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title: כָּחַשׁ — be disappointing · The Tanakh dictionary
description: כָּחַשׁ (3584), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 22 times: be disappointing. BDB 1906: vb. be disappointing, deceive, fail, grow lean Pi Hithp. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# כָּחַשׁ

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«כָּחַשׁ» in the Tanakh dictionary: **be disappointing** — 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:** 22 times · **Key:** 3584 · **BDB:** כָּחַשׁ

### Glosses

he.will.deny (2); they.cringed (2); they.will.cringe (2)

### Meaning (OSHB)

be disappointing [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1499/3584/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

vb. be disappointing, deceive, fail, grow lean Pi Hithp. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1499/3584/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** vb. be disappointing, deceive, fail, grow lean (NH כָּחַשׁ grow lean; Hiph. convict of falsehood, refute; Aramaic כְּחַשׁ grow lean; כַּחְשָׁא leanness, כְּחִישׁוּתָא leanness, weakness; Aph. as NH Hiph.)— Pf. 3 ms. וּבְשָׂרִי כָּחַשׁ מִשָּׁ֑מֶן ψ 109:24 my flesh hath grown lean (away) from fatness (‖ בִּרְכַּי כָּֽשְׁלוּ מִצּוֹם). Impf. וְיִכָּֽחֲשׁוּ אֹיְבֶיךָ לָךְ Dt 33:29 thine enemies shall cringe (come cringing, i.e. orig. act deceptively, feigning obedience) to thee (cf. also Pi 3, Hithp.) Pf. 3 ms. כִּחֵשׁ 1 K 13:18 Hb 3:17; וְכִ֫חֶשׁ consec. (bef. monosyll.) Lv 5:22 Jb 8:18, etc.; Impf. (בָּהּ) יְכַ֫חֶשׁ Ho 9:2; 3 fs. וַתְּכַחֵשׁ Gn 18:15, etc.; inf. abs. כַּחֵשׁ Ho 4:2 Is 59:13; cstr. Zc 13:4;— deceive, abs. Gn 18:15 (J), Jos 7:11 (JE), Ho 4:2 (אלה וכחשׁ together = false swearing according to WeKl. Pr.; + וְרָצֹחַ וְגָנֹב וְנָאֹ֑ף), cf. לֹא תִגְנֹ֑בוּ וְלֹא־תְכַחֲשׁוּ וְלֹא תְשַׁקְּרוּ אִישׁ בַּעֲמִיתוֹ Lv 19:11 (H); לְמַעַן כ׳ Zc 13:4 in order to deceive; sq. לְ pers. 1 K 13:18 Jb 31:28; sq. בְ pers. et rei Lv 5:21, בְ rei v 22. act deceptively against (i.e. seem to acknowledge, but not really do so), sq. בְ pers. Jos 24:27 (E) Je 5:12 Is 59:13 Jb 8:18, appar. also וְתִירוֹשׁ יכ׳ בָּהּ Ho 9:2 and new wine shall deny her (Isr.; i.e. refuse to acknowledge her as its mistress, not yield itself to her); abs. Pr 30:9. cringe = come cringing (make shew of obedience, v. Niph.), sq. בְ pers. ψ 18:45 (Hithp. in ‖ 2 S 22:45); sq. לְ pers. ψ 66:3; 81:16. disappoint, fail, abs. כִּחֵשׁ מַעֲשֵׂה זַיִת Hb 3:17 the product of the olive hath failed (in sense comp. Ho 9:2 supr.) Impf. יִתְכַּחֲשׁוּ לִי 2 S 22:45 shall come cringing to me (‖ ψ 18:45, v. supr.)

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 22 of its verses cited, 3 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 «כָּחַשׁ» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1499/3584/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[2 Samuel 22:45](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/2SA.22.45/)

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בְּנֵ֥י נֵכָ֖ר יִתְכַּֽחֲשׁוּ־לִ֑י לִשְׁמ֥וֹעַ אֹ֖זֶן יִשָּׁ֥מְעוּ לִֽי׃

*Word for word:* sons of.foreignness they.cringed to me to.\[the\] hearing of.an.ear they.became.obedient to me

*JPS 1917:* The sons of the stranger dwindle away before me; as soon as they hear of me, they obey me.

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[Job 31:28](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.31.28/)

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גַּם־ה֭וּאעָוֺ֣ן פְּלִילִ֑י כִּֽי־כִחַ֖שְׁתִּי לָאֵ֣ל מִמָּֽעַל׃

*Word for word:* also that \[is\].iniquity calling.for.judgment (dm) I.denied (to) God (from) above

*JPS 1917:* This also were an iniquity to be punished by the judges; for I should have lied to God that is above.

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