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# כֵּהֶה

Biblical Hebrew · Strong's H3544

**dim** — used 7 times in the Hebrew Bible. Below: its meanings with their sources, MACULA's glosses, and 2 verses word for word and in JPS 1917.

## Meaning

### OpenScriptures lexical index

dim [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1499/3544/#m1)

### Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906

כֵּהֶה: adj.dim, dull, faint [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1499/3544/#m2)

**The whole BDB entry:** adj.dim, dull, faint; only f. כֵּהָה Lv 13:6 + 6 times; pl. כֵּהוֹת Lv 13:39 1 S 3:2;—dim, of eyes 1 S 3:2; of burning wick (פִּשְׁתָּה כ׳) Is 42:3; dull (in colour, of plague-spots) Lv 13:6, 21, 26, 28, 39, 56; fig. = faint רוּחַ כ׳ Is 61:3 (opp. מַעֲטֵה תְהִלָּה).

Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 7 of its verses cited, 3 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (4 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (4 candidates)

## Glosses

MACULA's English glosses of the word in the text, with how often each is used: \[is\] dull (3); dim (2); dull (1).

## In the verses

[Isaiah 42:3](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/ISA.42.3/) · [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/ISA.42.3/#tree)

קָנֶ֤ה רָצוּץ֙ לֹ֣א יִשְׁבּ֔וֹר וּפִשְׁתָּ֥ה כֵהָ֖ה לֹ֣א יְכַבֶּ֑נָּה לֶאֱמֶ֖ת יוֹצִ֥יא מִשְׁפָּֽט׃

*Word for word:* a.reed crushed not he.will.break and a.wick dim not he will.extinguish.it to faithfulness he.will.bring.forth justice

*JPS 1917:* A bruised reed shall he not break, and the dimly burning wick shall he not quench; he shall make the right to go forth according to the truth.

[Leviticus 13:39](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/LEV.13.39/) · [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/LEV.13.39/#tree)

וְרָאָ֣ה הַכֹּהֵ֗ן וְהִנֵּ֧ה בְעוֹר־בְּשָׂרָ֛ם בֶּהָרֹ֖ת כֵּה֣וֹת לְבָנֹ֑ת בֹּ֥הַק ה֛וּא פָּרַ֥ח בָּע֖וֹר טָה֥וֹר הֽוּא׃ס

*Word for word:* and he.will.see the priest and there! \[are\].on the.skin their.flesh their bright.spots dull white \[is\].a.skin.rash it it.has.broken.out on the skin \[is\].pure he

*JPS 1917:* then the priest shall look; and, behold, if the bright spots in the skin of their flesh be of a dull white, it is a tetter, it hath broken out in the skin: he is clean.

## On Mova

- [This word in the Tanakh dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/w/3544.html) on Mova free.
- [Trees and pragmatics of its meanings](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1499/3544/): every English meaning parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.

Sources. The words, their counts, glosses and the word-for-word renderings: MACULA Hebrew (the Westminster Leningrad Codex; Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0). Meanings: the OpenScriptures lexical index (CC BY 4.0), Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906 and Jastrow 1903 (public domain, via Sefaria); Targum Onkelos from Sefaria (public domain). Translation: JPS 1917 (public domain, from eBible.org).