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title: כְּאֵב — pain · The Tanakh dictionary
description: כְּאֵב (3511), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 6 times: pain. BDB 1906: n.m. pain. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# כְּאֵב

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«כְּאֵב» in the Tanakh dictionary: **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:** 6 times · **Key:** 3511 · **BDB:** כְּאֵב

### Glosses

pain (6)

### Meaning (OSHB)

pain [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1499/3511/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.m. pain [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1499/3511/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.m. Jb 2:13 pain;—כ׳ abs. Jb 2:13 Is 17:11; cstr. 65:14; sf. כְּאֵבִי Jb 16:6 + 2 times;—pain, mental and physical Jb 2:13; 16:6 perhaps also ψ 39:3; כּ׳ אָנוּשׁ (in disappointment and disaster) Is 17:11 (‖ נַחֲלָה from חָלָה; mental, כּ׳־לֵב Is 65:14 (‖ שֵׁבֶר רוּחַ) so Je 15:18 (‖ מַכָּה fig.)

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 6 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 «כְּאֵב» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1499/3511/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Psalms 39:3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.39.3/)

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נֶאֱלַ֣מְתִּי ד֭וּמִיָּה הֶחֱשֵׁ֣יתִי מִטּ֑וֹב וּכְאֵבִ֥י נֶעְכָּֽר׃

*Word for word:* I.was.dumb silence I.was.silent from good and pain my it.was.stirred.up

*JPS 1917:* I was dumb with silence; I held my peace, had no comfort; and my pain was held in check.

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[Job 16:6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.16.6/)

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אִֽם־אֲ֭דַבְּרָה לֹא־יֵחָשֵׂ֣ךְ כְּאֵבִ֑י וְ֝אַחְדְּלָ֗ה מַה־מִנִּ֥י יַהֲלֹֽךְ׃

*Word for word:* if I.will.speak not it.will.be.restrained pain my and I.will.cease what? from me will.it.go

*JPS 1917:* Though I speak, my pain is not assuaged; and though I forbear, what am I eased?

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