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title: כֶּחָשׁ — deceptive · The Tanakh dictionary
description: כֶּחָשׁ (3586), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 1 times: deceptive. BDB 1906: adj. deceptive, false. With 1 verse in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# כֶּחָשׁ

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«כֶּחָשׁ» in the Tanakh dictionary: **deceptive** — 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:** 3586 · **BDB:** כֶּחָשׁ

### Glosses

lying (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

deceptive [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1499/3586/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

adj. deceptive, false [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1499/3586/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** adj. deceptive, false (on format. v. BaNB 50 Ges§ 84b)—בָּנִים כֶּחָשִׁים Is 30:9 (‖ עַם מְרִי).

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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 (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 «כֶּחָשׁ» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1499/3586/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Isaiah 30:9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/ISA.30.9/)

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כִּ֣י עַ֤ם מְרִי֙ ה֔וּא בָּנִ֖ים כֶּחָשִׁ֑ים בָּנִ֕ים לֹֽא־אָב֥וּ שְׁמ֖וֹעַ תּוֹרַ֥ת יְהוָֽה׃

*Word for word:* (dm) \[is\].a.people of.rebellion it children lying children \[who\].not they.have.been.willing to.hear the.law of.Yahweh

*JPS 1917:* For it is a rebellious people, lying children, children that refuse to hear the teaching of the LORD;

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