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title: קָלִי — parched · The Tanakh dictionary
description: קָלִי (7039), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 6 times: parched. BDB 1906: n.m. parched food. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# קָלִי

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«קָלִי» in the Tanakh dictionary: **parched** — 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:** 6 times · **Key:** 7039 · **BDB:** קָלִי

### Glosses

roasted.grain (5); of.roasted.grain (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

parched [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1511/7039/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.m. parched food [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1511/7039/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.m. 1 S 17:17 parched grain, a common food (RobBR ii. 50–1 AnderlindZPV ix. 3);—abs. ק׳ 1 S 25:18; 2 S 17:28 a + v 28 b (but dittogr., del. 𝔙 𝔖 and Comm.), Lv 23:14 (P), Ru 2:14; = קָלִיא 1 S 17:17.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 5 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (8 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 «קָלִי» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1511/7039/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[2 Samuel 17:28](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/2SA.17.28/)

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מִשְׁכָּ֤ב וְסַפּוֹת֙ וּכְלִ֣י יוֹצֵ֔ר וְחִטִּ֥ים וּשְׂעֹרִ֖ים וְקֶ֣מַח וְקָלִ֑י וּפ֥וֹל וַעֲדָשִׁ֖ים וְקָלִֽי׃

*Word for word:* bed\[s\] and basins and a.vessel of.a.potter and wheat(s) and barley(s) and flour and roasted.grain and bean\[s\] and lentils and roasted.grain

*JPS 1917:* brought beds, and basins, and earthen vessels, and wheat, and barley, and meal, and parched corn, and beans, and lentils, and parched pulse,

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[1 Samuel 17:17](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/1SA.17.17/)

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וַיֹּ֨אמֶר יִשַׁ֜י לְדָוִ֣ד בְּנ֗וֹ קַח־נָ֤א לְאַחֶ֙יךָ֙ אֵיפַ֤ת הַקָּלִיא֙ הַזֶּ֔ה וַעֲשָׂרָ֥ה לֶ֖חֶם הַזֶּ֑ה וְהָרֵ֥ץ הַֽמַּחֲנֶ֖ה לְאַחֶֽיךָ׃

*Word for word:* and he.said Jesse to David son his take please to brothers your the.ephah of.(the) roasted.grain (the) this and ten bread\[s\] (the) this and bring.\[them\].quickly the camp to brothers your

*JPS 1917:* And Jesse said unto David his son: 'Take now for thy brethren an ephah of this parched corn, and these ten loaves, and carry them quickly to the camp to thy brethren.

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