מִ֝/מְּתַכַּבֵּ֗ד
𐤌/𐤌𐤕𐤊𐤁𐤃
mimetakabed
than he who honors himself
or כָּבֵד; a primitive root; to be heavy, i.e. in a bad sense (burdensome, severe, dull) or in a good sense (numerous, rich, honorable; causatively, to make weighty (in the same two senses); abounding with, more grievously afflict, boast, be chargeable, [idiom] be dim, glorify, be (make) glorious (things), glory, (very) great, be grievous, harden, be (make) heavy, be heavier, lay heavily, (bring to, come to, do, get, be had in) honour (self), (be) honourable (man), lade, [idiom] more be laid, make self many, nobles, prevail, promote (to honour), be rich, be (go) sore, stop.
Proverbs 12:9 · Word #5
Lexicon H3513
| Lemma | כָּבַד |
| Lemma (Paleo) | 𐤊𐤁𐤃 |
| Transliteration | kâbad |
| Strong's | H3513 |
| In-context | than he who honors himself |
Morphology HR/Vtrmsa
All morphology codes
| Part of Speech | V — Verb — An action or state |
| Binyan | t — Hithpael — Intensive reflexive |
| Conjugation | r — Participle Active — The one doing the action |
| Gender | m — Masculine — Masculine |
| Number | s — Singular — Singular |
| State | a — Absolute — The noun stands independently |
SIBI-P1 H3513-37
than one who makes himself weighty
| Root | כבד (k-b-d) |
| Core Meanings | heaviness, weight, honor, glory, severity, richness |
| Semantic Range | to honor oneself, to glorify oneself, to make oneself weighty or important, to boast, to treat oneself as significant |
| Conceptual Significance | In biblical thought, "weight" (כבד) signifies true honor or glory. When applied reflexively, it can imply self-exaltation or self-glorification, contrasting human self-importance with honor that properly comes from YHWH. |
| Morphological Notes | Hitpael participle, masculine singular absolute, from כבד, with prefixed מִן assimilated ("than/from") causing doubling of the initial consonant; reflexive stem indicates self-directed action. |
| Rendering Rationale | The Hitpael stem conveys a reflexive action, so "makes himself weighty" preserves the root sense of כבד (to be heavy, weighty, honored) while reflecting the self-directed force. The masculine singular participle is rendered as "one who makes himself," maintaining singular number and masculine reference within the comparison introduced by the prefixed מִן ("than"). |
AI-generated (openai/gpt-5.2-chat-latest)
Words from Root כבד (heaviness, weight, honor, glory, severity, richness)
| SILEX Code | Transliteration | SIBI-P1 |
|---|---|---|
H3513-01 |
akhabed | I will make weighty (with honor) |
H3513-02 |
akhabedekha | I will make you weighty |
H3513-03 |
akhebid | I will cause to be heavy |
Word Usage (116 occurrences of H3513)
| Location | Form | Transliteration | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| Genesis 13:2 | כָּבֵ֣ד | kaved | was very rich |
| Genesis 18:20 | כָבְדָ֖ה | khavedah | is very grievous |
| Genesis 34:19 | נִכְבָּ֔ד | nikhebad | was honored / was more honorable |