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 • (k'év) m (plural indefinite כְּאֵבִים) [pattern: קְטֵל]

1. (countable and uncountable) pain

Declension

Declension of כְּאֵב

	isolated forms		with possessive pronouns
Number:	State:	form	Person:	singular		plural
				m	f	m	f
singular	indefinite	כְּאֵב	first	כְּאֵבִי		כְּאֵבֵנוּ
	definite	הַכְּאֵב	second	כְּאֵבְךָ	כְּאֵבֵךְ	כְּאֵבְכֶם	כְּאֵבְכֶן
	construct	כְּאֵב־	third	כְּאֵבוֹ	כְּאֵבָהּ	כְּאֵבָם	כְּאֵבָן
plural	indefinite	כְּאֵבִים	first	כאביי / כְּאֵבַי		כְּאֵבֵינוּ
	definite	הַכְּאֵבִים	second	כְּאֵבֶיךָ	כאבייך / כְּאֵבַיִךְ	כְּאֵבֵיכֶם	כְּאֵבֵיכֶן
	construct	כְּאֵבֵי־	third	כְּאֵבָיו	כְּאֵבֶיהָ	כְּאֵבֵיהֶם	כְּאֵבֵיהֶן

Derived terms

• כְּאֵב לֵב (k'év lév)
• כְּאֵב רֹאשׁ (k'év rósh, “headache”)

References

• H3511 in Strong, James (1979), Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible
• "כאב" in the Noun Declension Tables of the Academy of Hebrew Language

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	positive	כְּאַב	כַּאֲבִי	כַּאֲבוּ	כְּאַבְנָה2
	negative	אַל + Second person future tense

¹ Commonly pronounced כָּאַבְתֶּם and כָּאַבְתֶּן in Modern Hebrew (by analogy with other past forms).
² Rare in Modern Hebrew.