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title: קְלִיטָא — Kelita · The Tanakh dictionary
description: קְלִיטָא (7042), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 3 times: Kelita. BDB 1906: n.pr.m. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# קְלִיטָא

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«קְלִיטָא» in the Tanakh dictionary: **Kelita** — 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:** 3 times · **Key:** 7042 · **BDB:** קְלִיטָא

### Glosses

Kelita (2); \[is\].Kelita (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

Kelita [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1511/7042/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.pr.m. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1511/7042/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.pr.m. Levite, Ne 8:7; 10:11 (𝔊L in both Καλλιτας) Ezr 10:23 (where called also קֵלָיָה, v. קוֹלָיָה), Κωλιευ, A Κωλιτας, 𝔊L as Ne.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 3 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (1 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 0 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (1 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «קְלִיטָא» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1511/7042/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Nehemiah 10:11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/NEH.10.11/)

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וַאֲחֵיהֶ֑ם שְׁבַנְיָ֧ה הֽוֹדִיָּ֛ה קְלִיטָ֖א פְּלָאיָ֥ה חָנָֽן׃

*Word for word:* and brothers their Shebaniah Hodiah Kelita Pelaiah Hanan

*JPS 1917:* and their brethren, Shebaniah, Hodiah, Kelita, Pelaiah, Hanan;

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[Ezra 10:23](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/EZR.10.23/)

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וּמִֽן־הַלְוִיִּ֑ם יוֹזָבָ֣ד וְשִׁמְעִ֗י וְקֵֽלָיָה֙ ה֣וּא קְלִיטָ֔א פְּתַֽחְיָ֥ה יְהוּדָ֖ה וֶאֱלִיעֶֽזֶר׃ס

*Word for word:* and of the Levites Jozabad and Shimei and Kelaiah it \[is\].Kelita Pethahiah Judah and Eliezer

*JPS 1917:* And of the Levites: Jozabad, and Shimei, and Kelaiah — the same is Kelita — Pethahiah, Judah, and Eliezer.

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