H3543A

כָּהָה

ka.hahH:V

to grow dim

1) to grow weak, grow dim, grow faint, falter, be weak, be dim, be darkened, be restrained, be faint, fail 1a) (Qal) to grow dim 1b) (Piel) to faint, grow weak, grow faint

Full Brown-Driver-Briggs lexicon entry

I. [כָּהָה] verb be or grow dim, faint (Late Hebrew id.; Aramaic כְּהָא; compare Arabic be , i.e. weak, cowardly) —

Qal Perfect 3 feminine singular כָּֽהֲתָה Deut 34:7 Imperfect יִכְהֶה Isa 42:4 3 feminine singular תִּכְהֶה Zech 11:17 וַתֵּ֫כַהּ Job 17:7 וַתִּכְהֶיןָ Gen 27:1 Infinitive absolute כָּהֹה Zech 11:17 — grow dim, of eye Gen 27:1 (J), Deut 34:7; Job 17:7 of violent putting out of eye Zech 11:17 (twice in verse); he shall not grow dim Isa 42:4, of servant of ׳י under figure of lamp or fire (see Kay Che De), or grow faint (compare Di). Pi`el Perfect 3 feminine singular וְכִהֲתָה consecutive Ezek 21:12 (subject כָּלרֿוּחַ; || וְנָמֵס כָּללֵֿב) grow faint (Pi`el intransitive, Ges^{«GKC:52»§ 52} k, Kö^{i. 187}; but read perhaps כָּֽהֲתָה).

II. [כָּהָה] verb Pi`el rebuke (Syriac , Mandean כהא (Nö^{M. 72}) id.), only 1Sam 3:13 followed by בְּ, וְלֹא כִהָה בָּם.

7 occurrences

Genesis (1), Leviticus (2), Deuteronomy (1), Job (1), Isaiah (1), Zechariah (1)