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title: כֵּהֶה — dim · The Tanakh dictionary
description: כֵּהֶה (3544), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 7 times: dim. BDB 1906: adj.dim, dull, faint. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# כֵּהֶה

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«כֵּהֶה» in the Tanakh dictionary: **dim** — 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:** 7 times · **Key:** 3544 · **BDB:** כֵּהֶה

### Glosses

\[is\].dull (3); dim (2); dull (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

dim [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1499/3544/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

adj.dim, dull, faint [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1499/3544/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** adj.dim, dull, faint; only f. כֵּהָה Lv 13:6 + 6 times; pl. כֵּהוֹת Lv 13:39 1 S 3:2;—dim, of eyes 1 S 3:2; of burning wick (פִּשְׁתָּה כ׳) Is 42:3; dull (in colour, of plague-spots) Lv 13:6, 21, 26, 28, 39, 56; fig. = faint רוּחַ כ׳ Is 61:3 (opp. מַעֲטֵה תְהִלָּה).

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 7 of its verses cited, 3 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, 1 with the glosses (4 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «כֵּהֶה» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1499/3544/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Isaiah 42:3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/ISA.42.3/)

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קָנֶ֤ה רָצוּץ֙ לֹ֣א יִשְׁבּ֔וֹר וּפִשְׁתָּ֥ה כֵהָ֖ה לֹ֣א יְכַבֶּ֑נָּה לֶאֱמֶ֖ת יוֹצִ֥יא מִשְׁפָּֽט׃

*Word for word:* a.reed crushed not he.will.break and a.wick dim not he will.extinguish.it to faithfulness he.will.bring.forth justice

*JPS 1917:* A bruised reed shall he not break, and the dimly burning wick shall he not quench; he shall make the right to go forth according to the truth.

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[Leviticus 13:39](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/LEV.13.39/)

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וְרָאָ֣ה הַכֹּהֵ֗ן וְהִנֵּ֧ה בְעוֹר־בְּשָׂרָ֛ם בֶּהָרֹ֖ת כֵּה֣וֹת לְבָנֹ֑ת בֹּ֥הַק ה֛וּא פָּרַ֥ח בָּע֖וֹר טָה֥וֹר הֽוּא׃ס

*Word for word:* and he.will.see the priest and there! \[are\].on the.skin their.flesh their bright.spots dull white \[is\].a.skin.rash it it.has.broken.out on the skin \[is\].pure he

*JPS 1917:* then the priest shall look; and, behold, if the bright spots in the skin of their flesh be of a dull white, it is a tetter, it hath broken out in the skin: he is clean.

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