H3510

כָּאַב

ka.avH:V

to pain

1) to be in pain, be sore, have pain, be sorrowful 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to be in pain (physical) 1a2) to be in pain (mental) 1b) (Hiphil) 1b1) to cause pain, hurt, mar 1b2) pain, mar (participle)

Full Brown-Driver-Briggs lexicon entry

כָּאַב verb be in pain (Aramaic כְּאֵב, id.; Arabic be sorrowful, sad; Assyrian in derivatives, ikkibu, pain Zim^{BP 67}, kêbtu, ruin Hpt in KAT^{2 Glossary i}.) —

Qal Imperfect יִכְאָבֿ Prov 14:13 יִכְאָ֑ב Job 14:22 Participle כּוֺאֵב Ps 69:30 כֹּאֲבִים Gen 34:25 —

1. be in pain, physical Gen 34:25 (J, as result of circumcision); Job 14:22 (subject בָּשָׂר; poetic of body in grave || נַפְשׁוֺ תֶּאֱבָ֑ל).

2. of mental pain Prov 14:13 (subject לֵב; probably also Ps 69:30 (|| עָנִי). Hiph`il Perfect 1 singular suffix הִכְאַבְתִּיו Ezek 13:22 2 feminine plural הִכְאַבְתֶּן vEzek 13:22 ᵐ5 ᵑ7 Co (ᵑ0 הַכְאוֺת see כָּאָה); Imperfect יַכְאִיב Job 5:18 תַּכְאִ֫בוּ 2Kgs 3:19 Participle מַכְאִב Ezek 28:24 — pain, mar;

1. of enemies of Israel under figure of thorn causing pain (no object expressed) ׳קוֺץ מַכ Ezek 28:24 (|| מַמְאִיר סִלּוֺן); of שַׁדַּי, no object expressed, Job 5:18 (opposed to חָבַשׁ, || מָחַץ.

2. of mental pain, object לֵב, Ezek 13:22 (subject false prophetesses, see above); compare vEzek 13:22 (subject ׳י).

3. (si vera lectio) of marring good land with stones 2Kgs 3:19, ᵐ5 άχρειώσετε (Klo תְּאַבְּדוּ).

6 occurrences

Genesis (1), II Kings (1), Job (2), Ezekiel (2)