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title: קָלָה — roast · The Tanakh dictionary
description: קָלָה (7033), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 4 times: roast. BDB 1906: vb. roast, parch. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# קָלָה

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«קָלָה» in the Tanakh dictionary: **roast** — 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:** 4 times · **Key:** 7033 · **BDB:** קָלָה

### Glosses

burning.\[pain\] (1); he (1); roasted (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

roast [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1511/7033/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

vb. roast, parch [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1511/7033/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** vb. roast, parch (NH קָלָה id. (rare), קָלִי = BH; Assyrian ḳalû, ii. i, iii. i burn, consume MeissnSuppl. 84; Sab. קלאתם conflagratio, aestus Os4. 1. 19. 20 CIS iv. No. 74, 1, 20; Arabic قَلَى fry or roast wheat; Ethiopic ቀለወ: ቀለየ: burn, fry, so 𝔗 קְלָא, Syriac ܩܠܴܐ );— Pf. 3 ms. sf. קָלָם בָּאֵשׁ Je 29:22 (acc. pers.) he roasted them with fire; Pt. pass. אָבִיב קָלוּי בָּאֵשׁ Lv 2:14 (P) grian parched with fire; so קָלוּי alone, as common food, Jos 5:11 (P), v. קָלִי. Pt. נִקְלֶה as n. ψ 38:8 my loins are filled with burning (Vrss Bae with contempt, II. קלה).

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 4 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (5 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (5 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «קָלָה» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1511/7033/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Psalms 38:8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.38.8/)

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כִּֽי־כְ֭סָלַי מָלְא֣וּ נִקְלֶ֑ה וְאֵ֥ין מְ֝תֹ֗ם בִּבְשָׂרִֽי׃

*Word for word:* (dm) loins my they.are.full burning.\[pain\] and there.\[is\].not soundness in flesh my

*JPS 1917:* For my loins are filled with burning; and there is no soundness in my flesh.

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[Leviticus 2:14](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/LEV.2.14/)

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וְאִם־תַּקְרִ֛יב מִנְחַ֥ת בִּכּוּרִ֖ים לַיהוָ֑ה אָבִ֞יב קָל֤וּי בָּאֵשׁ֙ גֶּ֣רֶשׂ כַּרְמֶ֔ל תַּקְרִ֕יב אֵ֖ת מִנְחַ֥ת בִּכּוּרֶֽיךָ׃

*Word for word:* and if you.will.present a.grain.offering of.first-fruits to Yahweh young.barley.ear\[s\] roasted in the fire groats of.new.corn you.will.present (et) the.grain.offering your.first-fruits your

*JPS 1917:* And if thou bring a meal-offering of first-fruits unto the LORD, thou shalt bring for the meal-offering of thy first-fruits corn in the ear parched with fire, even groats of the fresh ear.

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