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title: כָּאָה — be disheartened · The Tanakh dictionary
description: כָּאָה (3512), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 3 times: be disheartened. BDB 1906: vb.Niph. be disheartened, cowed. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# כָּאָה

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«כָּאָה» in the Tanakh dictionary: **be disheartened** — 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:** 3 times · **Key:** 3512 · **BDB:** כָּאָה

### Glosses

disheartened (1); he.will.be.disheartened (1); made.disheartened (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

be disheartened [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1499/3512/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

vb.Niph. be disheartened, cowed [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1499/3512/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** vb.Niph. be disheartened, cowed (cf. Arabic كَأْكَأَ draw back timidly, كَآءَ abstain through timidity)— Pf. וְנִכְאָה consec. Dn 11:30 then shall he be cowed; Pt. נִכְאֵה לֵבָב ψ 109:16 downhearted (‖ עָנִי וְאֶבְיוֹן). Inf. cstr. הַכְאוֹת לֵב צַדִּיק Ez 13:22; but 𝔊 𝔗 Co הכאבתן v. כָּאַב.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 3 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 «כָּאָה» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1499/3512/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Psalms 109:16](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.109.16/)

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יַ֗עַן אֲשֶׁ֤ר ׀ לֹ֥א זָכַר֮ עֲשׂ֪וֹת חָ֥סֶד וַיִּרְדֹּ֡ף אִישׁ־עָנִ֣י וְ֭אֶבְיוֹן וְנִכְאֵ֨ה לֵבָ֬ב לְמוֹתֵֽת׃

*Word for word:* because that not he.remembered to.do loyalty and he.harassed anyone poor and needy and disheartened of.heart to put.to.\[them\].death

*JPS 1917:* Because that he remembered not to do kindness, but persecuted the poor and needy man, and the broken in heart he was ready to slay.

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[Daniel 11:30](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/DAN.11.30/)

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וּבָ֨אוּ ב֜וֹ צִיִּ֤ים כִּתִּים֙ וְנִכְאָ֔ה וְשָׁ֛ב וְזָעַ֥ם עַל־בְּרִֽית־ק֖וֹדֶשׁ וְעָשָׂ֑ה וְשָׁ֣ב וְיָבֵ֔ן עַל־עֹזְבֵ֖י בְּרִ֥ית קֹֽדֶשׁ׃

*Word for word:* and they.will.come on him ships Kittim and he.will.be.disheartened and he.will.turn.back and he.will.direct.indignation towards \[the\].covenant of.holiness and he.will.act and he.will.turn.back and he.will.pay.attention on \[those.who\].forsake (of).\[the\].covenant of.holiness

*JPS 1917:* For ships of Kittim shall come against him, and he shall be cowed, and he shall return, and have indignation against the holy covenant, and shall do his pleasure; and he shall return, and have regard unto them that forsake the holy covenant.

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