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title: כָּמַהּ — faint · The Tanakh dictionary
description: כָּמַהּ (3642), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 1 times: faint. BDB 1906: vb. faint. With 1 verse in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# כָּמַהּ

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«כָּמַהּ» in the Tanakh dictionary: **faint** — 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:** 3642 · **BDB:** כָּמַהּ

### Glosses

it.longs (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

faint [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1499/3642/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

vb. faint [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1499/3642/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** vb. faint (Arabic كَمِهَ is be pale of face, gray (of daylight), weak-eyed, أَكْمَهُ blind from birth; Syriac ܟܡܰܗ be blind), only fig.— Pf. 3 ms. כ׳ לְךָ בְשָׂרִי ψ 63:2 faint (with longing) for thee (‖ צָֽמְאָה לְךָ נַפְשִׁי).

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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 (4 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (2 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «כָּמַהּ» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1499/3642/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Psalms 63:2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.63.2/)

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אֱלֹהִ֤ים ׀ אֵלִ֥י אַתָּ֗ה אֲ‍ֽשַׁחֲ֫רֶ֥ךָּ צָמְאָ֬ה לְךָ֨ ׀ נַפְשִׁ֗י כָּמַ֣הּ לְךָ֣ בְשָׂרִ֑י בְּאֶֽרֶץ־צִיָּ֖ה וְעָיֵ֣ף בְּלִי־מָֽיִם׃

*Word for word:* O.God God \[are\].my you I am.seeking.you.earnestly it.is.thirsty for you self my it.longs for you flesh my in a.land of.dryness and weary not water

*JPS 1917:* O God, Thou art my God, earnestly will I seek Thee; my soul thirsteth for Thee, my flesh longeth for Thee, in a dry and weary land, where no water is.

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