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title: קְעִילָה — Keilah · The Tanakh dictionary
description: קְעִילָה (7084), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 18 times: Keilah. BDB 1906: n.pr.loc. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# קְעִילָה

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«קְעִילָה» in the Tanakh dictionary: **Keilah** — 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:** 18 times · **Key:** 7084 · **BDB:** קְעִילָה

### Glosses

Keilah (12); of.Keilah (6)

### Meaning (OSHB)

Keilah [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1511/7084/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.pr.loc. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1511/7084/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.pr.loc. Κεειλα: in Judah, toward Philistines, ק׳ 1 S 23:1 + 13 times 23 (קְעִלָה, v 3, 13); Jos 15:44 (P), cf. 2 Ch 4:19 (geneal. scheme); post-ex. פֶּלֶךְ קְעִילָה Ne 3:17, 18; mod. Kîlā, c. 8 m. NW. from Hebron, GASmGeogr. 230 BuhlGeogr. 193; cl. TelAm. Ḳilti Wkl No. 165, 11, 18, etc..

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 6 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 «קְעִילָה» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1511/7084/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Joshua 15:44](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JOS.15.44/)

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וּקְעִילָ֥ה וְאַכְזִ֖יב וּמָֽרֵאשָׁ֑ה עָרִ֥ים תֵּ֖שַׁע וְחַצְרֵיהֶֽן׃

*Word for word:* and Keilah and Aczib and Mareshah cities nine and villages their

*JPS 1917:* and Keilah, and Achzib, and Mareshah; nine cities with their villages.

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[Nehemiah 3:18](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/NEH.3.18/)

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אַחֲרָיו֙ הֶחֱזִ֣יקוּ אֲחֵיהֶ֔ם בַּוַּ֖י בֶּן־חֵנָדָ֑ד שַׂ֕ר חֲצִ֖י פֶּ֥לֶךְ קְעִילָֽה׃ס

*Word for word:* after him they.repaired brothers their Bavvai the.son of.Henadad the.official of.(the).half of.the.district of.Keilah

*JPS 1917:* After him repaired their brethren, Bavvai the son of Henadad, the ruler of half the district of Keilah.

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