Biblical Hebrew

hebrew #6949 - קָהָה qahah

Original Word:	קָהָה
Transliteration:	qahah
Phonetic Spelling:	(kaw-haw')
Definition:	to be blunt or dull
Part of Speech:	Verb
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Strong's Exhaustive Concordance

be set on edge, be blunt

A primitive root; to be dull -- be set on edge, be blunt.

Englishman's Concordance

1) to be blunt, be dull
1a) (Qal) to be blunt, be dull
1b) (Piel) to be blunt
Part of Speech: verb
A Related Word by BDB/Strong’s Number: a primitive root
Same Word by TWOT Number: 1990.1

Brown-Driver-Briggs

[קָהָה] verbbe blunt, dull (Late Hebrew id.; Aramaic קְהָא,

); —

QalImperfect3feminine plural תִּקְהֶינָהJeremiah 31:29: Jeremiah 30 Ezekiel 18:2 (all of teeth).

Pi`el in sense of

Qal:Perfect3masculine singular קֵהָהEcclesiastes 10:10if the iron be blunt.

Englishman's Concordance (References)

Strong's Hebrew: 6949. קָהָה (qahah) — 4 Occurrences

Ecclesiastes 10:10
HEB: אִם־ קֵהָ֣ה הַבַּרְזֶ֗ל וְהוּא֙
NAS: the axe is dull and he does not sharpen
KJV: If the iron be blunt, and he do not whet
INT: If is dull the axe he

Jeremiah 31:29
HEB:וְשִׁנֵּ֥י בָנִ֖ים תִּקְהֶֽינָה׃
NAS: teeth are set on edge.'
KJV: teeth are set on edge.
INT: teeth and the children's are set

Jeremiah 31:30
HEB:הָאֹכֵ֥ל הַבֹּ֖סֶר תִּקְהֶ֥ינָה שִׁנָּֽיו׃ ס
NAS: his teeth will be set on edge.
KJV: his teeth shall be set on edge.
INT: eats the sour will be set his teeth

Ezekiel 18:2
HEB:וְשִׁנֵּ֥י הַבָּנִ֖ים תִּקְהֶֽינָה׃
NAS: teeth are set on edge'?
KJV: teeth are set on edge?
INT: teeth the children's are set

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