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title: כַּלָּה — daughter-in-law · The Tanakh dictionary
description: כַּלָּה (3618), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 34 times: daughter-in-law. BDB 1906: n.f. daughter-in-law, bride. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# כַּלָּה

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«כַּלָּה» in the Tanakh dictionary: **daughter-in-law** — 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:** 34 times · **Key:** 3618 · **BDB:** כַּלָּה²

### Glosses

daughter-in-law (12); bride (7); of.a.bride (4)

### Meaning (OSHB)

daughter-in-law [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1499/3618/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.f. daughter-in-law, bride [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1499/3618/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.f. daughter-in-law, bride;—abs. כ׳ Je 2:32 + 14 times sf. כַּלָּתוֹ Gn 11:31 + 5 times; כַּלָּתָהּ Ru 1:22 + 2 times, etc.; pl. sf. כַּלֹּתֶיהָ Ru 1:6–8, כַּלּוֹתֶיהָ 1:7, כַלּוֹתֵיכֶם Ho 4:13, 14;— daughter-in-law, in ref. to husband’s father Gn 38:11, 16; 24 (J), cf. 1 Ch 2:4 1 S 4:19; Ez 22:11; Mi 7:6; Gn 11:31 (P), Lv 18:15; 20:12 (both H); husband’s mother Ru 1:6, 7, 8, 22; 2:20, 22; 4:15. bride, usually just before marriage Is 49:18; 61:10; 62:5; Je 2:32 (all in sim., etc.), ‖ חָתָן 7:34; 16:9; 25:10; 33:11; Jo 2:16; Ct 4:8, 9, 10, 11, 12; 5:1. also just after marriage = young wife Ho 4:13, 14; read הַכַּלָּה likewise 2 S 17:3 (for MT הַכֹּל), 𝔊 We Dr Klo Kit Bu.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 34 of its verses cited, 3 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (10 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 2 words shared with the BDB entry, 2 with the glosses (7 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «כַּלָּה» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1499/3618/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Song of Songs 4:12](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/SNG.4.12/)

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גַּ֥ן ׀ נָע֖וּל אֲחֹתִ֣י כַלָּ֑ה גַּ֥ל נָע֖וּל מַעְיָ֥ן חָתֽוּם׃

*Word for word:* \[is\].a.garden locked sister my bride a.spring locked a.spring sealed.up

*JPS 1917:* A garden shut up is my sister, my bride; a spring shut up, a fountain sealed.

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[Leviticus 18:15](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/LEV.18.15/)

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עֶרְוַ֥ת כַּלָּֽתְךָ֖ לֹ֣א תְגַלֵּ֑ה אֵ֤שֶׁת בִּנְךָ֙ הִ֔וא לֹ֥א תְגַלֶּ֖ה עֶרְוָתָֽהּ׃ס

*Word for word:* the.nakedness your.daughter-in-law your not you.will.uncover \[is\].the.wife your.son your she not you.will.uncover nakedness her

*JPS 1917:* Thou shalt not uncover the nakedness of thy daughter-in-law: she is thy son' wife; thou shalt not uncover her nakedness.

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