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Keev (כאב) means ache in Hebrew.

It can also mean pain. It is a masculine noun, and the Hebrew dictionary's own definitions are below.

כְּאֵב
keev
noun · masculine
In English

ache, pain

The stress falls on the part in bold.

The Hebrew dictionaryWords starting with כ

The dictionary gives one meaning for Keev.

The definitions are in Hebrew, as the dictionary writes them.

  1. 1
    תחושה גופנית או נפשית, מאי־נוחות ועד קושי לסבול, שמקורה במחלה, מכה, עלבון וכיו"ב.
    לָמָּה הָיָה כְאֵבִי נֶצַח, וּמַכָּתִי אֲנוּשָׁה מֵאֲנָה הֵרָפֵא; הָיוֹ תִהְיֶה לִי כְּמוֹ אַכְזָב, מַיִם לֹא נֶאֱמָנוּ?

The verses are quoted from the Hebrew Bible, with the word in bold.

The word Keev is a masculine noun.

Written with vowel points
כְּאֵב
Written without vowel points
כאב
Said
keev
Root
כ־א־ב
Pattern
קְטֵל
Plural
כְּאֵבִים
Inflections
ר' כְּאֵבִים; כְּאֵב־, ר' כְּאֵבֵי־; כ' כְּאֵבוֹ
Gematria
23

This is how Keev is said in other languages.

English
ache, pain
Arabic
ألم, وجع
Russian
боль
French
douleur, mal
Spanish
dolor
German
Schmerz

These words mean nearly the same as Keev.

A word with a dashed border has no page of its own in this dictionary yet.

These words rhyme with Keev.

The word Keev is part of these phrases and sayings.

  • כאב בטן
  • כאב לב
  • כאב ראש
  • כאב עו"ש
  • כאבי תופת
  • משכך כאבים
  • סרגל כאב
  • כאב את כאבו

A word with a dashed border has no page of its own in this dictionary yet.

The word Keev comes from the root כ־א־ב, like these words.

This is where the word Keev comes from.

השוו מערבית, "כִּיבַא" كَئِبَ להיות שרוי בדכאון או עצב. מופיעה גם בארמית יהודית - "כֵּיבָא". עפ"י גסניוס, מקבילה לתיבת "כאב" העברית, (מופיעה גם בקערת השבעה יהודית) בלשון ארמית-בבלית,ומנדעית בצורת "כבב" הביטוי הארמי "כביבי בנורא" - בהוראת "להתפחם", "להצרב באש הפחמים". ראו גם קבב.

These words come before and after Keev in the dictionary.

These are the questions people ask about the word Keev.

What does Keev (⁨כאב⁩) mean in Hebrew?

Keev (⁨כאב⁩) means ache and pain. It is said keev, with the stress on ev.

What is a synonym for Keev (⁨כאב⁩)?

Words that mean nearly the same as Keev (⁨כאב⁩) are ⁨דוי⁩, ⁨חבל⁩, ⁨יסורים⁩, ⁨מחושים⁩, ⁨מכאוב⁩, and ⁨ציר⁩.

What rhymes with Keev (⁨כאב⁩)?

Words that rhyme with Keev (⁨כאב⁩) include ⁨מחשב⁩, ⁨לב⁩, ⁨אויב⁩, ⁨זאב⁩, ⁨ערב⁩, and ⁨חרב⁩.

Is Keev (⁨כאב⁩) masculine or feminine?

The word Keev (⁨כאב⁩) is a masculine noun, and its plural is ⁨כְּאֵבִים⁩.

The definitions, pronunciation, synonyms and translations on this page are adapted from the entry כאב of the Hebrew Wiktionary, read on 1 November 2026, and are shared under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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