קָבַב

Biblical Hebrew · Strong's H6895

utter a curse against — used 14 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

utter a curse against tree →

Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906

קָבַב: vb. utter curse against, curse tree →

The whole BDB entry

vb. utter a curse against, curse (cf. יקו[ב] Ecclus 41:7):— curse, c. acc. usually pers.: Pf. 3 ms. sf. קַבֹּה (Ges§ 58 d) Nu 23:8; 2 ms. sf. consec. וְקַבֹּתוֹ v 27; Impf. 3 ms. וַיִּקֹּב (Ges§ 67 g) Lv 24:11 (c. acc. אֶת־הַשֵּׁם); 2 ms. sf. תִּקֳּבֶנּוּ Nu 23:25 (+ Inf. abs.); 1 s. אֶקֹּב v 8 (obj. om.); וָאֶקּוֹב נָוֵהוּ Jb 5:3 (prob. corrupt; 𝔊 Du read וַיִּרְקַב, cf. Me Bi Siegf Beer; וַיִּפָּקֵד Bu; ויּוּקַב CheJQ July, 1897, 575; וַיִּבֹּק BevJPhil. xxvi. 308 (cf. Is 24:1, 3; Je 51:2; Na 2:3)); 3 mpl. sf. יִקְבֻהוּ Jb 3:8; Pr 11:26; 24:24; Imv. ms. קָֽבָה־לִּי (Ges§ 67 o Köi. 329 ff.) Nu 22:11, 17, sf. 3 ms. וְקָבְנוֹ־לִי (Ges§ 67 o) 23:13 (all JE; all + לִי as dat. comm., so also v 27 vid. Pf. supr.); Inf. abs. קֹב v 25 (+ Impf.); Inf. cstr. לָקֹב v 11; 24:10.

Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 12 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (2 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 3 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: curse (5); they (2); you (2).

In the verses

Job 3:8 · tree →

יִקְּבֻ֥הוּ אֹרְרֵי־י֑וֹם הָ֝עֲתִידִ֗ים עֹרֵ֥ר לִוְיָתָֽן׃

Word for word: let them.curse.it [those.who].curse (of).a.day the.[ones] ready to.rouse Leviathan

JPS 1917: Let them curse it that curse the day, who are ready to rouse up leviathan.

Job 5:3 · tree →

אֲ‍ֽנִי־רָ֭אִיתִי אֱוִ֣יל מַשְׁרִ֑ישׁ וָאֶקּ֖וֹב נָוֵ֣הוּ פִתְאֹֽם׃

Word for word: I I.have.seen a.fool taking.root and I.cursed habitation his suddenly

JPS 1917: I have seen the foolish taking root; but suddenly I beheld his habitation cursed.

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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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