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title: קָדַח — be kindled · The Tanakh dictionary
description: קָדַח (6919), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 5 times: be kindled. BDB 1906: vb. be kindled, kindle. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# קָדַח

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«קָדַח» in the Tanakh dictionary: **be kindled** — 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:** 5 times · **Key:** 6919 · **BDB:** קָדַח

### Glosses

it.has.been.kindled (2); \[who\].kindle (1); kindles (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

be kindled [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1511/6919/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

vb. be kindled, kindle [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1511/6919/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** vb. be kindled, kindle (NH id., also bore, Aramaic קְדַח, ܩܕܰܚ bore, kindle; Arabic قَدَحَ strike fire (with flint, etc.); Ph. מקדח is lamp-lighter (in temple) according to CISi. No. 352, 1, 3);— be kindled: Pf. 3 fs. אֵשׁ קָֽדְחָה בְּאַפִּי Dt 32:22 Je 15:14; 17:4 (reading קָֽדְחָה for קְדַחְתֶּם), all of י׳’s wrath. act. kindle; Inf. cstr. כִּקְדֹחַ אֵשׁ הֲמָסִים Is 64:1 (v. \[הֶמֶס\]); Pt. קֹדְחֵי אֵשׁ 50:11.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 5 of its verses cited, 2 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, 1 with the glosses (1 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «קָדַח» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1511/6919/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Jeremiah 15:14](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JER.15.14/)

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וְהַֽעֲבַרְתִּי֙ אֶת־אֹ֣יְבֶ֔יךָ בְּאֶ֖רֶץ לֹ֣א יָדָ֑עְתָּ כִּֽי־אֵ֛שׁ קָדְחָ֥ה בְאַפִּ֖י עֲלֵיכֶ֥ם תּוּקָֽד׃ס

*Word for word:* and I.will.make.to.pass (et) enemies your in a.land \[which\].not you.have.known (dm) a.fire it.has.been.kindled in anger my towards you it.will.burn

*JPS 1917:* And I will make thee to pass with thine enemies into a land which thou knowest not; for a fire is kindled in My nostril, which shall burn upon you.'

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[Isaiah 64:1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/ISA.64.1/)

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כִּקְדֹ֧חַ אֵ֣שׁ הֲמָסִ֗ים מַ֚יִם תִּבְעֶה־אֵ֔שׁ לְהוֹדִ֥יעַ שִׁמְךָ֖ לְצָרֶ֑יךָ מִפָּנֶ֖יךָ גּוֹיִ֥ם יִרְגָּֽזוּ׃

*Word for word:* as kindles fire brushwood(s) water it.boils fire to make.known name your to foes your from before you nations they.will.quake

*JPS 1917:* As when fire kindleth the brush-wood, and the fire causeth the waters to boil; to make Thy name known to Thine adversaries, that the nations might tremble at Thy presence,

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