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title: קָהָה — be blunt · The Tanakh dictionary
description: קָהָה (6949), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 4 times: be blunt. BDB 1906: vb. be blunt, dull Qal. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# קָהָה

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«קָהָה» in the Tanakh dictionary: **be blunt** — 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:** 4 times · **Key:** 6949 · **BDB:** קָהָה

### Glosses

they.will.be.blunt (2); it.is.blunt (1); they.are.blunt (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

be blunt [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1511/6949/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

vb. be blunt, dull Qal [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1511/6949/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** vb. be blunt, dull (NH id.; Aramaic קְהָא, ܩܗܳܐ );— Impf. 3 fpl. תִּקְהֶינָה Je 31:29, 30 Ez 18:2 (all of teeth). in sense of Qal: Pf. 3 ms. קֵהָה Ec 10:10 if the iron be blunt.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 4 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (2 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (2 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «קָהָה» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1511/6949/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Jeremiah 31:29](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JER.31.29/)

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בַּיָּמִ֣ים הָהֵ֔ם לֹא־יֹאמְר֣וּ ע֔וֹד אָב֖וֹת אָ֣כְלוּ בֹ֑סֶר וְשִׁנֵּ֥י בָנִ֖ים תִּקְהֶֽינָה׃

*Word for word:* in the days (the) those not people.will.say again fathers they.have.eaten sour.grape\[s\] and.\[the\] teeth of.children they.will.be.blunt

*JPS 1917:* In those days they shall say no more: 'The fathers have eaten sour grapes, and the children's teeth are set on edge.'

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[Ecclesiastes 10:10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/ECC.10.10/)

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אִם־קֵהָ֣ה הַבַּרְזֶ֗ל וְהוּא֙ לֹא־פָנִ֣ים קִלְקַ֔ל וַחֲיָלִ֖ים יְגַבֵּ֑ר וְיִתְר֥וֹן הַכְשֵׁ֖רחָכְמָֽה׃

*Word for word:* if it.is.blunt the.iron \[axe\] and he not faces he.has.sharpened and strength(s) he.will.make.strong and.\[is\] an.advantage to.give.success wisdom

*JPS 1917:* If the iron be blunt, and one do not whet the edge, then must he put to more strength; but wisdom is profitable to direct.

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