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title: כִּלָּיוֹן — failing · The Tanakh dictionary
description: כִּלָּיוֹן (3631), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 2 times: failing. BDB 1906: n.m. failing, pining; annihilation. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# כִּלָּיוֹן

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«כִּלָּיוֹן» in the Tanakh dictionary: **failing** — 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:** 3631 · **BDB:** כִּלָּיוֹן

### Glosses

annihilation (1); failing (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

failing [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1499/3631/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.m. failing, pining; annihilation [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1499/3631/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.m. 1. failing, pining; 2. annihilation (on format. cf. LagBN 200);— cstr. כִּלְיוֹן עֵינַיִם Dt 28:65 failing of eyes (in longing, cf. foregoing, and v. Dr). כִּלָּיוֹן חָרוּץ Is 10:22 annihilation, strictly decided.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 2 of its verses cited, 2 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (3 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (2 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «כִּלָּיוֹן» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1499/3631/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Isaiah 10:22](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/ISA.10.22/)

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כִּ֣י אִם־יִהְיֶ֞ה עַמְּךָ֤ יִשְׂרָאֵל֙ כְּח֣וֹל הַיָּ֔ם שְׁאָ֖ר יָשׁ֣וּב בּ֑וֹ כִּלָּי֥וֹן חָר֖וּץ שׁוֹטֵ֥ף צְדָקָֽה׃

*Word for word:* (dm) though it.will.be people your Israel like the.sand of the.sea a.remnant it.will.return in it annihilation \[is\].determined \[is\].about.to.overflow righteousness

*JPS 1917:* For though thy people, O Israel, be as the sand of the sea, only a remnant of them shall return; an extermination is determined, overflowing with righteousness.

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[Deuteronomy 28:65](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/DEU.28.65/)

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וּבַגּוֹיִ֤ם הָהֵם֙ לֹ֣א תַרְגִּ֔יעַ וְלֹא־יִהְיֶ֥ה מָנ֖וֹחַ לְכַף־רַגְלֶ֑ךָ וְנָתַן֩ יְהוָ֨ה לְךָ֥ שָׁם֙ לֵ֣ב רַגָּ֔ז וְכִלְי֥וֹן עֵינַ֖יִם וְדַֽאֲב֥וֹן נָֽפֶשׁ׃

*Word for word:* and among the nations (the) those not you.will.rest and not it.will.belong a.resting.place to the.sole your.foot your and he.will.give Yahweh to you there a.heart trembling and failing of.eyes and despair of.being

*JPS 1917:* And among these nations shalt thou have no repose, and there shall be no rest for the sole of thy foot; but the LORD shall give thee there a trembling heart, and failing of eyes, and languishing of soul.

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