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

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«כָּהָה» in the Tanakh dictionary: **rebuke** — 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:** lemma:כָּהָה · **BDB:** כָּהָה²

### Glosses

he.rebuked (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

rebuke [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1499/lemma_3a_5db_5b8_5bc_5d4_5b8_5d4/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

vb. rebuke [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1499/lemma_3a_5db_5b8_5bc_5d4_5b8_5d4/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** vb. rebuke (Syriac ܟܳܐܐ, Mand. כהא (NöM. 72) id.), only 1 S 3:13 sq. בְּ, וְלֹא כִהָה בָּם.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses (4 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (4 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «כָּהָה» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1499/lemma_3a_5db_5b8_5bc_5d4_5b8_5d4/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[1 Samuel 3:13](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/1SA.3.13/)

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וְהִגַּ֣דְתִּי ל֔וֹ כִּֽי־שֹׁפֵ֥ט אֲנִ֛י אֶת־בֵּית֖וֹ עַד־עוֹלָ֑ם בַּעֲוֺ֣ן אֲשֶׁר־יָדַ֗ע כִּֽי־מְקַֽלְלִ֤ים לָהֶם֙ בָּנָ֔יו וְלֹ֥א כִהָ֖ה בָּֽם׃

*Word for word:* and I.tell to him (dm).that \[am\].about.to.judge I (et) house his until perpetuity for the.iniquity which he.knew (dm) \[were\].bringing.a.curse to themselves sons his and not he.rebuked (in) them

*JPS 1917:* For I have told him that I will judge his house for ever, for the iniquity, in that he knew that his sons did bring a curse upon themselves, and he rebuked them not.

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