H3543. kahah

I. [כָּהָה‎] verb be or grow dim, faint (Late Hebrew id.; Aramaic כְּהָא‎; compare Arabic be , i.e. weak, cowardly) —

Qal Perfect3feminine singular כָּֽהֲתָה‎ Deut 34:7; Imperfect יִכְהֶה‎ Isa 42:4; 3feminine singular תִּכְהֶה‎ Zech 11:17; וַתֵּ֫כַהּ‎ Job 17:7; וַתִּכְהֶיןָ‎ Gen 27:1; Infinitive absolute כָּהֹה‎ Zech 11:17; — grow dim, of eye Gen 27:1 (J), Deut 34:7; Job 17:7; of violent putting out of eye Zech 11:17 (twice in verse); he shall not grow dim Isa 42:4, of servant of ׳י‎ under figure of lamp or fire (see Kay Che De), or grow faint (compare Di).

Pi`el Perfect3feminine singular וְכִהֲתָה‎ consecutive Ezek 21:12 (subject כָּלרֿוּחַ‎; || כָּללֵֿב וְנָמֵס‎) grow faint (Pi`el intransitive, Ges^{§ 52} k, Kö^{i. 187}; but read perhaps כָּֽהֲתָה‎).

II. [כָּהָה‎] verb Pi`el rebuke (Syriac , Mandean כהא‎ (Nö^{M. 72}) id.), only 1Sam 3:13 followed by בָּם כִהָה וְלֹא בְּ,‎.

כהן‎ (√ of following; meaning dubious, see Dr^{2Sam 8:18}; Arabic verb is divine, and (Qor 52:29) is a seer, the organ (mostly) of a jinn, rarely of a god: the and the כֹּהֵן‎ must have been originally identical (both alike being guardians of an oracle, at a sanctuary); but their functions diverged: the gradually lost his connection with the sanctuary, and sank to be a mere diviner; the כהן‎ acquired fuller sacrificial functions: see RS^{Enc. Brit. ed. 9, xix. 727}; We^{Skizzen iii. 130 ff.}, 167; Now^{Archaeology ii. 89 f.}; Phoenician כהן‎ is priest, כהנת‎ priestess).

詞類次數：動詞（8）

原文字根：微弱

字義溯源：軟弱，意即：沮喪，昏花*，昏暗，微弱，缺乏，昏暈，禁止，灰心，失明，帶黑

出現次數：總共（8）；創（1）；申（1）；撒上（1）；伯（1）；賽（1）；結（1）；亞（2）

譯字彙編：

1）昏花（4）創27:1；申34:7；伯17:7；結21:7；

2）失明（1）亞11:17；

3）也必昏暗（1）亞11:17；

4）灰心（1）賽42:4；

5）禁止（1）撒上3:13