Senses
1. dim, faded, faint — Adjective describing something that has lost its brightness, vigor, or intensity. Used of skin conditions in the priestly leprosy laws (Lev 13:6 if the spot is faded/dim; 13:21, 26, 28, 39 faint/dull marks on the skin; 13:56 the mark has faded), of dimming eyesight (1 Sam 3:2 his eyes had begun to grow dim), of a dimly burning wick (Isa 42:3 a dimly burning wick he will not quench -- the Servant of the LORD passage), and metaphorically of a spirit of heaviness/faintness (Isa 61:3 a garment of praise instead of a faint spirit). All occurrences share the core semantic field of diminished intensity, whether physical (skin, eyes, flame) or emotional (spirit). The singular and plural feminine forms are morphological, not semantic, variants. 9×
AR["-الْكَآبَةِ","تَضْعُفَانِ","كَمَدَتِ","كَمِدَاتٌ","كَمِدَةٌ","مُدَخِّنَةً"]·ben["অন্ধকার-হতে","ক্ষীণের","মলিন","ম্লান","ম্লান-হয়েছে"]·DE["[כהה]","hat-verblasst","schwach","verblasst","zu-grow-dim"]·EN["dimly-burning","faded","faint","has-faded","heaviness","to-grow-dim"]·FR["[כהה]","a-pâli","faint","pâli","à-grandis-dim"]·heb["כהה","כהות"]·HI["और-अलग करेगा","और-मंदी","धार्मिकता-के","धुंधली","धुंधली-होने","मंदा हुआ","मंदे","वह"]·ID["kabur","pudar","yang-lesu","yang-redup"]·IT["[כהה]","a-cresci-dim","debole","ha-sbiadito","sbiadito"]·jav["ingkang-mak-makan","lesu","peteng","pucet"]·KO["꺼져가는","쇠한","흐려졌으면","흐린","희미해지다"]·PT["a-escurecer","escureceu","fraqueza","fumegante","pálidas"]·RU["курящийся","потускневшее","потускнело","тусклые","тускнеть","уныния"]·ES["a-debilitarse","abatido","humeante","opacas","oscurecida","se-oscureció"]·SW["iliyofifia","imefifia","kufifia","limefifia","unaozimika","yamefifia"]·TR["kararmaya","soldu","solmuş","soluk","tutusmus"]·urd["افسردہ","دھندلی-ہونا","دھندلی-ہے","دھندلے","دھندھلاتی"]
BDB / Lexicon Reference
† [כֵּהֶה] adj.dim, dull, faint; only f. כֵּהָה Lv 13:6 + 6 times; pl. כֵּהוֹת Lv 13:39 1 S 3:2;—dim, of eyes 1 S 3:2; of burning wick (פִּשְׁתָּה כ׳) Is 42:3; dull (in colour, of plague-spots) Lv 13:6, 21, 26, 28, 39, 56; fig. = faint רוּחַ כ׳ Is 61:3 (opp. מַעֲטֵה תְהִלָּה).