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title: כָּאַב — be in pain · The Tanakh dictionary
description: כָּאַב (3510), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 8 times: be in pain. BDB 1906: vb. be in pain. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# כָּאַב

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

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**Used:** 8 times · **Key:** 3510 · **BDB:** כָּאַב

### Glosses

in.pain (2); it.is.in.pain (2); I (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

be in pain [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1499/3510/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

vb. be in pain [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1499/3510/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** vb. be in pain (Aramaic כְּאֵב, ܟܶܐܒ id.; Arabic كَىِٔبَ be sorrowful, sad; Assyrian in deriv., ikkibu, pain ZimBP 67, kêbtu, ruin Hpt in KAT2 Gloss. i.)— Impf. יִכְאָב־ Pr 14:13; יִכְאָ֑ב Jb 14:22; Pt. כּוֹאֵב ψ 69:30; כֹּאֲבִים Gn 34:25;— be in pain, physical Gn 34:25 (J, as result of circumcision); Jb 14;22 (subj. בָּשָׂר; poet. of body in grave ‖ נַפְשׁוֹ תֶּאֱבָ֑ל). of mental pain Pr 14:13 (subj. לֵב); prob. also ψ 69:30 (‖ עָנִי). Pf. 1 s. sf. הִכְאַבְתִּיו Ez 13:22; 2 fpl. הִכְאַבְתֶּן v 22 𝔊 𝔗 Co (MT הַכְאוֹת v. כָּאָה); Impf. יַכְאִיב Jb 5:18; תַּכְאִ֫בוּ 2 K 3:19; Pt. מַכְאִב Ez 28:24;—pain, mar; of enemies of Isr. under fig. of thorn causing pain (no object expr.) קוֹץ מַכ׳ Ez 28:24 (‖ סִלּוֹן מַמְאִיר); of שַׁדַּי, no obj. expr., Jb 5:18 (opp. חָבַשׁ, ‖ מָחַץ). of mental pain, obj. לֵב, Ez 13:22 (subj. false prophetesses, v. supr.); cf. v 22 (subj. י׳). (si vera l.) of marring good land with stones 2 K 3:19, 𝔊 ἀχρειώσετε (Klo תְּאַבְּדוּ).

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

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «כָּאַב» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1499/3510/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Job 5:18](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.5.18/)

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כִּ֤י ה֣וּא יַכְאִ֣יב וְיֶחְבָּ֑שׁ יִ֝מְחַ֗ץ וְיָדָ֥יו תִּרְפֶּֽינָה׃

*Word for word:* (dm) he he.causes.pain and he.binds.up he.smashes and hands his they.heal

*JPS 1917:* For He maketh sore, and bindeth up; He woundeth, and His hands make whole.

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[Psalms 69:30](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.69.30/)

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וַ֭אֲנִי עָנִ֣י וְכוֹאֵ֑ב יְשׁוּעָתְךָ֖ אֱלֹהִ֣ים תְּשַׂגְּבֵֽנִי׃

*Word for word:* and I \[am\].afflicted and.\[am\] in.pain salvation your O.God may it.set.me.on.high

*JPS 1917:* But I am afflicted and in pain; let Thy salvation, O God, set me up on high.

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