כאב

Hebrew

Root
כ־א־ב (k-ʾ-b)
5 terms

Etymology

Compare Aramaic כֵּאבָא/כֵּיבָא (kēḇā), Arabic كَئِبَ (kaʔiba, “to be depressed, to be sad”), Maltese kiebi (“lachrymose, sad, melancholy”).

Noun

כְּאֵב • (ke'év) m (plural indefinite כְּאֵבִים)

1. (countable and uncountable) pain

Derived terms

• כְּאֵב לֵב (k'ev lév)
• כְּאֵב רֹאשׁ (ke'év rosh, “headache”)

References

• H3511 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible

Further reading

• כאב on the Hebrew Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^he

Verb

כָּאַב • (ka'áv) (pa'al construction)

1. to hurt, ache

Conjugation

Conjugation of כָּאַב (see also Appendix:Hebrew verbs)

non-finite forms		to-infinitive		לכאוב / לִכְאֹב
		action noun		—
		passive participle		כָּאוּב
finite forms		singular		plural
		m	f	m	f
past	first	כָּאַבְתִּי		כָּאַבְנוּ
	second	כָּאַבְתָּ	כָּאַבְתְּ	כְּאַבְתֶּם1	כְּאַבְתֶּן1
	third	כָּאַב	כָּאֲבָה	כָּאֲבוּ
present		כּוֹאֵב	כּוֹאֶבֶת	כּוֹאֲבִים	כּוֹאֲבוֹת
future	first	אֶכְאַב		נִכְאַב
	second	תִּכְאַב	תִּכְאֲבִי	תִּכְאֲבוּ	תִּכְאַבְנָה2
	third	יִכְאַב	תִּכְאַב	יִכְאֲבוּ	תִּכְאַבְנָה2
imperative		כְּאַב	כַּאֲבִי	כַּאֲבוּ	כְּאַבְנָה2

¹ Pronounced כָּאַבְתֶּם and כָּאַבְתֶּן in informal Modern Hebrew.
² Rare in Modern Hebrew.