BDB3992
כָּחַשׁ verb be disappointing, deceive, fail, grow lean (Late Hebrew כָּחַשׁ grow lean; Hiph`il convict of falsehood, refute; Aramaic כְּחַשׁ grow lean; כַּחְשָׁא leanness, כְּחִישׁוּתָא leanness, weakness; Aph`el as Late Hebrew Hiph`il) —
Qal. Perfect 3 masculine singular וּבְשָׂרִי כָּחַשׁ מִשָּׁ֑מֶן
Ps 109:24
my flesh hath grown lean (away) from fatness (|| בִּרְכַּי
כָּֽשְׁלוּ מִצּוֺם).
Niph`al
Imperfect
וְיִכָּֽחֲשׂוּ אֹיְבֶיךָ לָךְ
Deut 33:29
thine enemies shall cringe (come cringing, i.e. originally act deceptively,
feigning obedience) to thee (compare also
Pi`el
3,
Hithpa`el)
Pi`el
Perfect 3 masculine singular כִּחֵשׁ
1Kgs 13:18;
Hab 3:17
וְכִּ֫חֶשׁ consecutive (before monosyll.) Lev 5:22; Job 8:18, etc.;
Imperfect
יְכַ֫חֶשּׁ (בָּהּׅ
Hos 9:2
3 feminine singular וַתְּכַחֵשׂ
Gen
18:15, etc.; Infinitive absolute
כַּחֵשׁ
Hos 4:2
;
Isa 59:13
construct
Zech
13:4 —
1.
deceive, absolute Gen 18:15 (
J
), Josh 7:11
(
J
E
),
Hos 4:2 (אלה וכחשׁ together = false
swearing according to WeKl. Pr
.; + וְרָצֹחַ וְגָנֹב וְנָאֹ֑ף), compare לֹא תִגְנֹ֑בוּ וְלֹאֿ
תְכַחֲשׁוּ וְלֹא תְשַׁקְּרוּ אִישׁ בַּעֲמִיתוֺ
Lev 19:11 (
H
); ׳
לְמַעַן כ
Zech 13:4
in order to deceive; followed by לְ person
1Kgs 13:18; Job 31:28 followed by בְ person and of thing
Lev
5:21, בְ of thing v.Lev 6:22.
2.
act deceptively against (i.e. seem to acknowledge, but not really do so),
followed by בְ person Josh 24:27 (
E
), Jer 5:12
; Isa
59:13; Job
8:18, apparently
also בָּהּ
׳
וְתִירוֺשׁ יכ
Hos 9:2
and new wine shall deny her (Israel; i.e. refuse to acknowledge her as
its mistress, not yield itself to her); absolute Prov 30:9.
3.
cringe = come cringing (make shew of obedience, see
Niph`al) followed by בְ person Ps 18:45 (Hithpa`el in ||
2Sam 22:45); followed by לְ person Ps 66:3; Ps
81:16.
4.
disappoint, fail, absolute כִּחֵשׁ מַעֲשֵׂה זַיִת
Hab
3:17
the product of the olive hath failed (in sense compare Hos 9:2 above)
Hithpa`el
Imperfect
יִתְכַּחֲשׁוּ לִי
2Sam 22:45
shall come cringing to me (|| Ps 18:45. see above)