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title: כַּחַשׁ — lying · The Tanakh dictionary
description: כַּחַשׁ (3585), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 6 times: lying. BDB 1906: n.m. lying leanness. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# כַּחַשׁ

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«כַּחַשׁ» in the Tanakh dictionary: **lying** — 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:** 6 times · **Key:** 3585 · **BDB:** כַּ֫חַשׁ

### Glosses

lying (3); leanness (1); lies (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

lying [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1499/3585/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.m. lying leanness [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1499/3585/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.m. Jb 16:8 1. lying 2. leanness;—abs. כ׳ Ho 12:1 + 2 times; כָּ֑חַשׁ Ho 10:13; sf. כַּחֲשִׁי Jb 16:8; pl. sf. כַּחֲשֵׁיהֶם Ho 7:3;— lying, אֲכַלְתֶּם פְּרִי כ׳ Ho 10:13 ye have eaten the fruit of lying; 7:3 (‖ רָעָה), 12:1; of Nineveh, כ׳ פֶּרֶק מְלֵאָה Na 3:1 of lying (and) robbery it is full; ψ 59:13 (‖ אָלָה). of Job’s affliction Jb 16:8 my leanness hath risen up against me (cf. ψ 109:24; 𝔗 J Gn 41:27, Ec 12:5; Talm. כחשׁא; \> my lying, i.e. my affliction regarded as a lying witness, Di Buhl al.)

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 6 of its verses cited, 2 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, 1 with the glosses (3 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «כַּחַשׁ» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1499/3585/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Hosea 7:3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/HOS.7.3/)

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בְּרָעָתָ֖ם יְשַׂמְּחוּ־מֶ֑לֶךְ וּבְכַחֲשֵׁיהֶ֖ם שָׂרִֽים׃

*Word for word:* by evil their they.make.glad \[the\].king and by lies their princes

*JPS 1917:* They make the king glad with their wickedness, and the princes with their lies.

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[Nahum 3:1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/NAM.3.1/)

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ה֖וֹי עִ֣יר דָּמִ֑ים כֻּלָּ֗הּ כַּ֤חַשׁ פֶּ֙רֶק֙ מְלֵאָ֔ה לֹ֥א יָמִ֖ישׁ טָֽרֶף׃

*Word for word:* woe.to! \[the\].city of.blood(s) of.it all lying plunder \[is\].full not it.will.depart prey

*JPS 1917:* Woe to the bloody city! It is all full of lies and rapine; the prey departeth not.

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