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# קָדַח

Biblical Hebrew · Strong's H6919

**be kindled** — used 5 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

be kindled [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1511/6919/#m1)

### Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906

קָדַח: vb. be kindled, kindle [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1511/6919/#m2)

**The whole BDB entry:** vb. be kindled, kindle (NH id., also bore, Aramaic קְדַח, ܩܕܰܚ bore, kindle; Arabic قَدَحَ strike fire (with flint, etc.); Ph. מקדח is lamp-lighter (in temple) according to CISi. No. 352, 1, 3);— be kindled: Pf. 3 fs. אֵשׁ קָֽדְחָה בְּאַפִּי Dt 32:22 Je 15:14; 17:4 (reading קָֽדְחָה for קְדַחְתֶּם), all of י׳’s wrath. act. kindle; Inf. cstr. כִּקְדֹחַ אֵשׁ הֲמָסִים Is 64:1 (v. \[הֶמֶס\]); Pt. קֹדְחֵי אֵשׁ 50:11.

Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 5 of its verses cited, 2 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (1 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (1 candidates)

## Glosses

MACULA's English glosses of the word in the text, with how often each is used: it has been kindled (2); \[who\] kindle (1); kindles (1).

## In the verses

[Jeremiah 15:14](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JER.15.14/) · [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JER.15.14/#tree)

וְהַֽעֲבַרְתִּי֙ אֶת־אֹ֣יְבֶ֔יךָ בְּאֶ֖רֶץ לֹ֣א יָדָ֑עְתָּ כִּֽי־אֵ֛שׁ קָדְחָ֥ה בְאַפִּ֖י עֲלֵיכֶ֥ם תּוּקָֽד׃ס

*Word for word:* and I.will.make.to.pass (et) enemies your in a.land \[which\].not you.have.known (dm) a.fire it.has.been.kindled in anger my towards you it.will.burn

*JPS 1917:* And I will make thee to pass with thine enemies into a land which thou knowest not; for a fire is kindled in My nostril, which shall burn upon you.'

[Isaiah 64:1](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/ISA.64.1/) · [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/ISA.64.1/#tree)

כִּקְדֹ֧חַ אֵ֣שׁ הֲמָסִ֗ים מַ֚יִם תִּבְעֶה־אֵ֔שׁ לְהוֹדִ֥יעַ שִׁמְךָ֖ לְצָרֶ֑יךָ מִפָּנֶ֖יךָ גּוֹיִ֥ם יִרְגָּֽזוּ׃

*Word for word:* as kindles fire brushwood(s) water it.boils fire to make.known name your to foes your from before you nations they.will.quake

*JPS 1917:* As when fire kindleth the brush-wood, and the fire causeth the waters to boil; to make Thy name known to Thine adversaries, that the nations might tremble at Thy presence,

## On Mova

- [This word in the Tanakh dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/w/6919.html) on Mova free.
- [Trees and pragmatics of its meanings](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1511/6919/): 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).