--- title: כְּלִי — article · The Tanakh dictionary description: כְּלִי (3627), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 325 times: article. BDB 1906: n.m. article, utensil, vessel. 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Ho 8:8 article, utensil, vessel (NH id.; according to Thes from כלה = conficere, like Ger. Zeug from zeugen; proposes therefore anything finished, made, produced; according to BaZMG 1887, 605 from meaning enclose, contain; he finds pl. of כְּלִי in כלאי M-I23 (cf. כלאים))—כ׳ abs. Je 18:4 +; הַכֶּ֑לִי 1 S 17:49; 21:6; cstr. כְּלִי Ho 13:15 +; sf. כֶּלְיְךָ Dt 23:25; pl. כֵּלִים Ex 22:6 +; cstr. כְּלֵי Gn 24:53 +; sf. כֵּלַי Gn 31:37 + 2 times; כֵּלֶיךָ Gn 27:3 Ez 12:4; כֵּלֵינוּ 1 S 9:7; כְּלֵיכֶם Gn 43:11 +; כְּלֵיהֶם Jos 7:11 +;— in gen., article, object, made of any material, thing, especially thing of value כ׳ זָהָב 1 S 6:8, 15 (images of mice, etc.), personal or household property Gn 31:37(×2) (E; v b כֹּל כְּלֵי־בֵיתֶ֑ךָ), 45:20 (E), כִּלֵי בֵית־טוֹבִיָּהוּ Ne 13:8, Jos 7:11 (JE), כֶּסֶף אוֹ כֵּלִים Ex 22:6 (E) money or articles (property), כְּלִי־פָּ֑ז Jb 28:17 (appar. coll.); things carried, pl. = stuff, load, baggage (impedimenta) 1 S 17:22(×2), appar. = baggage-train 10:22; 25:13; 30:24 Is 10:28; (cf. Gn 31:37 supr.); כְּלֵי גוֹלָה things of exile, i.e. the most necessary articles, such as exiles may take, Je 46:19 Ez 12:3, 4b, 7b, cf. v 4a, 7a; = ornament or jewels Gn 24:53 (J כ׳ כֶסֶף וכ׳ זָהָב, prob. = ornaments), כ׳ כסף וכ׳ זהב also Ex 3:22; 11:2; 12:35 (all E); Is 61:10, Ex 35:22 Nu 31:50, כְּלֵי מַעֲשֶׂה v 51 (all P), כְּלִי יְקָר Pr 20:15 (in fig.), כ׳ תִפְאַרְתֵּךְ Ez 16:17, 39; 23:26 (all in fig.); כְּלֵי נְחשֶׁת as merchandise Ez 27:13; כֵּלִים as cargo of ship Jon 1:5; כסף וזהב וּכְלֵי נְחשֶׁת וּבַרְזֶל Jos 6:19, 24 (JE; spoil of war); of any household article (on which one sits) Lv 15:4, 6, 22, 23, 26 (all P); of skin Nu 31:20, or wood v 20 (P) כְּלִי חֶמְדָּה Na 2:10 precious thing, so Ho 13:15 (fig.), Je 25:34 (sim.), 2 Ch 32:27 Dn 11:8, כלי חֲמֻדוֹת 2 Ch 20:25 (appar. = ornaments); also כְּלִי אֵין־חֵפֶץ בּוֹ Je 22:28 (fig. of Coniah, ‖ עֶצֶב נִבְזֶה נָפוּץ), Ho 8:8 (sim.; cf. Je 48:38 infr.); †specif. of garments (one’s ‘things’): כְּלִי־גֶבֶר Dt 22:5 (‖ שִׂמְלַת אִשָּׁה), so כְּלִי־עוֹר Lv 13:49 (cf. מְלֶאכֶת עוֹר v 48), v 52, 53, 57, 58, 59 (all P). utensil, implement, apparatus: implement of hunting and (especially) war, = weapon Gn 27:3 (J), 1 S 20:40; 21:9 (גַּם חַרְבִּי וְגַם כֵּלַי), 1 K 11:8 = 2 Ch 23:7, 1 K 11:11 Is 54:16, 17 Je 22:7; prob. also Nu 35:22, כְּלִי בַּרְזֶל v 16, כְּלִי עֵץ־יָד v 18 (all P); כְּלֵי חָמָם Gn 49:5 (poem); כְּלִי מַשְׁחֵתוֹ Ez 9:1, כ׳ מַפָּצוֹ v 2; fig. of God’s weapons כְּלֵי־מָוֶת ψ 7:14 (‖ חִצָּיו); כ׳ זַעְמוֹ Is 13:5 Je 50:25; of entire equipment of warrior, armour or armament offensive and defensive 1 S 17:54 (cf. v 5 ff.), 21:6, 9 (v DrSm 139, 293), 31:9, 10 = 1 Ch 10:9, 10; hence (כֵּלָיו) נֹשֵׂא כֵלִים armour- or weapon-bearer Ju 9:54 1 S 14:1, 6, 7, 12(×2), 13(×2), 14, 17; 16:21; 31:4(×2), 5, 6 = 1 Ch 10:4(×2), 5, 2 S 18:15; 23:37 = 1 Ch 11:39; fig. וְכֵלַי כֵּלָיו רָעִים Is 32:7 and a knave, his weapons (i.e. devices, Che ‘machinations’) are evil; more precisely כְּלֵי מִלְחָמָה Ju 18:11, 16, 17 1 S 8:12 2 S 1:27 Dt 1:41 Je 21:4; 51:20 (fig.), Ez 32:27 1 Ch 12:34 (van d. H. v 33); כְּלֵי צְבָא מִלְחָמָה 1 Ch 12:38 (van d. H.) v 37); כְּלֵי קְרָב Ec 9:18; בֵּית כֵּלָיו 2 K 20:13 = Is 39:2 is perhaps armoury; כ׳ Ez 40:42 