H3510 כָּאַב kâʼab → Root

5 languages

Root of the כאב kâʼab family (3 members).

To experience or cause physical pain or injury; by extension, to feel emotional distress, sorrow, or grief. The verb is used both for literal, bodily pain as well as the figurative pain of sadness or emotional affliction. In some contexts, it can also carry the sense of spoiling, marring, or damaging.

Etymology Root: כאב. The core meaning of the root is 'to hurt, to be in pain'. The verb כָּאַב (kaʼav) derives directly from this root, carrying both the literal sense ('to experience pain') and figurative extensions (such as 'to grieve, be sorrowful') in Biblical usage.

Reflexes  · not yet grouped by proto-form

LanguageWordMeaningSegmentationRoot
Bemba koba to hit, strike, beat (physical pain) koba
Chewa koba to hit, to beat koba
Chichewa koba to hit, strike, beat koba
Lamba kobalula to hit repeatedly, to beat several times koba
Lamba ukukoba to hit, beat koba

Family members (2)

Lexemes that inherit from this canonical via the SilexRoot family or an additional inheritance edge. Tags show the cognate-propagation status.

  • H3511 כְּאֵב kᵉʼêb unset

    Physical or emotional pain, distress, or suffering; the state or experience of being afflicted or anguished, whether due

  • H4341 מַכְאֹב makʼôb unset

    Physical pain or suffering, or metaphorically, emotional affliction or distress. The word expresses the experience of pa

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