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title: קָלָל — burnished · The Tanakh dictionary
description: קָלָל (7044), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 2 times: burnished. BDB 1906: adj. burnished. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# קָלָל

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«קָלָל» in the Tanakh dictionary: **burnished** — 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:** 2 times · **Key:** 7044 · **BDB:** קָלָל

### Glosses

burnished (2)

### Meaning (OSHB)

burnished [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1511/7044/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

adj. burnished [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1511/7044/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** adj. burnished (from light, quick movement of rubbing?);—נְחשֶׁת ק׳ burnished brass Ez 1:7; Dn 10:6 (so most; Co, Ez, קַלּוֹת, in prefixing כַּנְפֵיהֶם from v 8; Dn then follows crpt. Ez.

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

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «קָלָל» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1511/7044/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Ezekiel 1:7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/EZK.1.7/)

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וְרַגְלֵיהֶ֖ם רֶ֣גֶל יְשָׁרָ֑ה וְכַ֣ף רַגְלֵיהֶ֗ם כְּכַף֙ רֶ֣גֶל עֵ֔גֶל וְנֹ֣צְצִ֔ים כְּעֵ֖ין נְחֹ֥שֶׁת קָלָֽל׃

*Word for word:* and feet their \[was\].a.foot straight and the.sole their.feet their \[was\].like.\[the\] sole of.\[the\].foot of.a.calf and \[they.were\].sparkling like.\[the\] appearance of.bronze burnished

*JPS 1917:* And their feet were straight feet; and the sole of their feet was like the sole of a calf's foot; and they sparkled like the colour of burnished brass.

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[Daniel 10:6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/DAN.10.6/)

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וּגְוִיָּת֣וֹ כְתַרְשִׁ֗ישׁ וּפָנָ֞יו כְּמַרְאֵ֤ה בָרָק֙ וְעֵינָיו֙ כְּלַפִּ֣ידֵי אֵ֔שׁ וּזְרֹֽעֹתָיו֙ וּמַרְגְּלֹתָ֔יו כְּעֵ֖ין נְחֹ֣שֶׁת קָלָ֑ל וְק֥וֹל דְּבָרָ֖יו כְּק֥וֹל הָמֽוֹן׃

*Word for word:* and body his \[was\].like chrysolite and face his \[was\].like.\[the\] appearance of.lightning and eyes his \[were\].like torches of.fire and arms his and feet his \[were\].like.\[the\] appearance of.bronze burnished and the.sound his.words his \[was\].like the.sound of.a.multitude

*JPS 1917:* his body also was like the beryl, and his face as the appearance of lightning, and his eyes as torches of fire, and his arms and his feet like in colour to burnished brass, and the voice of his words like the voice of a multitude.

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