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כָּזָב

«כָּזָב» in the Tanakh dictionary: lie — 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: 31 times · Key: 3577 · BDB: כָּזָב

Glosses

falsehood (10); lies (9); of.falsehood (6)

Meaning (OSHB)

lie tree →

Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.m. lie, falsehood, deceptive thing tree →

The whole BDB entry

n.m. Am 2:4 lie, falsehood, deceptive thing;—abs. כ׳ Ho 12:2 + 19 times; pl. abs. כְּזָבִים Ju 16:10 + 9 times; sf. כִּזְבֵיהֶם Am 2:4;—lie, falsehood, c. דִּבֶּר Ju 16:10, 13 Ho 7:13 Zp 3:13 Dn 11:27 ψ 5:7; 58:4, so Ez 13:8 Co (by transp. כ׳ with שָׁוְא, cf. v 6, 7, 9); c. יָפִיחַ (in Pr) Pr 6:19; 14:5, 25; 19:5, 9; of false prophecies (divinations) c. אָמַר, מִקְסַם כ׳ Ez 13:7; c. קָסָם v 9; 21:34; 22:28 + 13:6 𝔊 Co (קָסוֹם כ׳, for MT קֶסֶם כ׳); c. שָׁמַע 13:19, בִּקֵּשׁ ψ 4:3; c. רָצָה delight in 62:5; so in the phr. דְּבַר־כ׳ Pr 30:8, אִישׁ כ׳ 19:22 = liar, עֵד כְּזָבִים 21:28 = false witness; of idols as a lie (res ementita) Am 2:4, so prob. שָׂטֵי כ׳ those turning aside to a lie ψ 40:5 (cf. אָוֶן, אֱלִיל, הֶבֶל, שֶׁקֶר); then of empty human pretensions כ׳ וָשֹׁד יַרְבֶּה Ho 12:2, Is 28:15 (‖ שֶׁקֶר), v 17 (מַחְסֵה כ׳), ψ 62:10 (‖ הֶבֶל; cf. כֹּזֵב 116:11); לֶחֶם כְּזָבִים Pr 23:3 = deceptive (disappointing) bread.

Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 31 of its verses cited, 1 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, 0 with the glosses (4 candidates)

Trees and pragmatics

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

In the verses

Proverbs 14:25

מַצִּ֣יל נְ֭פָשׁוֹת עֵ֣ד אֱמֶ֑ת וְיָפִ֖חַ כְּזָבִ֣ים מִרְמָֽה׃

Word for word: [is].delivering lives a.witness of.reliability and he.breathes.out lies deceit

JPS 1917: A true witness delivereth souls; but he that breatheth forth lies is all deceit.

Proverbs 19:9

עֵ֣ד שְׁ֭קָרִים לֹ֣א יִנָּקֶ֑ה וְיָפִ֖יחַ כְּזָבִ֣ים יֹאבֵֽד׃פ

Word for word: a.witness of.lies not he.will.go.unpunished and he.breathes.out lies he.will.perish

JPS 1917: A false witness shall not be unpunished; and he that breatheth forth lies shall perish.

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