קָהָה
qâhâh · H6949 · Hebrew · 4 occurrences
Meanings
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to be blunt?, to be numb
Exact meaning unknown; process by which one's teeth are affected by the eating of sour grapes, and become blunt, numb, or adversely affected in another way
ExamplesJeremiah 31:29 “In those days they will no longer say, ‘The fathers have eaten sour grapes, But it is the children’s teeth that have become blunt.’
Jeremiah 31:30 “But everyone will die for his own wrongdoing; each person who eats the sour grapes, his own teeth will become blunt.
Ezekiel 18:2 “What do you people mean by using this proverb about the land of Israel, saying, ‘The fathers eat sour grapes, But it is the children’s teeth that have become blunt’?
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to be blunt
State in which a tool loses its sharp cutting edge, as a result of frequent use, so that it has become ineffective and needs sharpening
ExamplesEcclesiastes 10:10 If the axe is dull and he does not sharpen its edge, then he must exert more strength. Wisdom has the advantage of bringing success.
How it’s used In 2 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
4 occurrences in 2 groups
- שֵׁןtooth, ivory 3
- בַּרְזֶלiron 1
What is done to itIt is the object
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- אָמַרto say 1
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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Contrasting words 1 word
- חָדַד châdad · H2300 · to sharpen, to be fierce, to be dangerous
- Hebrew verb expressing the opposite quality—being sharp or having a keen edge—the direct lexical opposite of being blunt (קָהָה)
Semantic domains 1 entry
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- The word means to be dull or blunt, illustrated by an axe whose edge has not been sharpened (Ecclesiastes 10:10) and the proverb about teeth becoming blunt from sour grapes (Jeremiah 31:29-30; Ezekiel 18:2).
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon H6949. qahah [קָהָה] verb be blunt, dull (Late Hebrew id.; Aramaic קְהָא, ); — Qal…
[קָהָה] verb be blunt, dull (Late Hebrew id.; Aramaic קְהָא, ); —
Qal Imperfect3feminine plural תִּקְהֶינָה Jer 31:29: Jeremiah 30 Eze 18:2 (all of teeth).
Pi`el in sense of
Qal: Perfect3masculine singular קֵהָה Ecc 10:10 if the iron be blunt.
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
eRhema lexical overview, based on the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew and the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament (© United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Macula Hebrew and Greek (Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0); released under CC BY-SA 4.0
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