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title: קָמֵל — be decayed · The Tanakh dictionary
description: קָמֵל (7060), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 2 times: be decayed. BDB 1906: vb. be decayed. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# קָמֵל

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«קָמֵל» in the Tanakh dictionary: **be decayed** — 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:** 2 times · **Key:** 7060 · **BDB:** קָמֵל

### Glosses

it.has.withered (1); they.will.wither (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

be decayed [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1511/7060/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

vb. be decayed [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1511/7060/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** vb. be decayed (Syriac ܩܡܰܠ be mouldy, decay);— Pf. 3 ms. קָמַ֑ל Is 33:9 Lebanon mouldereth; 3 pl. קָמֵ֑לוּ 19:6 (of קָנֶה וָסוּף).

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 2 of its verses cited, 0 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, 0 with the glosses (1 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «קָמֵל» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1511/7060/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Isaiah 19:6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/ISA.19.6/)

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וְהֶאֶזְנִ֣יחוּ נְהָר֔וֹת דָּלֲל֥וּ וְחָרְב֖וּ יְאֹרֵ֣י מָצ֑וֹר קָנֶ֥ה וָס֖וּף קָמֵֽלוּ׃

*Word for word:* and they.will.stink \[the\].rivers they.will.be.low and they.will.become.dry the.canals of.Egypt reed\[s\] and rush\[es\] they.will.wither

*JPS 1917:* And the rivers shall become foul; the streams of Egypt shall be minished and dried up; the reeds and flags shall wither.

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[Isaiah 33:9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/ISA.33.9/)

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אָבַ֤ל אֻמְלְלָה֙ אָ֔רֶץ הֶחְפִּ֥יר לְבָנ֖וֹן קָמַ֑ל הָיָ֤ה הַשָּׁרוֹן֙ כָּֽעֲרָבָ֔ה וְנֹעֵ֥ר בָּשָׁ֖ן וְכַרְמֶֽל׃

*Word for word:* it.has.dried.up it.has.languished \[the\].land it.has.displayed.shame Lebanon it.has.withered it.has.become (the) Sharon like.(the) desert plain and.\[is\] shaking.off Bashan and Carmel

*JPS 1917:* The land mourneth and languisheth; Lebanon is ashamed, it withereth; Sharon is like a wilderness; and Bashan and Carmel are clean bare.

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