כבד

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Aramaic

Verb

כבד • (k'vad)

  1. to be heavy
  2. to burden, or to weigh down emotionally

Hebrew

Root
כ־ב־ד (k-b-d)
כבד

Etymology 1

From Proto-Semitic *kabid- (“liver”). Cognate with Arabic كَبِد (kabid).

Noun

כָּבֵד • (kavéd, kāḇēḏ) m

  1. liver (organ of the body)
    • Tanach, Leviticus 3:15, with translation of the Jewish Publication Society:
      וְאֵת שְׁתֵּי הַכְּלָיֹת וְאֶת־הַחֵלֶב אֲשֶׁר עֲלֵהֶן אֲשֶׁר עַל־הַכְּסָלִים וְאֶת־הַיֹּתֶרֶת עַל־הַכָּבֵד עַל־הַכְּלָיֹת יְסִירֶנָּה׃
      ve-et shtei ha-klayót ve-et ha-ḥéleḇ ashér 'aleihén ashér 'al ha-ksalím ve-et ha-yotéret 'al ha-kaḇéd 'al ha-klayót y'sirénnah.
      and the two kidneys, and the fat that is upon them, which is by the loins, and the lobe above the liver, which he shall take away by the kidneys.
    • Tanach, Ezekiel 21:26, with translation of the Jewish Publication Society:
      כִּי־עָמַד מֶלֶךְ־בָּבֶל אֶל־אֵם הַדֶּרֶךְ בְּרֹאשׁ שְׁנֵי הַדְּרָכִים לִקְסָם־קָסֶם קִלְקַל בַּחִצִּים שָׁאַל בַּתְּרָפִים רָאָה בַּכָּבֵד׃
      Ki 'amad melekh Bavel el em ha-derekh, b-rosh shnei ha-drakhim, liq'sam qasem: qilqal ba-ḥitzim, sha'al ba-trafim. ra'ah ba-kaḇed.
      For the king of Babylon standeth at the parting of the way, at the head of the two ways, to use divination; he shaketh the arrows to and fro, he inquireth of the teraphim, he looketh in the liver.
    • a. 217 C.E., Mishnah, Yoma 8:6:
      .מִי שֶׁנְּשָׁכוֹ כֶלֶב שׁוֹטֶה, אֵין מַאֲכִילִין אוֹתוֹ מֵחֲצַר כָּבֵד שֶׁלוֹ, וְרַבִּי מַתְיָא בֶן חָרָשׁ מַתִּיר
      Mi she-n'shakhó khélev shotéh, ein ma'akhilin otó me-ḥatzár kaḇéd sheló, v-Rábbi Mátya ven Ḥarásh matír.
      If a person was bitten by a mad dog, they may not feed him the lobe of the dog's liver, though Rabbi Matya ben Ḥarash permits it.
Declension

Etymology 2

From Proto-Semitic, cognate with Akkadian 𒂂 (kabtum), Ugaritic 𐎋𐎁𐎄 (kbd), Arabic كَبِد (kabid) and Ge'ez ክቡድ (kəbud).

Adjective

כָּבֵד • (kavéd, kāḇēḏ) (feminine כְּבֵדָה, masculine plural כְּבֵדִים)

  1. heavy, having much weight
Derived terms

Verb

כָּבֵד • (kavéd, kāḇēḏ) (pa'al construction)

  1. to be heavy, weighty, burdensome, honoured
Conjugation
Conjugation of כָּבַד (see also Appendix:Hebrew verbs) 
non-finite forms
finite forms singular plural
m. f. m. f.
past first כָּבַדְתִּי כָּבַדְנוּ
second כָּבַדְתָּ כָּבַדְתְּ כְּבַדְתֶּם1 כְּבַדְתֶּן1
third כָּבַד כָּבְדָה כָּבְדוּ
present כָּבֵד כְּבֵדָה כְּבֵדִים כְּבֵדוֹת
future first אֶכְבַּד נִכְבַּד
second תִּכְבַּד תִּכְבְּדִי תִּכְבְּדוּ תִּכְבַּדְנָה2
third יִכְבַּד תִּכְבַּד יִכְבְּדוּ תִּכְבַּדְנָה2
imperative כְּבַד כִּבְדִי כִּבְדוּ כְּבַדְנָה2
notes
  1. Pronounced כָּבַדְתֶּם and כָּבַדְתֶּן in informal Modern Hebrew.
  2. Rare in Modern Hebrew.

Verb

כִּבֵּד • (kibéd, kibbēḏ) (pi'el construction)

  1. defective spelling of כיבד

Noun

כֹּבֶד • (kóved) m

  1. defective spelling of כובד
References
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