מְכֻבָּ֔ד

𐤌𐤊𐤁𐤃

kâbad

honorable

To be heavy (in weight, importance, or severity); by extension, to be honored, esteemed, or greatly regarded; also, to be burdensome, hard, or severe. כָּבַד functions both in physical and metaphorical contexts, carrying nuances of weightiness, significance, wealth, honor, and sometimes oppression or hardening. In the causative stem (Hiphil), it often means to honor, make honorable, bestow significance upon, or to make heavy/burdensome.

H3513

Isaiah 58:13 · Word #14

Lexicon H3513

Lemmaכָּבַד
Lemma (Paleo)𐤊𐤁𐤃
Transliterationkâbad
Strong'sH3513
DefinitionTo be heavy (in weight, importance, or severity); by extension, to be honored, esteemed, or greatly regarded; also, to be burdensome, hard, or severe. כָּבַד functions both in physical and metaphorical contexts, carrying nuances of weightiness, significance, wealth, honor, and sometimes oppression or hardening. In the causative stem (Hiphil), it often means to honor, make honorable, bestow significance upon, or to make heavy/burdensome.

Morphology HVPsmsa All morphology codes

Part of Speech V — Verb — An action or state
Binyan P — Pual — Intensive passive
Conjugation s — Participle Passive — The one receiving the action
Gender m — Masculine — Masculine
Number s — Singular — Singular
State a — Absolute — The noun stands independently

Common Translation

Phrasehonorable

SIBI-P1 Translation H3513-36

made weighty

Morphological NotesPual participle passive, masculine singular absolute from כבד.
Rendering RationaleThe Pual participle expresses an intensive passive sense—"one who has been made heavy/weighty." "Made weighty" preserves the root idea of heaviness while allowing for its extended sense of being honored or made significant.

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