קָבַב
qâbab · H6895 · Hebrew · 14 occurrences
Meanings
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to curse
An action by which humans or deities consign humans to death, usually by invoking a deity's name if the agent is human, done as punishment or out of contempt, fear, anger, hostility, or payment, with its effectiveness partly depending on the speaker's authority
ExamplesNumbers 22:11 ‘Behold, there is a people who came out of Egypt, and they cover the surface of the land; now come, curse them for me; perhaps I will be able to fight against them and drive them out.’”
Numbers 22:17 for I will indeed honor you richly, and I will do whatever you tell me. Please come then, curse this people for me.’”
Numbers 23:8 “How am I to put a curse on him upon whom God has not put a curse? And how am I to curse him whom the LORD has not cursed?
How it’s used In 5 roles
Every occurrence, grouped by the words it is grammatically related to.
the word studied the word it goes with
Who or what does itSubject
13 occurrences in 7 groups
- Not stated: you (one person) 5
- Not stated: I 2
- Not stated (infinitive) 2
- לְאֹםpeople 1
- אֵלGod, god 1
- עַםpeople 1
What it acts on, or what is saidObject
12 occurrences in 5 groups
- וֹhim 7
- אֹיֵבenemy 2
- נָוֶהpasture, habitation 1
- עַםpeople 1
- נִיme 1
With prepositionsPrepositional phrases
4 occurrences in 2 groups
- לto/for+ נִיme 4
- מִןfrom+ שָׁםthere 2
With adverbsAdverbs
3 occurrences in 2 groups
- לֹאnot 2
- פִּתְאוֹםsuddenly 1
After prepositionsPrepositional phrases
2 occurrences in 1 groups
- לto/for 2
When two words share a role, as in “Paul and Barnabas said”, the verse appears under each, so a section’s counts can add up to more than the number of occurrences.
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Near synonyms 3 words
- אָרַר ʼârar · H779 · to curse, to place a curse, to bring on a curse
- The target lexeme and אָרַר both denote the act of pronouncing a curse, functioning as near-synonyms able to substitute for one another in verbal cursing.
- אָלָה ʼâlâh · H422 · to utter a curse, to bind with a curse, to cause someone to bind himself with a curse
- אָלָה has the broader range ‘to adjure, swear, curse,’ while the target lexeme is more narrowly focused on cursing. The two are near-synonyms, distinct Hebrew roots overlapping in the sense of cursing.
- קָלַל qâlal · H7043 · light, fast, swift
- The target lexeme is more specialized, focused on cursing, while קָלַל has the broader range ‘lightness, contempt, ease, curse, despise.’ In the sense of cursing, the two overlap as near-synonyms.
Semantic domains 1 entry
- Curse002003002008
- The word means to curse, used repeatedly of Balak's demand that Balaam curse Israel and of Balaam's own insistence that he cannot curse what God has not cursed (Numbers 22:11, 23:8).
Word family 5 words
Words formed from the same root. They share a form, not always a meaning.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon H6895. qabab II. [קָבַב] verb utter a curse against, curse (compare [ב] יקו Ecclus 41:7);…
II. [קָבַב] verb utter a curse against, curse (compare [ב] יקו Ecclus 41:7); —
Qal curse, with accusative, usually person: Perfect3masculine singular suffix קַכֹּה (Ges§ 58d) Num 23:8; Num 23:2masculine singular suffix consecutive וְקַכֹּתוֺ Num 23:27; Imperfect3masculine singular וַיִּקֹּב (Ges§ 67g) Lev 24:11 (with accusative אֶתהַֿשֵּׁם); 2 masculine singular suffix תִּקֳּבֶנּוּ Num 23:25 (+ Infinitive absolute); 1 singular אֶקֹּב Num 23:8 (object omitted); נָוֵהוּ וָאֶקּוֺב Job 5:3 (probably corrupt; ᵐ5 Du read וַיִּדְקַב, compare Me Bi Siegf Beer; וַיִּמָּקֵד Bu; וַיוּקַב CheJQ July, 1897, 575; וַיִּבֹּק BevJPhil, xxvi. 308 (compare Isa 24:1, Isa 24:3; Jer 51:2; Nah 2:3)); 3masculine plural suffix יִקְּבֻהוּ Job 3:8; Pro 11:26; Pro 24:24; Imperative masculine singular קָֽבָהלִּֿי (Ges§ 67p Köi. 329 ff.) Num 22:11, Num 22:17, suffix 3masculine singular וְקָבְנרֹלִי (Ges§ 67o) Num 23:13 (all J E; all + לִי as dativus commodi [dative of benefit], so also Num 23:27 see Perfect above); Infinitive absolute קֹב Num 23:25 (+ Imperfect); Infinitive construct לָקֹב Num 23:11; Num 24:10.
קבה (√ of following (compare DlPr 113 Köii.1, 185): Arabic echinus, i.e. stomachi pars pelliculata; Syriac is collect, contain, water, cistern; Ethiopic have dropsy; Late Hebrew קֵבָה = Biblical Hebrew)
Brown, Driver and Briggs, A Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain
Topical studies with this word 1 entry
Meanings adapted from the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament, © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0 and the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew (from the Semantic Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew), © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0; MACULA Greek Linguistic Datasets, available at https://github.com/Clear-Bible/macula-greek/, licensed CC BY 4.0; MACULA Hebrew Linguistic Datasets © 2022-2024 by Biblica, Inc., CC BY 4.0. Westminster Leningrad Codex (tanach.us). OpenScriptures Hebrew Bible morphology (hb.openscriptures.org), CC BY 4.0.
Sources
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