kaha · be blunt

What it means

kaha (קָהָה) is a Hebrew word of the Bible that means “be blunt”.

To become blunt, to lose its edge.

How to say it

Approximate pronunciation. Vowels sound as in Spanish (a as in father, e as in bed, i as in machine, o as in note, u as in rule); the syllable in bold is stressed. The voice is your device's.

Its senses in the Bible

1. For an iron blade to lose its edge, so that it no longer cuts.
2. Teeth feeling rough from something sour.

From Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906)

How it is translated

The words this translation uses for it, most frequent first.

• are set on edge ×2
• blunt ×1
• will be set on edge ×1

Where it appears

• Ecclesiastes×1
• Jeremiah×2
• Ezekiel×1

• Ecclesiastes 10:10

  If the iron is blunt, and he does not sharpen the edge, he must increase his strength; but the profit of getting it right is wisdom.

• Jeremiah 31:29

  In those days they will no longer say, ‘The fathers have eaten sour grapes, and the teeth of the children are set on edge.’

• Jeremiah 31:30

  But each one for his own iniquity will die; every human being who eats the sour grapes, his teeth will be set on edge.

• Ezekiel 18:2

  “What do you mean, you who speak this proverb about the soil of Israel, saying, ‘The fathers eat unripe grapes, and the children’s teeth are set on edge’?