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title: כָּחַל — paint · The Tanakh dictionary
description: כָּחַל (3583), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 1 times: paint. BDB 1906: vb. paint. With 1 verse in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# כָּחַל

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«כָּחַל» in the Tanakh dictionary: **paint** — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 1 verse in layers.

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**Used:** 1 times · **Key:** 3583 · **BDB:** כָּחַל

### Glosses

you.painted (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

paint [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1499/3583/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

vb. paint [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1499/3583/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** vb. paint (eyes) (NH id.; Aramaic כְּחַל, ܟܚܰܠ; Ethiopic ኰሐለ: Arabic كَحَلَ )— Pf. in רָחַצְתְּ כָּחַלְתְּ עֵינַיִךְ וגו׳ Ez 23:40 (Co reads 3 pl.);—v. also פּוּךְ.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 of its verses cited, 0 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, 0 with the glosses (1 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «כָּחַל» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1499/3583/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Ezekiel 23:40](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/EZK.23.40/)

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וְאַ֗ף כִּ֤י תִשְׁלַ֙חְנָה֙ לַֽאֲנָשִׁ֔ים בָּאִ֖ים מִמֶּרְחָ֑ק אֲשֶׁ֨ר מַלְאָ֜ךְ שָׁל֤וּחַ אֲלֵיהֶם֙ וְהִנֵּה־בָ֔אוּ לַאֲשֶׁ֥ר רָחַ֛צְתְּ כָּחַ֥לְתְּ עֵינַ֖יִךְ וְעָ֥דִית עֶֽדִי׃

*Word for word:* and also (dm) they.sent for men \[who\].come from a.distance whom a.messenger \[was\].sent to them and there! they.came \[those\].for whom you.bathed you.painted eyes your and you.adorned.yourself ornament\[s\]

*JPS 1917:* And furthermore ye have sent for men that come from far; unto whom a messenger was sent, and, lo, they came; for whom thou didst wash thyself, paint thine eyes, and deck thyself with ornaments;

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