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title: כָּבָה — be quenched · The Tanakh dictionary
description: כָּבָה (3518), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 24 times: be quenched. BDB 1906: vb. be quenched, extinguished, go, out light of eyes. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# כָּבָה

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«כָּבָה» in the Tanakh dictionary: **be quenched** — 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:** 24 times · **Key:** 3518 · **BDB:** כָּבָה

### Glosses

it.will.be.extinguished (7); \[one.who\].extinguishes (4); it.will.be.quenched (3)

### Meaning (OSHB)

be quenched [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1499/3518/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

vb. be quenched, extinguished, go, out light of eyes [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1499/3518/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** vb. be quenched, extinguished, go, out, of fire or lamp (NH id.; Aramaic כְּבָא light of eyes; Arabic كَبَا id.)— Pf. 3 pl. כָּבוּ Is 43:17; Impf. יִכְבֶּה 1 S 3:3; Pr 21:18; 3 fs. תִּכְבֶּה Lv 6:5 + 10 times; Inf. cstr. כְּבוֹתְךָ Ez 32:7 𝔊 𝔖 𝔙 Co (MT כַּבּ׳ Pi.)—be quenched, extinguished (c. neg. except 1 S 3:3; Pr 26:20; Is 43:17), of lamp (נֵר אֱלֹהִים) in sanctuary 1 S 3:3; of altar-fire Lv 6:5, 6; of נֵרָהּ Pr 31:18; of bodies of renegade Israelites Is 66:24 (cf. גֵּיא בֶן־הִנֹּם); subj. אֵשׁ fig. of contention Pr 26:20; fig. subj. fire kindled by י׳ Ez 21:3, 4; subj. wrath (חֵמָה) of י׳ 2 K 22:17 = 2 Ch 34:25; Je 7:20; wrath under fig. of fire (אֵשׁ) Je 17:27; so of burning land of Edom Is 34:10; of annihilation of Yahweh’s enemies Is 43:17 (כַּפִּשְׁתָּה; ‖ דָּעַךְ), cf. Pharaoh Ez 32:7 (v. supr.) Pf. וְכִבּוּ consec. 2 S 14:7; Impf. 3 ms. sf. יְכַבֶּנָּה Is 42:3; 2 ms. תְּכַבֶּה 2 S 21:17; וַיְכַבּוּ 2 Ch 29:7; Inf. כַּבּוֹת Ct 8:7; also MT כַּבּוֹתְךָ Ez 32:7 (but cf. supr.); Pt. מְכַבֶּה Is 1:31 + 3 times;—quench, extinguish, fig. except 2 Ch 29:7 (of extinguishing lamps, נֵרוֹת, in temple); sq. נֵר יִשְׂרָאֵל (fig. for life of David) 2 S 21:17; sq. גַּחַלְתִּי (coal = family-hope) 2 S 14:7 (of killing widow’s only son); sq. פִּשְׁתָּה כֵהָה Is 42:3 dimly-burning wick (fig. of spiritually weak); implied obj. ref. to wrath of י׳ Am 5:6 Je 4:4; 21:12; to people and idols Is 1:31; sq. love אַהֲבָה Ct 8:7 (subj. מַּיִם רַבִּים) Ez 32:7 cf. supr.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 24 of its verses cited, 2 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (1 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (1 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «כָּבָה» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1499/3518/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Leviticus 6:6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/LEV.6.6/)

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אֵ֗שׁ תָּמִ֛יד תּוּקַ֥ד עַל־הַמִּזְבֵּ֖חַ לֹ֥א תִכְבֶֽה׃

*Word for word:* a.fire continually it.will.burn on the altar not it.will.be.extinguished

*JPS 1917:* Fire shall be kept burning upon the altar continually; it shall not go out.

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[Proverbs 26:20](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PRO.26.20/)

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בְּאֶ֣פֶס עֵ֭צִים תִּכְבֶּה־אֵ֑שׁ וּבְאֵ֥ין נִ֝רְגָּ֗ן יִשְׁתֹּ֥ק מָדֽוֹן׃

*Word for word:* with not wood(s) it.is.extinguished a.fire and when there.\[is\].not a.slanderer it.becomes.quiet strife

*JPS 1917:* Where no wood is, the fire goeth out; and where there is no whisperer, contention ceaseth.

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