כָּהָהkâhâh
כָּהָה: be or grow dim, faint
Pronunciation: kaw-haw' · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H3543
Meanings
Qal: grow dim (Deuteronomy 34:7; Isaiah 42:4; Zechariah 11:17)
Pi`el: grow faint (Ezekiel 21:12)
כָּהָה: Pi`el: rebuke (1 Samuel 3:13)
Same root
Where it appears
Appears 10 times in the Bible.
- Genesis 27:1 One day when Isaac was old and turning blind, he called for Esau, his older son, and said, “My son.” “Yes, Father?” Esau replied.
- Leviticus 13:6 On the seventh day the priest will make another examination. If he finds the affected area has faded and has not spread, the priest will pronounce the person ceremonially clean. It was only a rash. The person’s clothing must be washed, and the person will be ceremonially clean.
- Leviticus 13:56 But if the priest examines it and finds that the contaminated area has faded after being washed, he must cut the spot from the clothing, the fabric, or the leather.
- Deuteronomy 34:7 Moses was 120 years old when he died, yet his eyesight was clear, and he was as strong as ever.
- 1 Samuel 3:13 I have warned him that judgment is coming upon his family forever, because his sons are blaspheming God and he hasn’t disciplined them.
- Job 17:7 My eyes are swollen with weeping, and I am but a shadow of my former self.
Source: Brown, Driver and Briggs, Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain; markup by unfoldingWord, CC BY (github.com/unfoldingWord/Brown-Driver-Briggs-Enhanced).