is sacrificial knife. instrument of music כְּלֵי (הַ)שִּׁיר Am 6:5 1 Ch 15:16; 16:42 2 Ch 5:13; 7:6 23:13; 34:12; כְּלֵי דָוִיד 29:26, 27, כ׳־שִׁיר דָּוִיד Ne 12:36; כְּלִי נֶבֶל ψ 71:22, כ׳ נְבָלִים 1 Ch 16:5; כֵּלִים alone 1 Ch 23:5, cf. Nu 31:6 (P כְּלֵי הַקֹּדֶשׁ);—for (ליהוה) בִּכְלֵי עֹז 2 Ch 30:21 read בְּכָל־עֹז (KauAT, cf. Be). implement of labour, tool כ׳ בַרְזֶל 1 K 6:7, or of one’s calling, pursuit קַח־לְךָ כְּלִי רֹעֶה אֱוִלִי Zc 11:15 (otherwise 1 S 17:40, v 3). equipment of oxen (yoke, etc.) 2 S 24:22 1 K 19:21. כְּלֵי רִכְבּוֹ 1 S 8:12 his chariot-equipments. as gen. term for utensils and furniture of Sol.’s palace 1 K 10:21 = 2 Ch 9:20; especially (very often) of tabern. Ex 25:9, 39; 27:3 + (in Hex always P), and temple 1 K 7:45, 47, 48 2 K 12:14 +; of both palace and temple Je 27:18, 19, 21; combinations are כְּלֵי הַמִּשְׁכָּן Ex 27:19, כ׳ הַמִּזְבֵּחַ 38:3, כ׳ יהוה Is 52:11, כ׳ בֵית י׳ Je 27:16; 28:3, 6 Ezr 1:7, כְּלֵי חֶמְדַּת בֵּית י׳ 2 Ch 36:10, כ׳ בֵית אֱלֹהִים 2 Ch 28:24(×2); 36:18 Ne 13:9 Dn 1:2, כ׳ הַמִּקְדָּשׁ Ne 10:40; כ׳ הַשָּׁרֵת Nu 4:12 utensil of ministry, כ׳ עֲבֹדָתָם Nu 4:26 1 Ch 9:28; 28:14(×2), כ׳ עֲבוֹדַת בֵּית י׳ 1 Ch 28:13, כ׳ מִשְׁמֶרֶת מַשָּׂאָם Nu 4:32; also כ׳ הַקֹּדֶשׁ 1 K 8:4 1 Ch 9:29; of appliances of idol-worship 2 K 23:4. \>vessel, receptacle, of various materials and for various purposes Gn 43:11 (J); 1 S 9:7 Dt 23:25; = sack Gn 42:25 (E; שַׂק in ‖ cl., cf. אַמְתַּחַת v 27); כְּלִי הָרֹעִים shepherd’s bag or wallet 1 S 17:40, cf. v 49; כ׳ חֶרֶשׂ Je 32:14 is earthernware receptacle for deed of sale; for liquids 1 K 17:10 2 K 4:3(×2), 4, 6(×3), כ׳ מַשְׁקֶה 1 K 10:21 = 2 Ch 9:20, כְּלֵי שַׁמְנָהּ Nu 4:9, cf. v 10; וְלֹא הוּרַק מִכְּלִי אֶל־כֶּ֑לִי Je 48:11 (fig.), cf. v 12 (‖ נְבָלִים); for cooking Lv 6:21 (כ׳ חֶרֶשׂ), v 21 (כ׳ נְחשֶׁת); v also (הַ)יּוֹצֵר 2 S 17:28 Je 19:11 (sim.), ψ 2:9 (sim.), לַצֹּרֵף כֶּ֑לִי Pr 25:4; כ׳ פָתוּחַ Nu 19:15 an open (uncovered) vessel. כ׳ טָהוֹר Is 66:20 a clean vessel; fig. of Eliakim’s relatives כְּלֵי הַקָּטָ֑ן מִכְּלֵי הָאַגָּנוֹת וְעַד כָּל־כְּלֵי הַנְּבָלִים Is 22:24 the vessels of smallness (DaSynt. § 32, R 5), from the basin-vessels to all the pitcher-vessels. specif. כְּלֵי־גֹמֶא Is 18:2 vessels (boats) of paper-reed. Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 188 of its verses cited, 2 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, 1 with the glosses (6 candidates) ### Trees and pragmatics [Every English meaning of «כְּלִי» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1499/3627/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames. ### In the verses [2 Samuel 1:27](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/2SA.1.27/) אֵ֚יךְ נָפְל֣וּ גִבּוֹרִ֔ים וַיֹּאבְד֖וּ כְּלֵ֥י מִלְחָמָֽה׃פ *Word for word:* how! they.have.fallen \[the\].mighty.\[ones\] and they.have.perished \[the\].weapons of.war *JPS 1917:* How are the mighty fallen, and the weapons of war perished! [Genesis 49:5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/GEN.49.5/) שִׁמְע֥וֹן וְלֵוִ֖י אַחִ֑ים כְּלֵ֥י חָמָ֖ס מְכֵרֹתֵיהֶֽם׃ *Word for word:* Simeon and Levi \[are\].brothers \[are\].weapons of.violence swords their *JPS 1917:* Simeon and Levi are brethren; weapons of violence their kinship. - ← previous: [כֶּלַח](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/w/3625.md) - next →: [כִּלְיָה](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/w/3629.md) - ↑ back to [כ](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/1499-2.md)