What does כֶּשֶׂב mean in the Bible?
כֶּשֶׂב is a Hebrew word meaning "a young sheep".
Hebrew · H3775
כֶּשֶׂב
A young sheep
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כֶּשֶׂב H3775
What does כֶּשֶׂב mean in the Bible?
כֶּשֶׂב is a Hebrew word meaning "a young sheep".
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Questions this entry answers
How does the BSB render H3775?
The BSB source-word alignment has 13 aligned rows for this entry. Common renderings include a sheep (3), a lamb (2), lamb (2), the sheep (2), of the lamb (1).
Where does כֶּשֶׂב appear in Scripture?
The source-word alignment first shows this entry at Genesis 30:32. Its strongest book concentrations include Leviticus (7), Genesis (4), Deuteronomy (1), Numbers (1).
Source Word Evidence
BSB source-word alignment connects this entry to exact verse rows, English rendering, source form, transliteration, and parsing.
How English Renders It a sheep 3× Leviticus 7:23, Leviticus 22:27, Numbers 18:17
a lamb 2× Leviticus 3:7, Leviticus 17:3
lamb 2× Genesis 30:32, Genesis 30:35
the sheep 2× Leviticus 1:10, Deuteronomy 14:4
of the lamb 1× Leviticus 4:35
or any lambs 1× Genesis 30:33
sheep 1× Leviticus 22:19
the young 1× Genesis 30:40
Show sample aligned rows
Genesis 30:32 בַּכְּשָׂבִ֔ים to lamb Preposition-b, Article | Noun - masculine plural Genesis 30:33 בַּכְּשָׂבִ֔ים to or any lambs Preposition-b, Article | Noun - masculine plural Genesis 30:35 בַּכְּשָׂבִ֑ים to lamb Preposition-b, Article | Noun - masculine plural Genesis 30:40 וְהַכְּשָׂבִים֮ to the young Conjunctive waw, Article | Noun - masculine plural Leviticus 1:10 הַכְּשָׂבִ֛ים to the sheep Article | Noun - masculine plural Leviticus 3:7 כֶּ֥שֶׂב to a lamb Noun - masculine singular Leviticus 4:35 הַכֶּשֶׂב֮ to of the lamb Article | Noun - masculine singular Leviticus 7:23 וְכֶ֛שֶׂב to a sheep Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular Leviticus 17:3 כֶ֛שֶׂב to a lamb Noun - masculine singular Leviticus 22:19 בַּכְּשָׂבִ֖ים to sheep Preposition-b, Article | Noun - masculine plural
Usage map
A compact distribution from source-word alignment before the full evidence tables.
First aligned row Genesis 30:32
Aligned rows 13
Books represented 4
Genesis 4 Leviticus 7 Numbers 1 Deuteronomy 1
Source forms
בַּכְּשָׂבִ֔ים 2x bak·kə·śā·ḇîm Genesis 30:32, Genesis 30:33
בַּכְּשָׂבִ֑ים 1x bak·kə·śā·ḇîm Genesis 30:35
בַּכְּשָׂבִ֖ים 1x bak·kə·śā·ḇîm Leviticus 22:19
הַכֶּשֶׂב֮ 1x hak·ke·śeḇ Leviticus 4:35
הַכְּשָׂבִ֛ים 1x hak·kə·śā·ḇîm Leviticus 1:10
וְהַכְּשָׂבִים֮ 1x wə·hak·kə·śā·ḇîm Genesis 30:40
וְכֶ֛שֶׂב 1x wə·ḵe·śeḇ Leviticus 7:23
כֶ֛שֶׂב 1x ḵe·śeḇ Leviticus 17:3
Parsing patterns
Noun - masculine singular 4x Leviticus 3:7, Leviticus 17:3, Leviticus 22:27, Numbers 18:17
Preposition-b, Article | Noun - masculine plural 4x Genesis 30:32, Genesis 30:33, Genesis 30:35, Leviticus 22:19
Article | Noun - masculine plural 1x Leviticus 1:10
Article | Noun - masculine singular 1x Leviticus 4:35
Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular 1x Leviticus 7:23
Conjunctive waw, Article | Noun - masculine plural 1x Genesis 30:40
Noun - masculine plural 1x Deuteronomy 14:4
Evidence Summary
Hebrew word. a young sheep
Source Gloss
a young sheep
Extended definition Source: Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon + Brown-Driver-Briggs
a young sheep BDB: lamb Usage: lamb.
Grammatical Forms
How this word appears across different grammatical cases and numbers.
Word Origins
כֶּשֶׂב is built from this root:
Sources
MorphGNT Strong's Dictionary XML — CC0 1.0 Public Domain
Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible (morphhb/OSHB) — CC BY 4.0
Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon — CC BY 4.0
Berean Standard Bible (BSB) source-word alignment - CC0 Public Domain