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# כָּוָה

Biblical Hebrew · Strong's H3554

**burn** — used 2 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

burn [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1499/3554/#m1)

### Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906

כָּוָה: vb. burn, scorch, brand [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1499/3554/#m2)

**The whole BDB entry:** vb. burn, scorch, brand (NH id.; Aramaic ܟܘܳܐ especially Pa.; Arabic كَوَى cauterize)— Impf. 2 ms. תִּכָּוֶה Is 43:2 thou shalt not be scorched (fig. of Isr., ‖ בָּעַר); 3 fpl. וְרַגְלָיו לֹא תִּכָּוֶי֑נָה Pr 6:28 shall a man walk on the coals and his feet not be burned? (‖ שָׂרַף of garments v 27).

Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 2 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (3 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (3 candidates)

## Glosses

MACULA's English glosses of the word in the text, with how often each is used: will they be scorched (1); you will be scorched (1).

## In the verses

[Proverbs 6:28](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PRO.6.28/) · [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PRO.6.28/#tree)

אִם־יְהַלֵּ֣ךְ אִ֭ישׁ עַל־הַגֶּחָלִ֑ים וְ֝רַגְלָ֗יו לֹ֣א תִכָּוֶֽינָה׃

*Word for word:* or? will.he.walk? a.man on (the).burning coals and feet his not will.they.be.scorched

*JPS 1917:* Or can one walk upon hot coals, and his feet not be scorched?

[Isaiah 43:2](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/ISA.43.2/) · [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/ISA.43.2/#tree)

כִּֽי־תַעֲבֹ֤ר בַּמַּ֙יִם֙ אִתְּךָ־אָ֔נִי וּבַנְּהָר֖וֹת לֹ֣א יִשְׁטְפ֑וּךָ כִּֽי־תֵלֵ֤ךְ בְּמוֹ־אֵשׁ֙ לֹ֣א תִכָּוֶ֔ה וְלֶהָבָ֖ה לֹ֥א תִבְעַר־בָּֽךְ׃

*Word for word:* (dm) you.will.pass in the waters \[will be\].with.you I and in the rivers not they will.overflow.you (dm) you.will.walk in fire not you.will.be.scorched and flame not it.will.burn (in) you

*JPS 1917:* When thou passest through the waters, I will be with thee, and through the rivers, they shall not overflow thee; when thou walkest through the fire, thou shalt not be burned, neither shall the flame kindle upon thee.

## On Mova

- [This word in the Tanakh dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/w/3554.html) on Mova free.
- [Trees and pragmatics of its meanings](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1499/3554/): 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).