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title: קֶלֶס — derision · The Tanakh dictionary
description: קֶלֶס (7047), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 3 times: derision. BDB 1906: derision. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# קֶלֶס

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«קֶלֶס» in the Tanakh dictionary: **derision** — 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:** 7047 · **BDB:** קֶ֫לֶס

### Glosses

derision (3)

### Meaning (OSHB)

derision [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1511/7047/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

derision [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1511/7047/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.\[m.\] derision, i.e., object of it, ‖ חֶרְפָּה;—Je 20:8, + לַעַג ψ 44:14; 79:4.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 3 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 «קֶלֶס» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1511/7047/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Psalms 79:4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.79.4/)

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הָיִ֣ינוּ חֶ֭רְפָּה לִשְׁכֵנֵ֑ינוּ לַ֥עַג וָ֝קֶ֗לֶס לִסְבִיבוֹתֵֽינוּ׃

*Word for word:* we.have.become a.reproach to neighbors our mockery and derision to.\[those\] around us

*JPS 1917:* We are become a taunt to our neighbours, a scorn and derision to them that are round about us.

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[Psalms 44:14](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.44.14/)

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תְּשִׂימֵ֣נוּ חֶ֭רְפָּה לִשְׁכֵנֵ֑ינוּ לַ֥עַג וָ֝קֶ֗לֶס לִסְבִיבוֹתֵֽינוּ׃

*Word for word:* you have.made.us a.reproach to neighbors our mockery and derision to.\[those\] around us

*JPS 1917:* Thou makest us a taunt to our neighbours, a scorn and a derision to them that are round about us.

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