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title: כְּלִמָּה — insult · The Tanakh dictionary
description: כְּלִמָּה (3639), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 30 times: insult. BDB 1906: n.f. insult, reproach, ignominy. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# כְּלִמָּה

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«כְּלִמָּה» in the Tanakh dictionary: **insult** — 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:** 30 times · **Key:** 3639 · **BDB:** כְּלִמָּה

### Glosses

ignominy (13); disgrace (10); \[the\].insult\[s\] (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

insult [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1499/3639/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.f. insult, reproach, ignominy [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1499/3639/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.f. insult, reproach, ignominy;—abs. כ׳ Is 45:16 + 9 times cstr. כְּלִמַּת Je 20:11 + 3 times; sf. כְּלִמָּתִי Jb 20:3 + 3 times, etc.; pl. כְּלִמּוֹת Mi 2:6; Is 50:6;— specif., insult, reproach, לֹא יִסַּג כ׳ Mi 2:6 reproaches do not cease; מוּסַר כְּלִמָּתִי Jb 20:3 = my beshaming (insulting) correction, i.e. the correction which insults me. in gen., reproach, ignominy, opp. כָּבוֹד ψ 4:3; הלך בַּכּ׳ Is 45:16 go into ignominy (+ בּוֹשׁ, נִכְלַם); often ‖ בֹּשֶׁת Is 30:3; 61:7 ψ 44:16, subj. of כִּסָּה Je 3:25 our ignominy covereth us, so under fig. of garment, after לָבַשׁ ψ 35:26 (+ בושׁ, חפר in v a), 109:29; ‖ חֶרְפָּה ψ 69:8 (subj. of כִּסְּתָה פָּנָ֑י), Je 51:51 (id.; בושׁ in ‖ cl.), ψ 71:13 (+ בושׁ in ‖ cl.); ‖ בֹּשֶׁת + חֶרְפָּה 69:20; ‖ אִוֶּלֶת Pr 18:13; ‖ רֹק Is 50:6; כ׳ עוֹלָם Je 20:11 (בושׁ in ‖ cl.); כְּלִמָּתֵךְ Ez 16:63 (id. ‖); often in Ezek. נשׂא כ׳ bear ignominy, Ez 16:52(×2), (‖ בושׁ), v 54 (נִכְלַם in ‖ cl.); 32:24, 25, 30 (all + אֶת־יוֹרְדֵי בוֹר with those who go down to the pit; ref. to ignominious death), 36:7; 39:26 (si vera l. = bear the humiliating sense of undeserved kindness from י׳; but txt. dub., Hi Co, q.v., \[כ׳\] נשׁו; Sm Da defend); נשׂא כְּלִמַּת הַגּוֹיִם, i.e. caused by the nations, 34:29; 36:6, also v 15 (‖ חֶרְפַּת עַמִּים), prob. also ψ 89:51 (read כְּלִמַּת, cf. VB Che Bae); וְנ׳ כְּלִמָּתָם וְתוֹעֲבוֹתָם אֲשֶׁר עָשׂוּ Ez 44:13.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 29 of its verses cited, 2 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (1 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (1 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «כְּלִמָּה» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1499/3639/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Psalms 69:8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.69.8/)

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כִּֽי־עָ֭לֶיךָ נָשָׂ֣אתִי חֶרְפָּ֑ה כִּסְּתָ֖ה כְלִמָּ֣ה פָנָֽי׃

*Word for word:* (dm) on you I.have.borne reproach it.has.covered ignominy face my

*JPS 1917:* Because for Thy sake I have borne reproach; confusion hath covered my face.

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[Job 20:3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.20.3/)

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מוּסַ֣ר כְּלִמָּתִ֣י אֶשְׁמָ֑ע וְ֝ר֗וּחַ מִֽבִּינָתִ֥י יַעֲנֵֽנִי׃

*Word for word:* \[the\].correction my.insult my I.have.heard and a.spirit from understanding my it answers.me

*JPS 1917:* I have heard the reproof which putteth me to shame, but out of my understanding my spirit answereth me.

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