כָּהָה
Used: 9 times · Key: 3543 · BDB: כָּהָה
Glosses
it.has.become.dull (2); he.will.grow.dim (1); it.had.grown.dim (1)
Meaning (OSHB)
be dim tree →
Meaning (BDB 1906)
vb. grow dim, faint tree →
The whole BDB entry
vb. be or grow dim, faint (NH id.; Aramaic כְּהָא; cf. Arabic كَهِىَ be أَكْهَى, i.e. weak, cowardly)— Pf. 3 fs. כָּֽהֲתָה Dt 34:7; Impf. יִכְהֶה Is 42:4; 3 fs. תִּכְהֶה Zc 11:17; וַתֵּ֫כַהּ Jb 17:7; וַתִּכְהֶיןָ Gn 27:1: Inf. abs. כָּהֹה Zc 11:17;—grow dim, of eye Gn 27:1 (J), Dt 34:7 Jb 17:7; of violent putting out of eye Zc 11:17(×2); he shall not grow dim Is 42:4, of servant of י׳ under fig. of lamp or fire (v. Kay Che De), or grow faint (cf. Di). Pf. 3 fs. וְכִהֲתָה consec. Ez 21:12 (subj. כָּל־רוּחַ; ‖ וְנָמֵס כָּל־לֵב) grow faint (Pi intrans., Ges§ 52 k, Köi. 187; but read perhaps כָּֽהֲתָה).
Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 6 of its verses cited, 3 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (4 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (4 candidates)
Trees and pragmatics
Every English meaning of «כָּהָה» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.
In the verses
וַתֵּ֣כַהּ מִכַּ֣עַשׂ עֵינִ֑י וִֽיצֻרַ֖י כַּצֵּ֣ל כֻּלָּֽם׃
Word for word: and it.has.grown.dim from grief eye my and members my [are].like (the) shadow of.them all
JPS 1917: Mine eye also is dimmed by reason of vexation, and all my members are as a shadow.
לֹ֤א יִכְהֶה֙ וְלֹ֣א יָר֔וּץ עַד־יָשִׂ֥ים בָּאָ֖רֶץ מִשְׁפָּ֑ט וּלְתוֹרָת֖וֹ אִיִּ֥ים יְיַחֵֽילוּ׃פ
Word for word: not he.will.grow.dim and not he.will.be.crushed until he.will.establish on the earth justice and for instruction his islands they.will.wait
JPS 1917: He shall not fail nor be crushed, till he have set the right in the earth; and the isles shall wait for his teaching.
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