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Job 17:7
“Mine eye also is dim by reason of sorrow, and all my members are as a shadow.” (KJV)
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Lexical meaning
כָּהָהkâhâh · kaw-haw'
H3543 · Hebrew
H3543 · Hebrew
- Definition
- to be weak, i.e. (figuratively) to despond (causatively, rebuke), or (of light, the eye) to grow dull
- Derivation
- a primitive root;
- KJV renderings
- darken, be dim, fail, faint, restrain, [idiom] utterly.
- Grammar
- וַ — conjunction
- תֵּ֣כַהּ — verb Qal, sequential imperfect, 3rd person, feminine, singular
- Usage
- Occurs 8 times in the Hebrew Bible.Genesis 27:1Deuteronomy 34:71 Samuel 3:13Isaiah 42:4Ezekiel 21:12
Theological interpretation (AI)
The card on the left shows lexical data from published sources. Interpretation is separate: ask the Companion to explain how traditions read כָּהָה here.
Hebrew text: Westminster Leningrad Codex (public domain). Morphology & lemmas: Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible, CC BY 4.0 (hb.openscriptures.org). Lexicon: Strong's Hebrew Dictionary (1894, public domain; JSON edition © Open Scriptures, CC BY-SA). Verse numbers follow the Hebrew text, which occasionally differs from English Bibles.