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title: כֵּילָף — axe · The Tanakh dictionary
description: כֵּילָף (3597), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 1 times: axe. BDB 1906: axe. With 1 verse in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# כֵּילָף

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«כֵּילָף» in the Tanakh dictionary: **axe** — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 1 verse in layers.

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**Used:** 1 times · **Key:** 3597 · **BDB:** כֵּילַפּוֹת

### Glosses

crowbars (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

axe [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1499/3597/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

axe [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1499/3597/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.\[f.\] axe (loan-word (cf. Frä74) from Assyrian kalappatu v. DlHWB 333)—בְּכַשִּׁיל וְכ׳ יַהֲלֹמ֑וּן ψ 74:6 (‖ קַרְדֻּמּוֹת v 5).

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

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «כֵּילָף» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1499/3597/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Psalms 74:6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.74.6/)

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וְ֭עַתָּה פִּתּוּחֶ֣יהָ יָּ֑חַד בְּכַשִּׁ֥יל וְ֝כֵֽילַפֹּ֗ת יַהֲלֹמֽוּן׃

*Word for word:* and now engravings its altogether with axe\[s\] and crowbars they struck

*JPS 1917:* And now all the carved work thereof together they strike down with hatchet and hammers.

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