כַּבִּיר

«כַּבִּיר» in the Tanakh dictionary: great — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 2 verses in layers.

Used: 10 times · Key: 3524 · BDB: כַּבִּיר

Glosses

mighty (4); [is].mighty (1); [one].old (1)

Meaning (OSHB)

great tree →

Meaning (BDB 1906)

adj. great, mighty, much tree →

The whole BDB entry

adj. great, mighty, much, only poet., and only Jb Is 1:—Is 10:13 Qr (but read as Kt כְּאַבִּיר), 17:22 and 28:2 מים כבירים (usually מַיִם רַבִּים), Jb 8:2 ורוח כביר אמרי פיך a mighty wind, 15:10 כביר מאביך ימים (Ges§131, R 5 a) = aged: of God, 34:17 צַדִּיק כַּבִּיר the just mighty one, 36:5 a, v b כ׳ כֹּחַ לֵב mighty in strength of understanding; 34:24 כבירים mighty men; of quantity = much, Is 16:14 שְׁאָר מְעַט מִזְעָר לוֹא כַבִּיר, Jb 31:25 ובי כביר מצאה ידי had gotten much.

Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 8 of its verses cited, 2 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (6 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (5 candidates)

Trees and pragmatics

Every English meaning of «כַּבִּיר» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

In the verses

Job 34:24

יָרֹ֣עַ כַּבִּירִ֣ים לֹא־חֵ֑קֶר וַיַּעֲמֵ֖ד אֲחֵרִ֣ים תַּחְתָּֽם׃

Word for word: he.breaks mighty.[ones] not searching and he.appointed others in place.of.them

JPS 1917: He breaketh in pieces mighty men without inquisition, and setteth others in their stead.

Job 36:5

הֶן־אֵ֣ל כַּ֭בִּיר וְלֹ֣א יִמְאָ֑ס כַּ֝בִּ֗יר כֹּ֣חַֽ לֵֽב׃

Word for word: there! God [is].mighty and not he.rejects mighty strength of.heart

JPS 1917: Behold, God is mighty, yet He despiseth not any; He is mighty in strength of understanding.

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