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title: כִּילַי — knave · The Tanakh dictionary
description: כִּילַי (3596), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 2 times: knave. BDB 1906: n.m. knave. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# כִּילַי

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«כִּילַי» in the Tanakh dictionary: **knave** — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 2 verses in layers.

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**Used:** 2 times · **Key:** 3596 · **BDB:** כִּילַי²

### Glosses

a.scoundrel (2)

### Meaning (OSHB)

knave [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1499/3596/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.m. knave [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1499/3596/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.m. knave (for נְכִילַי v. Köii. 1, 118);—abs. כִּילי Is 32:5 (opp. שׁוֹעַ, ‖ נָבָל); כֵּלַי v 7 (assonance with כֵּלָיו, from כְּלִי q.v.).

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 2 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (11 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (6 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «כִּילַי» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1499/3596/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Isaiah 32:5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/ISA.32.5/)

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לֹֽא־יִקָּרֵ֥א ע֛וֹד לְנָבָ֖ל נָדִ֑יב וּלְכִילַ֕י לֹ֥א יֵֽאָמֵ֖ר שֽׁוֹעַ׃

*Word for word:* not it.will.be.called again to a.fool noble and of a.scoundrel not it.will.be.said a.noble.person

*JPS 1917:* The vile person shall be no more called liberal, nor the churl said to be noble.

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[Isaiah 32:7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/ISA.32.7/)

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וְכֵלַ֖י כֵּלָ֣יו רָעִ֑ים ה֚וּא זִמּ֣וֹת יָעָ֔ץ לְחַבֵּ֤ל עֲנִיִּים֙ בְּאִמְרֵי־שֶׁ֔קֶר וּבְדַבֵּ֥ר אֶבְי֖וֹן מִשְׁפָּֽט׃

*Word for word:* and a.scoundrel weapons his \[are\].evil he evil.purposes he.plans to ruin afflicted.\[people\] with words of.falsehood and when speaks \[the\].needy justice

*JPS 1917:* The instruments also of the churl are evil; he deviseth wicked devices to destroy the poor with lying words, and the needy when he speaketh right.

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