כאב

כאב

Hebrew

Root
כ־א־ב‎ (k-ʾ-b)

Etymology

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

Noun

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

1. pain

Derived terms

• 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
notes		Pronounced כָּאַבְתֶּם‎ and כָּאַבְתֶּן‎ in informal Modern Hebrew. Rare in Modern Hebrew.