כָּבֵד

1. a. heavy, a burden Sl 38,5 hands (weary of holding up) 2 Mos 17,12 (E), hair of head 2 Sam 14,26, a corpulent old man 1 Sam 4,18 עַם כֶבֶד עָוֺן Es 1,4 a people heavy with (the burden of) iniquity; a cloud charged with rain 2 Mos 19,16 (E); a rock of large size Es 32,2 oppressive, grievous, burdensome, a yoke 1 Kong 12,4; 1 Kong 12,11 = 2 Kron 10,4; 2 Kron 10,11 a famine 1 Mos 12,10; 1 Mos 41,31; 1 Mos 43,1; 1 Mos 47,4; 1 Mos 47,13 (J); the vexation (כַּעַס) of a fool Ord 27,3 vehement, sore, of a mourning 1 Mos 50,11(J).
\ \ b. massive, abundant, numerous, of a people עַם 4 Mos 20,20 (J) 1 Kong 3,9 army חיל 2 Kong 6,14; 2 Kong 18,14 = Es 36,2 insect swarm 2 Mos 8,20 (J).
\ \ c. heavy, dull of speech and tongue 2 Mos 4,10 (twice in verse) (JE); of the לֵב, hard 2 Mos 7,14 (J).
\ \ d. hard, difficult, of a thing to be done 2 Mos 18,18 (E) 4 Mos 11,14 (J); of a language to be understood Ezk 3,5; Ezk 3,6.

2. in the usage of J כָּבֵד מְאֹד is frequent:
\ \ a. very oppressive, grievous, of hail 2 Mos 9,18; 2 Mos 9,24 murrain 2 Mos 9,8 lamentation 1 Mos 50,10.
\ \ b. very numerous, cattle 2 Mos 12,38 army, מַחֲנֶה 1 Mos 50,9 locusts 2 Mos 10,14 so חַיִל 1 Kong 10,2 = 2 Kron 9,1.
\ \ c. very rich, במקנה in cattle 1 Mos 13,2.