire continually it.will.burn on the altar not it.will.be.extinguished

JPS 1917: Fire shall be kept burning upon the altar continually; it shall not go out.

Proverbs 26:20 · tree →

בְּאֶ֣פֶס עֵ֭צִים תִּכְבֶּה־אֵ֑שׁ וּבְאֵ֥ין נִ֝רְגָּ֗ן יִשְׁתֹּ֥ק מָדֽוֹן׃

Word for word: with not wood(s) it.is.extinguished a.fire and when there.[is].not a.slanderer it.becomes.quiet strife

JPS 1917: Where no wood is, the fire goeth out; and where there is no whisperer, contention ceaseth.

On Mova

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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