H6949 H6949
be blunt, dull (of metal); be set on edge (of teeth)
A verb with two applications: metal becoming dull or blunt, and teeth being 'set on edge' (the unpleasant tingling sensation from eating sour food). Ecclesiastes 10:10 uses it of a blunt iron tool that requires more effort. Jeremiah 31:29-30 and Ezekiel 18:2 cite the proverb 'the fathers have eaten sour grapes and the children's teeth are set on edge'—which both prophets explicitly reject, teaching individual rather than generational responsibility for sin.
Senses
1. sense 1 — Ecclesiastes 10:10 warns that 'if the iron is blunt (קֵהָה) and one does not sharpen it, he must use more strength.' Jeremiah 31:29 and 31:30 quote (then refute) the proverb about fathers eating sour grapes and children's teeth being 'set on edge' (תִּקְהֶינָה). Ezekiel 18:2 quotes the same proverb before refuting it. Spanish embotarse (become dull) and dentera (teeth set on edge) capture both the literal (dull blade) and figurative (unpleasant sensation) uses. 4×
AR["تَضْرَسُ", "ضَرَسَتْ", "قِيهَه"]·ben["অসাড়-হবে", "নেশা-হয়।", "ভোঁতা-হয়"]·DE["[קהה]", "[תקהינה]"]·EN["are-set-on-edge", "is-dull", "will-be-set-on-edge"]·FR["[תקהינה]", "émousser", "קהה"]·heb["קהה", "תקהינה"]·HI["चूंधिया-होती-हैं", "चौंधिया-गए", "चौंधिया-जाएँगे", "भुंठा-है"]·ID["akan-ngilu", "menjadi-ngilu", "tumpul"]·IT["[תקהינה]", "è-dull"]·jav["dados-keju", "mingkus", "pucet"]·KO["무딘면", "시리다", "시리라", "시리리라"]·PT["embotaram-se", "embotarão-se", "estiver-cego", "ficam-embotados"]·RU["затупился", "оскомина-будет", "оскомина-на-них", "тупеют"]·ES["se-embota", "tendrán-dentera", "tienen-dentera", "tienen-dentera?"]·SW["imezimika", "yanachezacheza", "yanazizimia", "yatazizimia"]·TR["kamaşacak", "koreldiyse"]·urd["کند-ہو-جائے", "کند-ہوئے", "کند-ہوں-گے", "کندے-ہوئے"]
Related Senses
H7200 1. Qal: to see, perceive (1257×)G4771 2. you (singular address) (1077×)H8085 1. Qal: hear, perceive aurally (921×)H0859a 1. you (2nd person masculine singular pronoun) (743×)H0398 1. eat (consume food) (697×)H4191 1. die (Qal: natural/general death) (645×)G3708 1. see, perceive visually (419×)G0191 1. hear, perceive sound (360×)H???? 3. (352×)G3708 2. behold, look (exclamatory) (256×)H7272 1. foot (body part) (236×)H8354 1. drink, consume liquid (209×)H3205 1. Qal active: bear/give birth (female subject) (204×)H3205 2. Qal active: beget/father (male subject) (198×)H2421 1. Qal: live, be alive (177×)H8085 2. Qal: listen, heed, pay attention (172×)H2416a 1. alive, living (state/attribute) (146×)H2416e 1. life, lifespan, lifetime (145×)G2198 1. be alive, have life (133×)H8193 1. lip, lips (body part) (123×)
BDB / Lexicon Reference
† [קָהָה] vb. be blunt, dull (NH id.; Aramaic קְהָא, ܩܗܳܐ );— Qal Impf. 3 fpl. תִּקְהֶינָה Je 31:29, 30 Ez 18:2 (all of teeth). Pi. in sense of Qal: Pf. 3 ms. קֵהָה Ec 10:10 if the iron be blunt.