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title: כָּוָה — burn · The Tanakh dictionary
description: כָּוָה (3554), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 2 times: burn. BDB 1906: vb. burn, scorch, brand. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# כָּוָה

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«כָּוָה» in the Tanakh dictionary: **burn** — 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:** 2 times · **Key:** 3554 · **BDB:** כָּוָה

### Glosses

will.they.be.scorched (1); you.will.be.scorched (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

burn [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1499/3554/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

vb. burn, scorch, brand [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1499/3554/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** vb. burn, scorch, brand (NH id.; Aramaic ܟܘܳܐ especially Pa.; Arabic كَوَى cauterize)— Impf. 2 ms. תִּכָּוֶה Is 43:2 thou shalt not be scorched (fig. of Isr., ‖ בָּעַר); 3 fpl. וְרַגְלָיו לֹא תִּכָּוֶי֑נָה Pr 6:28 shall a man walk on the coals and his feet not be burned? (‖ שָׂרַף of garments v 27).

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 2 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (3 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (3 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «כָּוָה» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1499/3554/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Proverbs 6:28](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PRO.6.28/)

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אִם־יְהַלֵּ֣ךְ אִ֭ישׁ עַל־הַגֶּחָלִ֑ים וְ֝רַגְלָ֗יו לֹ֣א תִכָּוֶֽינָה׃

*Word for word:* or? will.he.walk? a.man on (the).burning coals and feet his not will.they.be.scorched

*JPS 1917:* Or can one walk upon hot coals, and his feet not be scorched?

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[Isaiah 43:2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/ISA.43.2/)

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כִּֽי־תַעֲבֹ֤ר בַּמַּ֙יִם֙ אִתְּךָ־אָ֔נִי וּבַנְּהָר֖וֹת לֹ֣א יִשְׁטְפ֑וּךָ כִּֽי־תֵלֵ֤ךְ בְּמוֹ־אֵשׁ֙ לֹ֣א תִכָּוֶ֔ה וְלֶהָבָ֖ה לֹ֥א תִבְעַר־בָּֽךְ׃

*Word for word:* (dm) you.will.pass in the waters \[will be\].with.you I and in the rivers not they will.overflow.you (dm) you.will.walk in fire not you.will.be.scorched and flame not it.will.burn (in) you

*JPS 1917:* When thou passest through the waters, I will be with thee, and through the rivers, they shall not overflow thee; when thou walkest through the fire, thou shalt not be burned, neither shall the flame kindle upon thee.

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