כַּבֵּ֣ד
𐤊𐤁𐤃
kâbad
Honor
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.
kubwa "big, large" (Pemba (Kingome dialect)) · kubwa "big, large" (Shambala) · kubwa "big, large" (Digo) +2 moreProverbs 3:9 · Word #1
Lexicon H3513
| Lemma | כָּבַד |
| Lemma (Paleo) | 𐤊𐤁𐤃 |
| Transliteration | kâbad |
| Strong's | H3513 |
| Definition | 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. |
Morphology HVpv2ms
All morphology codes
| Part of Speech | V — Verb — An action or state |
| Binyan | p — Piel — Intensive active |
| Conjugation | v — Imperative — A command |
| Person | 2 — 2nd person — Second person ("you") |
| Gender | m — Masculine — Masculine |
| Number | s — Singular — Singular |
Common Translation
| Phrase | Honor |
SIBI-P1 Translation H3513-19
to greatly honor
| Morphological Notes | Verb, Piel (intensive/factitive), infinitive absolute. |
| Rendering Rationale | In the Piel stem, כבד carries an intensive or factitive force, meaning to make weighty or to bestow significance. As an infinitive absolute, it expresses the verbal idea in intensified form, hence "to greatly honor" as an act of making someone weighty in esteem. |
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SILEX v2
SIBI-P2 (Context-Aware)
to greatly honor
| Same as P1 | No — adjusted for context |
| Rationale | Standardized from "honor". |
Bantu Hebrew
כַּבֵּ֣ד (kâbad) — 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.
| Word | Meaning | Language |
|---|---|---|
| kubwa | big, large | Pemba (Kingome dialect) |
| kubwa | big, large | Shambala |
| kubwa | big, large | Digo |
| kubwa | big, large | Kikamba |
| kubwa | big, great, important | Swahili |