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title: קָלוֹן — ignominy · The Tanakh dictionary
description: קָלוֹן (7036), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 17 times: ignominy. BDB 1906: n.m. ignominy, dishonour. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# קָלוֹן

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«קָלוֹן» in the Tanakh dictionary: **ignominy** — 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:** 17 times · **Key:** 7036 · **BDB:** קָלוֹן

### Glosses

shame (15); O.disgrace (1); of.shame (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

ignominy [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1511/7036/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.m. ignominy, dishonour [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1511/7036/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.m. Pr 11:2 ignominy, dishonour;—abs. ק׳ Ho 4:7 +; cstr. קְלוֹן Is 22:18; sf. קְלוֹנֵךְ Je 13:26 +;— of national ignominy Ho 4:7, 18 (dub. line, v. Che Now), Je 46:12 (read prob. קוֹלֵךְ, so 𝔊 Gie CoHpt), Hb 2:16 ψ 83:17 of nation under fig. of woman, = pudenda, Je 13:26 Na 3:5 (‖ מַעְרֵךְ). personal dishonour, disgrace, of Shebna, as disgrace to his lord’s house Is 22:18 (opp. כְּבוֹדֶ֑ךָ); individ., Jb 10:15 Pr 3:35 (opp. כָּבוֹד), 6:33; 9:7; 11:2; 12:16; 13:18 (opp. יְכֻבָּ֑ד), 18:3; 22:10.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 17 of its verses cited, 0 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, 0 with the glosses (1 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «קָלוֹן» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1511/7036/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Proverbs 3:35](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PRO.3.35/)

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כָּ֭בוֹד חֲכָמִ֣ים יִנְחָ֑לוּ וּ֝כְסִילִ֗ים מֵרִ֥ים קָלֽוֹן׃פ

*Word for word:* honor wise.\[people\] they.will.inherit and fools \[is\].lifting.up shame

*JPS 1917:* The wise shall inherit honour; but as for the fools, they carry away shame.

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[Psalms 83:17](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.83.17/)

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מַלֵּ֣א פְנֵיהֶ֣ם קָל֑וֹן וִֽיבַקְשׁ֖וּ שִׁמְךָ֣ יְהוָֽה׃

*Word for word:* fill faces their shame so that.they.may.seek name your O.Yahweh

*JPS 1917:* Fill their faces with shame; that they may seek Thy name, O LORD.

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